A last-minute High Court injunction has temporarily blocked the UK government from concluding talks on handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The injunction was granted to two Chagossian women, Bernadette...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, has firmly rejected allegations of ethnic bias and administrative incompetence following technical errors that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination....

A Congolese former prime minister, Matata Ponyo Mapon, has been convicted of embezzling $245 million from a massive failed agriculture project. Mapon, who served under President Joseph Kabila from 2012-2016,...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party, promoting sanctioned ally Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel as his SPLM party's deputy chairperson. This...

The average retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol in Nigeria rose to N1,239.33 in April 2025, representing a 76.73% year-on-year increase compared to N701.24 recorded in April...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has distanced itself from the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Kenya. This emerged during the...

A 65-year-old British national, Douglas Robert Brook, has been arrested in Namibia on 38 charges, including rape, indecent assault, and child exploitation, after allegedly sexually molesting minors and taking nude...

South Africa's inflation rate increased marginally to 2.8% year-on-year in April, up from 2.7% in March, driven primarily by higher food prices. Despite this rise, the inflation rate remains below...

A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Augustin Matata Ponyo, has been sentenced to 10 years of forced labor for corruption. Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling...

A federal judge in the US has cautioned that President Donald Trump's administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting migrants to South Sudan, potentially violating a court...