Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder.
This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny...
Charges of indecency have been dropped against 24 women who were caught wearing trousers at a party near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
The gathering was...
Israel says it has targeted sites in Gaza belonging to the militant group Hamas in retaliation for rocket strikes.
Israel's military said it hit weapons...
Nigeria's military has sacked the commander leading the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
His redeployment to an unspecified post follows a string of...
Thousands of women in Amagu community, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Tuesday protested the arrest of their husbands and sons by...
Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to alter the Lord’s Prayer because he believes the current translation suggests God is capable...
Liberia's Supreme Court has ruled that evidence of fraud during October's first round of presidential elections was insufficient to merit a re-run.
This means the...
Same-sex marriage has been officially signed into law in Australia, a day after MPs overwhelmingly approved a historic bill.
Australia's Governor-General Peter Cosgrove signed off...
A Nigerian governor has created a new role for his sister - as commissioner for happiness.
Rochas Okorocha unveiled the post during the swearing-in of...
US President Donald Trump will unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, senior administration officials say.
But the officials said Mr Trump would not immediately move...
The Swiss government has announced that it will return $320m (£240m) of the money allegedly stolen by Nigeria's late military ruler Sani Abacha.
The money...
Reports from Yemen say ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in fighting with his former allies.
Media controlled by the rebel Houthi movement quoted...
South Africa's corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago.
According to the report, 300m rand ($22m;...
Husbands who attempt "instant divorce" could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India.
The traditional practice involves a...
Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has replaced two ministers, two days after announcing his cabinet.
Critics said the original line-up showed Mr Mnangagwa had no...
Liberia is in the thick of uncertainty after its Supreme Court ruled in November that a presidential run-off vote cannot proceed until a complaint of fraud and irregularities...
An Australian MP has proposed to his partner during a parliamentary debate on legalising same-sex marriage.
Tim Wilson's proposal to Ryan Bolger, who was sitting...
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) Worldwide, Apostle Suleman, took to social media to disclose that he just increased his tithe from...
The new slave trade-human trafficking in Libya is being carried out by many nationalities, including Nigerians and Ghanaians, according to a Cameroonian returnee, who...
Fifteen Ghanaian prisoners have been beaten to pulp in a prison in Libya for possessing phones.
The fifteen were identified and subjected to serious beatings...
Donald Trump has told Prime Minister Theresa May to focus on "terrorism" in the UK after she criticised his sharing of far-right videos.
"Don't focus...
