South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his foreign affairs minister who had been in office for less than a year. James Pitia Morgan, who was appointed last August, was...

Two men have been charged with immigration offences after an investigation into the deaths of five migrants, including a child, in the English Channel. Three men, a woman and a...

Military commander of an army camp located at Sabon Garin Dan’Ali, in Danmusa local government area of Katsina state has reportedly been killed in an ambush. Sources said the incident...

A building collapse in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State has left an unknown number of workers trapped. Excavation efforts are ongoing, and some corpses...

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appointed National Chess Master, Tunde Onakoya, the Sports Ambassador of the State following his world record-breaking chess marathon campaign at the Times...

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, on Thursday, launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across the continent....

Dozens of American military personnel are expected to withdraw from Chad in coming days, three senior U.S. officials said Thursday, amid a broader, involuntary reconfiguration of Washington’s security policy in...

Kenya Airways (KQ) has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's army of holding two of its employees since last week, despite a court ruling to release them. The two were...

Former Ondo State deputy governor Agboola Ajayi announced on Thursday that she would be the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) nominee for the state's November 16 governorship election. Ajayi won the...

Severe drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon is threatening southern Africa with grain shortages and food insecurity, a UN food agency said Wednesday. The recurring El Nino weather...