Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe has given a surprise press conference on the eve of the nation's elections.
Mr Mugabe said he would not support his...
Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Saturday its coast guard rescued 334 migrants from 17 dinghies in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea.
The...
A constitutional court in Uganda has validated a constitutional amendment that removes an age limit for the country’s leader, clearing the way for long-serving...
The Trump administration says it has reunited more than 1,800 migrant children with family members by a court-ordered deadline.
This includes 1,442 children brought back...
Two prisoners have escaped from a jail in Mexico's northern Sinaloa state by disguising themselves as prison guards.
The two walked out of the prison's...
Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau has re-emerged in a new video after a long absence that fuelled speculation about his health and ability...
Democratic Republic of Congo Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga has announced that the Ebola outbreak in the country's Équateur province is over after 42...
Sierra Leone police have warned journalists and media organisations against broadcast of ‘misleading, disrespectful and inciting’ statements, which it says have the potential to...
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president of Nigeria has declared his bid to become president of Nigeria when elections are held in 2019.
Atiku is seeking...
If the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a daughter, she could make the royal history books.
There's currently a centuries-old law which states that only sons can...
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra.
A press release...
A suspected thief was severely beaten after he was caught stealing bibles at a store in Anambra state on Wednesday.
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Stranded Nigerian football fans camped on the floor outside the country's embassy in Moscow have been ordered home by President Muhammadu Buhari, his aide...
President Donald Trump, facing an onslaught of bipartisan fury over his glowing remarks about Vladimir Putin, said more than 24 hours afterward that he...
Excitement has gripped the small village of Kogelo in western Kenya as their famous son, former US President Barack Obama, visits after 12 years.
He...
Eight migrants, locked in an abandoned lorry container in Libya’s western city of Zuwara, have suffocated to death, according to officials there.
Six children, one...
Health authorities in Mozambique have expressed concern at the prevalence of HIV among the country's militarily.
They say 11.5% of the force is HIV-positive.
The head...
The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has said he'll be coming to Africa this week.
The father-of-two made the announcement...
US President Donald Trump has vowed to help end "vicious and violent" conflicts on the African continent.
"Africa right now has got problems like few...
An 18-year-old marriage between one Okanlawan Akinbile and wife, Folake, has been dissolved by an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, over deception...
A 13-year-old sexual abuse victim has reportedly cut off a policeman’s manhood with a knife in Katsina State.
According to reports, the inspector who is...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has given ammunition to critics who call him "Baba Go-slow" after admitting that he failed to sign a continental free-trade...
It began with great expectations, an eagerly-anticipated meeting with a reclusive leader, and a gift bag that included an Elton John CD.
It ended with a...
