Boko Haram kidnaps 50 loggers in Nigeria
Boko Haram militants have been kidnapped 50 loggers in north-eastern Nigeria close to the border with Cameroon, the Daily Nation reported on Friday.
The abduction...
US tourist killed by arrow-shooting Indian tribe
An American tourist was killed by arrows shot by protected tribesmen living in one of the world's most isolated regions tucked in India's Andaman...
Corruption still a focus as Nigeria’s Buhari launches re-election bid
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched his manifesto on Sunday, hoping his anti-corruption agenda can win him a second term at a Feb. 16 election.
Buhari,...
#CaliforniaFire: Death toll climbs to 56, 130 missing
US National Guard troops scoured the ruins of the town of Paradise on Thursday for any sign of 130 people still missing in California's...
UN lifts sanctions against Eritrea after Ethiopia peace deal
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) lifted a range of sanctions against Eritrea four months after that country and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement...
Five Palestinians killed in deadly Gaza flare-up
The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge.
Renewed violence in Gaza threatened to thwart...
Zimbabwe ex-minister Supa Mandiwanzira arrested for criminal abuse of office
Former information, communication, technology, postal and courier services minister Supa Mandiwanzira was Tuesday arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office after he single-handedly...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in hot water for saying men shouldn’t cook
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni came under fire Monday for saying he had not stepped into the kitchen since he got married, and that it...
Four dead, 19 missing following landslide in Philippines
Rescuers pulled out four bodies and four survivors but at least 19 others remained missing Wednesday after a massive typhoon-triggered landslide crashed down on...
Zim government dismisses prophet’s claims of finding cure for HIV
The Zimbabwean government on Monday urged people prescribed with anti-retroviral treatment (ART) to take their medication, dismissing claims by a prophet that he found...
