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US-based Ghanaian arrested for $5m romance fraud

A Ghanaian residing in Dumfries, Va., has been...

Fights break out in SA parliament

8 big questions for US mid-term elections

And, yes, obviously I am super excited about...

Photos: UK Monarch experiences cocoa farming at first hand

Ghanaian cocoa farmers have appealed to Prince of...

Mother keeps 2-yr-old daughter’s body in car for 3 days

2-year-old Hazana Anderson was reported missing on October...

French babies born with missing limbs prompt inquiry

France has launched a national investigation into the number of babies being born with missing arms or hands - weeks after an initial inquiry...

German ex-nurse admits at trial to killing 100 patients

A German former nurse accused of killing 100 patients in his care admitted Tuesday to the murders on the opening day of his trial. Asked...

38-yr-old driver allegedly rapes neighbour’s 2-yr-old daughter

On October 24, 2018, at Taiwo Street, Agbado-Ijaye, Lagos, a 38-year-old commercial bus driver named Sola Ewulo, was arrested for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s...

PHOTO: Nigerian doctors separate conjoined twins

A team of Nigerian doctors have been hailed after they successfully separated a set of conjoined twins at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital...

Billions missing from frozen Gaddafi accounts in Belgium

Prosecutors are investigating whether Belgian banks paid out interest and dividends on accounts frozen under UN sanctions in 2011 after the ouster of the...

Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row

A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation. Asia Bibi was...

Gangster beaten to death hours after arriving in US prison

Infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia. The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive at the...

See the world’s tallest statue in India; its twice the statue of liberty

On the 193rd anniversary of his birth, a likeness of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at 182 metres tall will be unveiled as the largest statue...

German former nurse admits killing 100 patients

A German former nurse on Tuesday admitted murdering 100 patients, making him one of the country's deadliest post-war serial killers. Niels Hoegel, 41, confessed to...

Justice for journalists is ‘worst in Somalia’

For the fourth year running, Somalia has been declared the worst country in the world when it comes to prosecuting people who kill journalists. The...

21-year-old Sarah Mohamed Khalif is the first Somali woman to win an election in Belgium

In the elections that took place in Belgium on Sunday, a 21-year-old woman made history for becoming the first person of Somali-origin to win a seat in the council. Sarah Mohamed...

Liberia’s Finance Minister bans employees with ‘coloured unnatural’ hair

The Finance Minister of Liberia has instituted some strict rules at the Ministry which includes a ban on “unnatural hairs”. Sector minister, Mr Samuel...