Burundi's president-elect, 52-year-old Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is expected to be sworn in Thursday, is highly regarded as a "humble" and "religious" man.
He was among...
Twitter released its much-awaited feature and it has made a lot of buzz around the world, especially Ghana.
Some Ghanaians have used the app already...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients.
Data from...
Three suspected ritualists, including a native doctor and a couple, were caught while allegedly performing some fetish rituals.According to a source, the incident happened...
South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...
China has promised to give priority to African countries once COVID-19 vaccines are ready to use.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted by the...
A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in...
A game-changing blood test that spots 98 per cent of coronavirus cases could identify tens of thousands more victims - and might be available from next...
Researchers have announced that a drug called dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of deaths among ventilated Covid-19 patients by around 33 per cent.
A team of...
Bizarre footage shows the moment two apparent ghosts work out at an outdoor gym, leaving police officers baffled.
In the video, three officers stand around...
As various campaigns against rape heighten, Ugandan media personality, Faith Mulungi, has claimed that a mother hired thugs to rape and humble her daughter...
A five-year-old boy who was told he would never walk has taken his first steps.
Poignant video footage captures Camden Brooks Hanson move unaided across a room...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu says 717 rape incidents have been reported to the police across the country from January-May this year alone.
The...
Singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has taken to his Instagram page to shower praises on his wife, Didi Lineo.
According to the...
The police in Zamfara state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala, who allegedly raped and murdered his elder brother’s wife, Hauwau Iliyasu.
The state police...
India says three of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with the Chinese military on the contested border in the western Himalayas.
Sources claim...
British scientists have found the first drug to stop people dying from Covid-19 which will be rolled out on the NHS from tomorrow.
Breakthrough research...
A struggling taxi driver has switched to transporting the coronavirus dead to burial grounds in a makeshift hearse.
Mohammad Aamir Khan stacks the bodies on...
Four staff members working in the office of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta have tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the presidency says.
All four...
In Kenya, more claims have emerged of the police using heavy-handed techniques to enforce the country’s Coronavirus curfew.
The BBC's investigation series, Africa Eye, has...
A Boko Haram commander, Abu Imrana has been killed in an exchange of gunfights with Nigerian soldiers in Borno state.
Vanguard had reported how over...
Some 717 rape cases were recorded in Nigeria between January and May 2020, the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Muhammad, has revealed.
Speaking to State House...
Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, has expressed his pain of seeing educated black youth being "instruments" of white people.
In a short clip shared...
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered an investigation into a shooting incident inside the grounds of his official residence involving security guards.
The incident reportedly...
