Gambia's government plans to auction ex-President Yahya Jammeh's luxury planes and cars online, the AFP news agency reports.
Regional countries intervened to force Mr Jammeh...
The UK's Guardian newspaper reports that six albino candidates will run for office next year in Malawi's general election.
"We want to show the public that...
A man in Kenya has allegedly confessed to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports.
Angry...
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo.
Mr Mnangagwa said an object "exploded a...
Pastors now wish their wives death.
Shocked? Don’t be because it is a fact.
An evangelist, Wale Olugbenro told our correspondent that he was shocked to...
The police in Lagos have arrested one Mrs. Yetunde Bello for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old housemaid, Paulina, with a hot iron.
It was learnt that...
Raphael Jaja, the houseboy of a naval officer who allegedly killed his boss, Lieutenant Abubakar Yusuf and his girlfriend, Lorraine Onye, has confessed to...
Ghanaian and African businesses will be seizing the chance to boost trade opportunities with the UK during the GUBA Greenwich Trade Expo this week.
The...
A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia.
Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about...
A 19-year-old man has been arrested by the Niger state police command for allegedly selling his 6-year-old brother to a ritual killer for N20,000.
Aliyu Basala...
A teenager has died after being beaten by his uncle, the wife, and six children over an argument regarding his inheritance.
Dominic Adiele, 17, of Uzi-Ezike...
A "naked" choir performance by a group of South African schoolgirls has led to calls for investigation by the country's education minister.
Angie Motshekga said...
Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website's effect on the country.
Communication minister Sam...
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s has once again failed to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating missing diamond revenue.
Mr Mugabe had been invited to...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering placing a moratorium on the practice of allowing members of the executive to take their spouses and/or other adult...
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity.
Mr Ramaphosa said the gesture was aimed...
Zimbabwe has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth - 15 years after they left the group.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said she was delighted to receive...
A South African pastor who blamed the Cape Town drought on “wickedness and homosexuality” has been given a 30-day prison sentence.
Oscar Bougardt was found...
Two Kenyan politicians survive bridge collapse
Two Kenyan politicians have escaped unhurt after a bridge collapsed, according to local media.
Capital FM news site reports that Governor...
An opposition coalition in Burundi has said it will not accept the results of a referendum on constitutional reforms that could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza's time...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a new law on Wednesday that outlaws the abuse of people on social media but which critics say...
