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...
Indonesia warns against spreading ‘hoaxes’ about Lion Air crash tragedy
An image shared thousands of times on social media claims to show a baby being rescued from a Lion Air plane that crashed in...
More body parts found from crashed Indonesian jet
Indonesian search teams recovered more remains at the site of a crashed Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with 189 people aboard,...
Zimbabwe prophet Walter Magaya claims he found ‘perfect’ cure for HIV/AIDS
Walter Magaya, a self-proclaimed Zimbabwean prophet and doctor, claims that he has found a cure for HIV/AIDS – and that his cure is scientifically...
189 People Feared Dead After a Plane Crash in Indonesia
A plane carrying 189 people from Jakarta to a smaller Indonesian city crashed into the Java Sea on Monday, prompting hard questions about the...
Human remains recovered after Indonesia plane crash
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta,...
MDC leader Chamisa vows action against Zimbabwe’s government
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa on Saturday promised unspecified action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as his party prepares to "take back...
Monkey stones man to death
Monkey stones man to death. According to the Sun, Dharampal Singh (72) was fetching firewood in a forest near his home in Uttar Pradesh,...
Christian killed over beer
Christian killed over a beer. According to Punch, a man named only as Christian was at a popular local tavern in Ijebu Ode, southern Nigeria...
Professor shot dead in Cameroon’s restive anglophone region
Gunmen have killed a linguistics professor in francophone Cameroon's volatile English-speaking Northwest region, hit by a bloody separatist campaign and a brutal security crackdown,...
British tycoon Philip Green named in #MeToo scandal
Retail billionaire Philip Green, one of Britain's most prominent businessmen, was named in parliament on Thursday as having taken legal action to try to...
Six killed, one missing after 2 300 homes flooded in southern Russia
More than 2,300 homes have been flooded in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, with six people dead and one missing, authorities said on Friday.
Rivers overflowed...
Apple and Samsung fined in Italy for slowing down their phones
The ruling by Italy’s competition authority sees the two tech giants penalised for ‘planned obsolescence.’
Italy’s competition authority on Wednesday said it was fining Apple...
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa dismisses calls for unity government
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday dismissed calls for a government of national unity.
The calls have come from opposition MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and...
Ethiopia appoints Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's...