Son of late Col. Muammar Ghaddafi, Saif al-Islam and eight others have been sentenced to death in a Libyan court. Their sentence is in relation to...
Nigeria has made a vital step towards being declared polio free, after marking a year without a recorded case. It can now be taken off the...
A music graduate with absolutely no medical background was given work as a doctor in a prison and a GP’s surgery after stealing the identity of a fully-qualified...
Burqa, a regalia worn by Muslim women, has been banned in the far north of Cameroon following attacks by two women dressed in the garments. The...
At least 17 people were killed and 74 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded market in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, Saturday. The incident came...
Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government, which has failed to come up with a budget has now become desperate and is moving in to tax churches and non-governmental organisations....
Islamic State militants on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack in a Tunisian seaside resort that killed 39. In a statement released on social media, the...
At least 30 have been killed, some of them beheaded, after a major attack on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in the village...
The Rwandan government has branded the arrest of its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake as “an outrage”. Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday,...
Gambia’s outspoken president has a new title with Babili Mansa, meaning “bridge builder”, being added to his name, the country’s media is reporting. The country’s private...