Italian police has arrested an Egyptian-born man suspected of being a member of the militant group Islamic State and of indoctrinating young children, encouraging them to...
The lawyer of an opposition politician of dual Kenyan and Canadian citizenship said on Tuesday his client was detained by police at Nairobi airport during...
Great Britain has appointed a Nigerian as the first female black ambassador to Mozambique. She is Ms NneNne Iwuji-Eme. NneNne Iwuji-Eme, who has spent 16 years...
United Nations puts an end to its peacekeeping mission to Liberia on Thursday, 15 years after it was deployed in the aftermath of two civil wars...
Kenyan woman, Josephine Majani, who was verbally and physically abused after giving birth on the floor of Bungoma District Hospital, a state-run hospital in 2013 in Kenya won a...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned up to 3,000 prisoners, in a move that could help ease overcrowding in the country’s penal facilities. All women, except those with...
The second son of ex-Libyan leader late Muammar Gaddafi, Mr. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has indicated his interest to be the next leader hat would unify the strife-torn country. Politically fragmented...
Forty-four African countries have signed an agreement establishing a free trade area seen as vital to the continent’s economic development. The head of the African Union...
South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has suspended the head of the tax service ahead of “disciplinary proceedings” as he vows to fight graft following his...
is allegedly pleading poverty, claiming that he had to declare all his assets outside the country, Times Live of South Africa has reported.This comes after the...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe said on Monday that only 591 million dollars of the 1.42 billion dollars estimated to be stashed abroad by individuals and...
Zimbabwe’s first presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of former strongman Robert Mugabe’s long rule will take place in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not attend the Extraordinary African Union summit on free trade in Rwanda this week. The meeting in Kigali is...
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) has commended the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission (NEC) for its professionalism during the March 7 general elections. NAN...
There are indications Nigeria accounts for about 70% of the illegal small arms in the sub-region. These hints are contained in 20-pages report titled ‘Crime Just:...
The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osibanjo, among others have been named among the inaugural list of 100 Most Reputable Africans released by Reputation Poll,...
Burundi’s ruling party has anointed President Pierre Nkurunziza their “supreme eternal leader’’ whose decisions may not be opposed.The new title will allow the 54-year-old president to...
Ethiopian soldiers killed nine civilians and injured 12 after mistaking them for rebels near a town along the country’s border with Kenya, state media said. The...
Liberian President, George Weah, while Visiting Nigerian President in Abuja has state that Nigeria’s help is need for the growth, prosperity and development of Liberia. Weah...
An Italian court has postponed to May 14 the trial of Royal Dutch Shell and Eni executives over alleged corruption in Nigeria. Naija News learnt The...