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Malawi's ex-president Banda returns after four-year absence

Malawi's former president Joyce Banda has returned home after four years of self-imposed exile despite facing the threat of arrest over corruption allegations. Banda, 68,...

Kenya bans lesbian film ahead of Cannes debut

The first Kenyan film to debut at the Cannes Film Festival has been banned in Kenya due to its lesbian storyline. The film Rafiki, which...

Royal baby named Prince Louis

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their third child Louis Arthur Charles. The couple's second son was born at 11:01 BST on Monday...

Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault in retrial

US comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, each of which carries a potential 10 years in prison. The...

Nigeria 'baby factory' raided in Lagos

More than 160 children have been rescued from a "baby factory" and two unregistered orphanages in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, an official has said. Some...

University students protest over sex

Twenty-three students of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) have challenged the university's decision to suspend them for one year for allegedly indulging in sexual...

Woman connives with lover to extort money from parents in fake kidnap

A 19-year-old woman, who was alleged to have been kidnapped in Bushenyi, western Uganda, five days ago, has been found by police in Kampala...

Female taxi driver wins admiration of residents in Kinshasa

In a city of over 10 million residents, Maguy Washilona stands out as a female taxi driver. For over 5 years now, Maguy has taken...

Deadly church attack kills 19 including two priests

At least 19 people were killed Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, police said. Two priests and 17 worshippers...

China seizes record 1.3 tonnes of cocaine

Chinese police have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine from South America in the country's biggest ever haul of the drug, authorities said. Police in the...

George Bush in intensive care after wife’s funeral

Former US President George H W Bush is in a hospital intensive care unit with an infection, a week after the death of his...

Harvard University uses Nigeria as a case study of a failed African country

Nigeria has yet again been ‘disgraced’ internationally, following an assignment Harvard University gave to its students in which Nigeria was used as a case study of...

Zuma’s new fiancee forced to resign

The woman who is set to become the seventh wife of South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma has been forced to resign from her job...

Duchess gives birth to baby boy

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. The child, whose title is HRH Prince of Cambridge, is fifth in line to...

99% of Kenyans support laws criminalizing same-sex unions – Uhuru

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has firmly reiterated that he will continue to respect Kenyan laws regarding same-sex relationships. Kenya like much of Africa criminalizes such...

Naked gunman kills four in the US

A nude gunman has killed four people at a Waffle House in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee, police say. The man burst into...

Facebook removes ‘gay sex for rent’ posts

Facebook has removed a group in which landlords were offering young men free accommodation in return for sex. A BuzzFeed News investigation found dozens of UK posts...

Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills dozens

A suicide attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 31 people, officials say. More than 50 others...

The rich are betting on living to 100

Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. And, to live as long as possible, the world’s wealthy are willing to pay...

Swaziland king renames country 'the Kingdom of eSwatini'

Swaziland's King Mswati III has announced he is renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini. The monarch announced the official change at Golden Jubilee...

Ethical cocoa schemes no panacea for struggling farmers

Global chocolate makers are buying more cocoa sourced through schemes aimed at stamping out poverty as they rush to make their supply chains more...

Photos: My future husband must bath in a river – Priestess

A lady has revealed what any man seeking her hand in marriage must do before he can be accepted. According to her Facebook post,...

President sacks 256 judges for not having law degrees

President Joseph Kabila "sanctioned more than 200 individuals who do not fulfil the conditions to function as magistrates", Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said...

Video: Ghanaian, 30, flees US over rape accusation

An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration agents about...

Prince Charles lauds Ghana’s Nkrumah for Commonwealth effort

Listen to Prince Charles below: Britain’s Prince Charles has lauded the foundation effort of Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in building the commonwealth...

US senators allowed to bring babies into chamber

The US Senate has agreed new rules that allow members to bring infants into the chamber when they vote. The move comes a week after Tammy...

Trump ‘will quit Kim talks if not fruitful’

US President Donald Trump says that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will "walk out". At a...

Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike

Zimbabwe’s government has sacked more than 10,000 nurses who went on strike on Monday, in an apparently hardline attempt to quell labour unrest. Vice-President Constantino...

Armed men storm Nigeria's senate, stealing mace

The Nigerian Senate was on high alert Wednesday after armed men interrupted a session at Nigeria's parliament, stealing its mace. The men were allegedly led...

Liberian President Weah Orders Probe of Exxon's 2013 Oil Deal

Liberian President George Weah ordered a probe into Exxon Mobil Corp.’s 2013 deal for drilling rights off the West African nation’s coast, his office...

Ghanaian student in Harvard ‘assaulted’ by police

A Ghanaian Harvard University student, who was reportedly high on drugs, was repeatedly punched by a police officer after running naked into the street,...

Man killed while trying to separate his feuding wives

A man who reportedly tried to separate a fight between his two wives today in Adamawa state, has been stabbed to death by one...

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92

A statement from the office of her husband, former president George HW Bush, described her as a "relentless proponent of family literacy". Mrs Bush, the...

Tanzania's Diamond Platinumz arrested

Tanzania's Information Minister Harrison Mwakyembe says that authorities plan to file charges against top musician Diamond Platinumz for posting "obscene" and "indecent" material on...

VIDEO: Watch Ghanaian Pastor kissing a woman and touching another's breast as way of healing

A Ghanaian Pastor in South Africa, Prophet Nana Poku, heals a woman by kissing her and another by touching her breast. The absurd video is...

Britain is wrongly deporting Commonwealth nationals – this must stop now

Richard Stewart is one of my constituents in Edmonton, where I am the member of parliament. He came to the UK from Jamaica in...

Has World War 3 been declared? How Russia vs USA tension over Syria could spark global conflict

The world is currently on high alert with tensions between the US and Russia over Syria boiling over. Adding North Korea's nuclear ambitions into the...

Gunmen in Nigeria's Kano abduct German citizen, kill policeman

Gunmen in the northern Nigerian state of Kano killed a policeman and abducted a German citizen on Monday as they travelled to a construction...

Man to be beaten 80 strokes of cane for calling sister-in-law a prostitute

A Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gar, Kaduna state has ordered a man, Shuaibu Umar who called his sister in-law, Suwaiba Abdulkadir a prostitute...

Ghanaian agritech startup Agrocenta wins $500,000 Seedstars prize

Ghanaian Agritech Startup Agrocenta Wins $500,000 Investment in Seedstars World Competition Agrocenta, a Ghanaian agritech startup has won a $500,000 investment for coming first globally...