A prisoner in Thailand died on Tuesday while trying to escape from detention. He was reportedly electrocuted by high-voltage barbed wire, according to police.
Police...
The United Nations Human Rights Office says migrants and refugees continue to be subjected to terrible conditions in Libya.
Libya has over the past decade...
Nigeria's Aliko Dangote remains Africa's richest man, according to Forbes list of 'The World's Billionaires' for 2018.
Dangote was however ranked 100th on the global...
Officials in Morocco say the recent killing of two Scandinavian tourists could be linked to activities of terrorists.
This claim was made on Thursday following...
This weekend's crucial presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed.
Presidential candidates for the election were called into a meeting on...
An arrest warrant has been issued for Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe. South Africa issued the warrant over an alleged assault case involving...
Twenty-one young boys have died in South Africa while participating in the traditional circumcision and initiation into manhood ritual.
The rite—Ulwaluko— ancient initiation is practised...
Key opposition figures in Comoros have been handed down life sentences with hard labour. They were sentenced on Saturday by a security court.
The opposition...
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...
