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African teenager allegedly held captive and used as sex slave in Sydney

An African girl has been taken to hospital in Sydney after escaping from a house where she was allegedly held captive and repeatedly sexually...

Ghanaian asylum seeker wins case to stay in Canada

A Ghanaian asylum seeker who lost his fingers to frostbite while crossing into Manitoba from the U.S. on Christmas Eve has won his case...

Nairobi’s prettiest thug buried after police shooting

Police on Thursday arrested three men shortly after they had attended the burial of the suspected teenage gangster Claire Njoki Kiboi. Detectives raided the 18-year-old...

Girlfriend kidnaps groom from his wedding to another woman

A 25-year-old woman identified as Bharti Yadav, has kidnapped a groom from a wedding alter in Uttar Pradesh, India. According to NDTV, Bharti and the...

Prophet freed in a Congo jail-break

Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their leader and about 50 other inmates,...

The people selling canned air to China

Whether enveloped by the thick smog from factories or choked with invisible poisons from vehicle exhausts, many cities around the world are losing the...

Indonesia’s Aceh: Two gay men sentenced to 85 lashes

A Sharia court in Indonesia's Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex. The men were found guilty...

Inmate mistakenly freed wins release after living an upstanding life

A Colorado man who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released was told by a judge Tuesday that he is a free...

Trump ‘asked FBI to halt Flynn inquiry’

President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to end an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report. "I...

Meet the man who ‘brought back our girls’

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani profiles the lawyer who brokered the release of 82 women...

Oxford student who stabbed boyfriend could be spared jail ‘because of her extraordinary talent’

Lavinia Woodward, an “extraordinary” Oxford University student who stabbed her Tinder date with a bread-knife, could be spared jail time after a judge said...

Uganda bans Dutch film for ‘glorifying homosexuality’

Uganda's censorship board has banned a Dutch film, The Dinner Club, after accusing it of "glorifying homosexuality" the Embassy of The Netherlands in Kampala...

Award-wining Mexican journalist assassinated

Mexican crime reporter Javier Valdez Cárdenas was assassinated Monday by an armed group that reportedly shot him while he was driving, according to both...

I tanned daily as a teen and got skin cancer at 25

Twenty-seven-year-old Brittany Winchester will compete at this weekend's Miss USA pageant as Miss Indiana. I first started tanning the summer I went to freshman prom...

ESPN Anchor suffered miscarriage on-air

Sports anchor Sara Walsh got personal about parenthood and loss in a touching Mother’s Day Instagram post that has struck a chord with many. “My...

14 year old graduates from US University

A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University. Carson Huey-You was among more than 2,000 students getting...

PHOTO: Mother dies on Mother’s Day saving daughter’s life

A mother in Long Island showed the depths of her love on Mother’s Day by giving up her life to save her daughter’s. Diane Aluska,...

Ghanaian couple win ‘right to stay in UK’ case against Theresa May

Instead, they are thought to have been represented by their families in accordance with the Ghanaian ‘customary law’ on marriage. Mr Awuku’s father stood in...

Zuma endorses ex-wife as ANC leader

South African President Jacob Zuma has endorsed his ex-wife and former AU chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next leader of the African National...

Generations actor killed trying to stop robbery

South Africans are paying tribute to a former actor on popular local TV series Generations who was killed during a mugging on Sunday night. Mandla...

Zuma endorses ex-wife as ANC leader

South African President Jacob Zuma has endorsed his ex-wife and former AU chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next leader of the African National...

Why I had to terminate my baby’s life

Last year, stand-up comedian Lou Conran had to end her pregnancy at 22 weeks - five-and-a-half months. She is now preparing a show about...

GOP reverses 14-Obama era rules

Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama's last-minute regulations, one. Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of...

Cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol

Friday’s cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. Speaking to Britain’s ITV, he said the world faced...

Ebola outbreak declared after three die in DRC

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organisation says three deaths are being...

‘I dressed as a man to work in a mine’

Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that's said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since...

African migrants flee poverty to get sucked into world of violent crime

Six months after Muhammed Yusuf had been sold, tortured and forced to watch as a friend died, he found himself back at the parched,...

Macron inaugurated at Elysee Palace

As soon as President Macron finished uttering "vive le France", the handshaking and celebratory music began. 'Deep change' ahead as Macron vows to begin work...

Man finds out wife has p3nis on their wedding night

A married man has been left in a dilemma after he found one his wife whom he dated for a year before marriage had...

WHO Confirms Ebola Case in DR Congo

A person has tested positive for the Ebola virus in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo. A spokesman for the World Health Organization says officials...

WHO Confirms Ebola Case in DR Congo

A person has tested positive for the Ebola virus in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo. A spokesman for the World Health Organization says officials...

Video: Barbed wire electrocutes thief to death

Many days for the thief but one day for the owner they say, This thief didn't have the opportunity to answer to the owner...

Huge cyber-attack reported worldwide

A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world. Screenshots of a well known program that locks computers and...

SA shocked at woman’s murder, burning

The man believed to be the boyfriend of a 22-year-old woman whose killing has shocked South Africa has appeared in court in Johannesburg to...

We want big guns to fight al-Shabab not AK-47 – Somalia

Somalia's president has called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as government soldiers battle to regain territory from...

Mexican who searched for ‘disappeared’ is killed

A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed. Miriam Rodriguez Martinez was shot in her...

Thailand warns Facebook over content

Authorities in Thailand have warned Facebook to take down content critical of the monarchy, or face legal action. The social media giant has been given...

White House furious over photos of Russia Oval Office meeting

The White House is facing criticism for a possible security breach after it allowed a Russian news service photographer into the Oval Office to...

Zuma appeals against court order

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is appealing against a High Court ruling ordering him to give reasons for his controversial decision to sack widely...

How my pastor ruined my marriage – Woman cries in court

A civil servant, Mrs Victoria Igbo, on Monday, told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her pastor hurried her into marrying the wrong man. Victoria,...