Angry villagers have set fire to police headquarters after a five-year-old girl with albinism was abducted and killed by armed men in Mali.
Djeneba Diarra,...
In an attempt to keep Nigerians safe from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London.
Nigeria's...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London.
Nigeria's...
While Robert Mugabe will not appear before Zimbabwe’s parliamentary committee on mines as scheduled on Wednesday, but its boss, Temba Mliswa, says its only...
More than 3,000 Nigerian migrants who failed to reach Europe, have been flown home by the International Organization for Migration. Many sold everything to...
Burundi suspended operations by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Voice of America on Friday, two weeks before a referendum that could extend the president’s...
One of Zambia’s top universities has urged female students to stop visiting the library "half-naked" because it distracts male colleagues.
The University of Zambia -...
Africa's largest economy has moved to boost trade with China.
Nigeria, China have announced they will conduct a currency swap amounting to nearly $2.4 billion,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the driving force for seeking public office should be to serve the people, and see...
Four miners have died after an earthquake caused a cave-in at a South African gold mine.
The miners were among 10 rescued from Sibanye-Stillwater's Masakhane...
Several of the 6,000 people displaced by raging floods in Kenya's coastal county of Kilifi have said they want condoms, the privately owned Daily Nation...
The Kenyan government has banned evening prayers popularly known as “kesha” in Narok County.
Narok County Commissioner, George Natembeya, made the directive following rising statistics of...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
President Joseph Kabila "sanctioned more than 200 individuals who do not fulfil the conditions to function as magistrates", Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said...
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...
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...
