Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya's presidential election saying that the figures announced on Monday were "null and void".
According to the official...
New Zealand police are investigating after a family found human remains in suitcases they purchased from an auction at a storage facility.
The occupants of...
Tanzania's President Samia Hassan has ordered fresh training for pot-bellied immigration officers to make them more agile.
She made the remarks in Swahili on Monday,...
Eyinatayo Iluyomade, a 19-year-old Lagos-based comedian, has been arrested and charged to court for saying an expensive joke.
The skit maker was alleged to have...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded a 20-year-old man, Musa Salimon, at the Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly raping his friend’s...
A secret underwater village hidden for over 40 years has been uncovered as Britain's scorching heatwave dries up the lake where it was previously hidden.
The houses that used...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin is ready to hand out modern weaponry to its allies - which include rogue states lead by unpredictable...
At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the...
Deputy President, William Ruto has won Kenya's presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said, amid dramatic scenes.
He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga,...
There were chaotic scenes at an Ikea store in Shanghai on Saturday, with shoppers trying to escape as authorities tried to quarantine them.
Health officials...
The Moscow Exchange will be partially reopened to foreign investors from Monday after a nearly six-month suspension during the Ukraine war.
It says only investors...
There's growing anticipation that the much-awaited results of last week's Kenya presidential election will be known shortly.
Desks being used for the result verification process...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met families of passengers kidnapped during a train attack in late March in northern Nigeria.
It was the first time such...
Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce lower denominations of gold coins to allow ordinary people to purchase them, according to the state-owned newspaper The...
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has described anti-government protests in the country as acts of terrorism instigated by agitators living abroad.
About 130 people...
More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, with Ukraine and Russia again blaming each other for the attack.
Each side said...
Anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Sierra Leone's opposition areas.
It has been reported that a number of officers and protesters have died.
Many Sierra...
Mali's interim President Col Assimi Goïta said he held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a post on Twitter, Mr Goïta...
Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country's youth minister told CNN on Thursday.
The officers, six...
Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong has been charged with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion by the Akwa Ibom State government...
The Akwa Ibom State government on Wednesday charged Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion.
The actor...
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county.
Her father, Anyang Nyong’o,...
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county.
Her father, Anyang Nyong’o,...
A 12-year-old girl was saved from marrying a 70-year-old man just moments before the wedding ceremony.
Two months ago, Amira was excited.
Her brother was getting...
