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After South Africa, Namibia wants to embark on land reform

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Sunday urged citizens to participate in land expropriation talks, as he seeks to ease political and ethnic tensions over...

Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter

Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat, who has called for him to resign. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also...

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as new President

Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe's president, after winning last month's bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since Robert Mugabe was...

Zimbabwe court dismisses Nelson Chamisa’s bid to annul election result

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration. In a...

Six pupils reveal how they were initiated into witchcraft

Six pupils (one male and five females) who are alleged to be witches and wizard, have revealed how they were initiated into witchcraft. The oldest...

Over 100 migrants force entry into North African Spanish enclave

Spanish police have said more than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco when they...

Zambian fined GH 90,000 for trafficking ephedrine

An Accra High Criminal Court has convicted a Zambian businesswoman Matildah Nkole Kangombe for trafficking precursor chemical in her luggage at the Kotoka International...

Melania Trump to visit Africa

US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, although it is not clear where or when she plans on visiting...

South Africa opens Zuma corruption inquiry

A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-President Jacob Zuma. The inquiry is looking into "state capture", where the wealthy...

World Photography Day: Sad end of African photojournalist whose shots shook the world

Sunday marked the World Photography Day and as the day is set aside to measure progress made so far in the industry and as well...

Sixteen nurses get pregnant at a go

Pregnancy might just be catching at a hospital in Mesa, Arizona, where 16 nurses are expecting at once. That's 10% of the nursing staff in...

Angolans embrace better life with Chinese social housing project

The flagship 3.5-billion-dollar Kilamba New City project, by China’s CITIC Construction, has converted a backward rural area into a modern satellite town in the Angolan capital...

Funerals are becoming one last extravagant display of wealth

Live lavishly, go out extravagantly. For many of the rich and powerful, funerals are becoming the final opportunity to flaunt immense wealth, competing with weddings...

Nigerian girls win Silicon Valley contest for app that spots fake drugs

Five months ago Jessica Osita had never used a computer, sent an email or even browsed the internet, yet she is part of a...

Woman punched man who grabbed her genitals in nightclub

A woman who punched a man when he grabbed her genitals twice in a club says she does not endorse violence but is proud...

Ex-Trump aide faces up to six months’ jail

US special counsel Robert Mueller has recommended a prison sentence of up to six months for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos. Mr Mueller, head...

Nigerian girls win Silicon Valley contest for app that spots fake drugs

Five months ago Jessica Osita had never used a computer, sent an email or even browsed the internet, yet she is part of a...

Pope Francis condemns ‘predator’ priests in US

Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the US accused of abusing children in one state,...

Face transplant: A ‘second chance’ for young suicide survivor

Katie Stubblefield was only 18 when she was severely injured by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her life was saved in hospital, but the young woman...

Tragedy in Sudan as over 20 primary school children drown

Over 20 people including primary school children and a female hospital employee perished on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 people sank...

Photo: 2-year-old chain smoker takes up to 40 cigarettes a day

A 2-year-old boy from Sukabumi, Indonesia, has become so addicted to smoking that he smokes up to 40 cigarettes a day. Rapi Ananda Pamungkas started...

Man charged for refusing to pay prostitute

A young man has been charged in court after allegedly refusing to pay a prostitute after engaging in three hot rounds of intercourse. The 28-year-old...

Man sneaks into hospital ward to make love with sick wife

A Zimbabwean man who reportedly sneaked into his sick wife’s hospital ward to make love to her is currently in trouble. The man, a prominent...

Photos: Housewife beheads husband, buries him in their bedroom

Ugandan police have arrested one Harriet Nassali, a housewife, for allegedly beheading her husband, Siraje Kavuma, and digging a grave in their matrimonial bedroom...

Uganda President attacked, MP’s guard shot dead ahead of by-election

A senior press secretary to Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said on Monday evening that the president’s car came under attack by opposition supporters...

Nigerian troops protest against frontline deployment

A detachment of Nigerian troops fired into the air on Sunday - at an airport in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri - to protest...

Floods kill dozens in India

Indian tourist hotspot, the state of Kerala has been struck by heavy monsoonal rains which has led to unprecedented flash flooding in the area. At...

Hippo bite kills tourist in Kenya

A Taiwanese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya. Chang Ming Chuang, 66,...

Meet the woman helping people prepare to die

Lizzie Neville is an 'end-of-life doula' who helps people prepare for death. Doula is a term traditionally associated with childbirth, describing someone who helps a...

Burkina Faso: Suspected Jihadist kills 6

The eastern part of Burkina Faso was on Saturday again attacked by a jihadist. Five gendarmes and one civilian were killed in a mine explosion...

Photos: Woman sleeps with son to have a child for her impotent husband

A woman, from Benue state in Nigeria, continually slept with her son from her first marriage in order to have children with her second...

17-year-old girl cuts off fiance’s manhood

A 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has cut off the manhood of her fiance, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa state. The Nigeria...

Student kills herself after rape, adding to outrage over sexual violence in South Africa

The death of a 23-year-old student, who killed herself two months after she alleged she was raped has renewed anger over sexual violence against...

Two top Kenyan officials arrested on corruption charges

The heads of the public land agency and the state railways ministry in Kenya have been arrested on corruption charges over land allocation, Reuters reported...

Zimbabwe opposition mounts legal challenge against election result

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has filed a legal challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent election victory. Mr Chamisa says he has evidence to...

Stolen plane closes Seattle-Tacoma airport before crashing

An airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport has crashed on a nearby island. Authorities said the man had made "an...

Photos: Girl , 4 brutally flogged for misplacing slippers

A little girl's plight has left people outraged after photos of her badly bruised back were shared online. READ: Ghanaian actress, Ellah Mensah robbed at...

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 soldiers, disaster worker

At least 15 soldiers and an official from Nigeria’s disaster agency were killed in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeast...

Dozens dead after school bus carrying children hit by airstrike

Dozens of children, most believed to be under the age of 10, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus...

Legal abortion bill rejected in Argentina

Argentina’s senate has rejected a bill which would have legalised abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a marathon debate, 38 senators voted...