Beji Caid Essebsi Is Dead! Tunisian President Dies Aged 92

Tunisia’s first freely elected president, Beji Caid Essebsi died Thursday morning. He was aged 92, and the world’s oldest sitting president. BBC reports that Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wedne…

DR Congo Health Minister Resigns Over Ebola

DR Congo’s health minister resigned Monday after President Felix Tshisekedi replaced him as the head of the country’s response to an Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 1,700 people. "As a resul…

Zuma pulls out of corruption inquiry

Former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has withdrawn from the corruption inquiry, saying that he would no longer give evidence in the probe over his administration.     …

Pastor dies of Ebola after praying for sick person

It was a matter of fear and anxiety as the first Ebola patient in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died days after he got infected with the deadly viru…

Albinos In Tanzania Are Being Hunted For Their Limbs

Families are said to be trading in their own loved ones in a bid for money and influence from some of the country’s most powerful people. It is believed in the African country that albino body parts …

South Africa’s ex-president Zuma gets death threat

Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry on Monday that he had …

Soldier planning coup against president identified

The soldier who is being accused of spying on Zimbabwean First lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa and plotting to topple President Emerson Mnangagwa has been identified.      &nbsp…

Zuma Denies Multiple Graft Allegations, Says He’s A Victim Of Conspiracy

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Monday dismissed multiple graft allegations against him, telling a judicial inquiry he was the victim of conspiracies, years of “character assassination”…

Jacob Zuma to face corruption inquiry

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from grace for a politician who has cast a long shadow over the country’s …

Cameroon forces kill 7 separatists in troubled Anglophone region

Seven armed separatists were killed in fresh clashes with government forces early Thursday in Cameroon’s locality of Esu located in troubled English-speaking region of Northwest, according to militar…

Libya releases refugees from bombed detention camp

Authorities in Libya have released refugees and migrants from the detention centre that was bombed in Tajoura, last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says.  &n…

24 killed in Papua New Guinea tribal massacres

Twenty-four people have died including two pregnant women with their unborn children in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea’s lawless highlands, prompting the prime minister on Wednesday to promise s…

Man narrates how he found out he is HIV positive, says his mother died without telling him

A Kenyan man Brian Omondi, who was born with HIV, is sharing his experience with the world, The Kenyan man says he did not find out about the virus until his mother passed away.   &nbsp…

Attack kills dozens of migrants in Libya

An attack has killed up to 40 migrants at a detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Some 80 people were injured at the centre, which the UN-backed government says was hit by …

Ethiopia Steps Up Seizure Of Foreign Currency From Passengers

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Nigerian travellers that the Ethiopian Customs and Revenue Authority (ECRA) has recently stepped up seizure of foreign currencies and valuables in …

Ethiopia Attack: We Strongly Condemn Coup Attempt In The Amhara Region – ECOWAS

President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, has on behalf of ECOWAS, condemned the coup attempt in Ethiopia.The President on behalf of the ECOWAS expres…

Terrorists kill 7 policemen in Egypt

No fewer than 7 Egyptian policemen, including one officer, have been killed in terrorist attacks on different check points in the North Sinai city of Arish.The country’s Interior Ministry said this i…

Zimbabwe bans use of U.S. dollars, others

In a bid to defend its fledgeling new currency against black market speculation, Zimbabwe‘s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube  has  outlawed the use of the US dollar and a host of other foreign…

Egypt’s former president Morsi buried in Cairo

Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried in Cairo on Tuesday, his lawyer said, a day after he collapsed in court and died.Rights groups called for an independent probe …

Sudan’s al-Bashir charged, makes first public appearance

Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April. Looking much the…