The Speaker of Burundi's parliament Pascal Nyabenda is likely to take over as interim president following the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza, Reuters news...
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says.
He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling...
Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised on Tuesday and deleted from its Twitter account an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind United States (US) protests...
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other international agencies on June 16, 2020...
Policemen attached to Warri Area Command have apprehended  the founder and general overseer of Victory Revival Fasting and Prayer Ministry, Bishop Elijah Orhonigbe, for allegedly...
The hashtag #JusticeForTshego has been trending on Twitter in South Africa after the horrific killing of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule.
Her stabbed body was found hanging...
Some residents of Surulere in Lagos, Nigeria, have taken to social media to raise alarm over their community being overtaken by loads of refuse after...
The controversial four-day Sex Island party claims to be returning later this month - despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Organised by the Good Girl Company, the debauched long...
The police in Masaka District are investigating circumstances under which an army reservist reportedly set ablaze a house occupied by one of his tenants...
Democrats, led by a group of black lawmakers, unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice, two weeks after George...
Zimbabwe's broke government has failed to pay for air tickets to ferry citizens holed up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The stranded Zimbabweans have...
North Korea is taking steps to shut down all communication with South Korea after its leaders demanded defectors stopped sending information back home.
The secretive...
Despite asking people to donate to charity instead of sending them gifts, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were still treated to some incredible presents on their wedding day.
But...
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has declared the country "coronavirus-free" thanks to prayers by citizens.
"The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God," Mr Magufuli...
An actor shouted 'I will kill you, you stupid b****' at his ex-girlfriend and bombarded her with 'disturbing' texts, a court heard.
Milo Blue Makromallis...
The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he is not prepared...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has attributed the inability of the Nigerian military and other security outfits to contain the disturbing nation’s insecurity...
South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar and his wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, have recovered from Covid-19, Sudan Tribune reports.
The two tested positive for...
Four soldiers were killed and five others were injured after a helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Indonesia’s Java island on Saturday, an...
A hotel owner has been accused of discrimination after an online disclaimer said guests weighing over 20 stone should not book.
Hotelier Angelika Hargesheimer reportedly...
The Accra International Book Festival has sent passionate words of solidarity to the black community across the world, especially in America over the cruel...
Scientists at Imperial College London will start human trials for a new coronavirus vaccine next week as a Government spokesperson described their progress as...
Three hundred and twenty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, June 5, 2020.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
Some health workers at Eti-Osa isolation centre in Lagos have mocked coronavirus as they dance in its face.
Unperturbed about the spike in the confirmed...
A woman says she has been left questioning her relationship after her boyfriend's behaviour towards her flipped thanks to the results of an ancestry...
A survey by Liberia's National Public Health Institute, which heads the country’s COVID-19 fight, has revealed that only between 10% and 15% of people...
