Africa

Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo says if America can vote Donald Trump as US president it shows that they are as human “as we are”.   Trump defeated popular choice Hillary Clinton …

The Bank of Ghana is in talks with two commercial banks which plan to set up offshore specialized banking services for the country’s free trade zone. An official of the …

Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, the state-run MENA news agency said. The attack in al-Badrasheen area …

Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border late on Wednesday, a senior army …

The winter initiation season of circumcision in South Africa has resulted in the tragic death of at least eleven teenagers in a botched traditional practice.  Eleven teenagers have died of …

A Zimbabwean female gang took it in turns to sexually abuse a man they kidnapped from a bus stop, according to police documents. According to Daily Star UK, the teacher …

Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam city has won a global award for its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, becoming the first African city to win the prize. The city won the …

The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in B, a working class district of Togo’s capital, Lome. A dozen priests …

An experienced Kenyan lawyer recently filed a petition with the International Court of Justice in The Hague against the countries of Israel and Italy, as well as historical figures that …

The number of hungry people in the world is rising again after years of decline, as millions suffer from the combined effects of conflict and climate change, the head of …