Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the results of the re-run presidential election that saw Uhuru Kenyatta gaining a second term.
Mr. Odinga called...
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria.
UNHCR said on Tuesday...
Amnesty International has condemned the decision of a military court in Cameroon to sentence an opposition leader to 25 years in prison.
Aboubakar Siddiki was...
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has fired two top officials of his administration for their respective roles in two separate cases of corruption.
The two officials...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election.
He won 98% of the vote with the...
US President Donald Trump has launched a Twitter tirade about the "guilt" of Hillary Clinton and the opposition Democratic Party.
His Sunday morning outburst came...
Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab have claimed a deadly car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday.
A Somali journalist who specializes in reporting...
Ahead of Liberia’s presidential run-off on November 7, 2017, the leading contender, George Weah is beginning to attract bigwigs boosting his chances of inching...
The police in Accra have arrested 26 Togolese nationals for planning to stage an unlawful demonstration over the political situation in their country.
The suspects...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye popularly called Daddy G.O, has revealed what he believes Nigeria needs...
An Italian accountant has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV.
Valentino Talluto is said to have had unprotected sex...
Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
It accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for...
Ghana's inspector general of police has ordered an investigation into the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl after national outrage over the case.
The parents...
A French court has handed down a three-year suspended jail term to Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang for corruption.
The 48-year-old, known for his...
The funeral cremation ceremony for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej has started in Bangkok, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets to...
Kenya's controversial presidential election will go ahead as planned on Thursday after the Supreme Court couldn't rule on a challenge because not enough justices...
US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton's team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia.
Unfounded claims that...
The United States says it is concerned about the increasingly deteriorating political situation in Togo. The use of excessive force by security forces on...
In a surprise move, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has said he will not run for re-election, citing "outrageous and undignified" behavior from the White...
The Togolese government has cancelled the Francophonie ministerial conference scheduled to be held in the capital Lome in November.
The cancellation comes amid opposition protests...
Kenya’s chief prosecutor has ordered that opposition leader Raila Odinga’s sister should immediately be charged with inciting violence against the election commission.
Ms Odinga, a...
Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, confirmed a congresswoman's earlier comments that President Trump had said her husband "knew what he...
The leading presidential candidate in Liberia and football legend, George Weah, on Sunday attended a Church service in Lagos, Nigeria to “seek God’s face”...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s original proposal sparked an outcry.
He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.
But Mr Mugabe’s critics say Zimbabwe’s...
The bubbly 15-year-old dreamed of becoming a firefighter, a lawyer, or veterinarian. She was passionate about drawing and spending time outside with her dogs...
President Buhari today said his administration has demonstrated the ability to contain the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria, especially in the North...
