The Nigerian and Swiss governments have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see looted funds from Nigeria returned to that country.
For decades, Switzerland...
Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has passed away.
The apartheid icon has been ill for a number of years and was most recently admitted to Milpark...
The Trump administration is seeking to change visa applications to require all applicants to turn over five years of social media history.
The move is...
Illegal workers have invaded the farm of former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe to mine for gold.
Reporters from the Zimbabwean newspaper Newsday found them...
“There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity”, Pope Francis he told Eugenio Scalfari, a 93-year-old atheist philosopher, today, during...
The Uganda Communications Commission has suspended 23 radio stations for advertising and promoting witchcraft, news site the East African reports
Describing the stations as lacking "minimum...
Eight leading columnists of Kenya’s largest media group, NMG, have resigned over loss in editorial independence
Kenya’s government are reportedly cracking down on the media...
Gold castings of the hands of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela have been sold for $10m (£7m) in bitcoin.
Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm...
There are over 80,000 ghost police officers in Nigeria, data from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has revealed.
According to local media...
Brazilian police have arrested the Catholic Bishop of Formosa, Jose Ribeiro, on allegations that he stole about 2 million reais ($608,000) from church coffers,...
Ivory Coast’s ruling coalition secured an overwhelming victory on Saturday in the country’s first senatorial elections, which were boycotted by the opposition who have...
Members of Zambia’s main opposition party have submitted a motion in parliament for the impeachment of President Edgar Lungu.
The motion, which was submitted to...
More than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram were in Nigeria’s capital on Thursday, a day after their surprise release that fuelled rumours about...
Karen McDougal, the ex-Playboy model claiming to have had an affair with Donald Trump, is expressing her remorse to First Lady Melania Trump.
“What can...
Pope Francis has said use of the religious symbol `the Crucifix’ (cross) as a fashion accessory contributes to abuse of the religious object.
In a speech at St Peter’s...
Zambia’s parliament suspended a cabinet minister on Tuesday from its proceedings for one month for slapping a fellow lawmaker within parliament grounds.
Verbal abuse is...
Pope Francis has said men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited.
The pope said this,...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma may challenge a prosecutor’s decision to reinstate corruption charges over a $2.5 billion arms deal, news broadcaster eNCA...
