Zainab Aliyu was wrongly accused of carrying Tramadol to Saudi Arabia in 2018 and was detained awaiting execution.
Ms Aliyu was arrested at her hotel...
Public prosecutors in Sudan have charged former President Omar al-Bashir for the death of protesters.
He has been charged with inciting and the subsequent killing...
Police in Nigeria Imo State have arrested a 27-year-old single mother who sold her baby girl for $1,670 (N600,000).
Two other persons who assisted Nneka...
South Africa's ruling party the ANC is projected to win Wednesday's legislative election.
But there are indications that victory won't be landslide, instead with less...
At least twelve people have been reported dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after rebel forces clashed with government security agencies.
Fighters from the...
South Africans on Wednesday started voting in parliamentary and provincial elections.
The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough challenge this time round as...
Liberia's President George Weah on Monday suspended his deputy information minister, Eugene Fahngon.
The deputy minister is reported to have made some ethnic oriented and...
Police in Ghana on Sunday arrested eight persons who they accuse of attempting to declare an independent state out of Ghana.
Those arrested belong to...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned home from his recent trip to the UK for holidays.
Buhari's aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
