The International Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the 2019 acquittal of former Cote D’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo and ordered all conditions of his release removed. Prosecutors had argued...

The Tanzanian Police on Tuesday said that 45 people lost their lives in Dar es Salaam during a stampede on March 21 when mourners paid their last respects to the late President John Magufuli. The stampede...

A joint World Health Organisation (WHO)-China study researching the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan has concluded that a laboratory leak is “extremely unlikely”, the Associated Press reported...

US President Joe Biden expects to run for reelection in 2024, signaling for the first time that he will seek a second term in the White House. “My plan is to run for reelection. That’s my expectation,”...

Google announced on March 24 it has signed licensing deals with numerous Italian media publishers to pay for news content, in the U.S. tech giant’s latest move to tamp down media anger over lost advertising...

The White House on Wednesday announced that President Biden has assigned Vice President Harris the task of overseeing the administration’s efforts to stem the flow of migrants at the Mexican border,...

Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 passed the 300,000 mark on Wednesday, according to its Health Ministry. A total of 300,685 people in Brazil have now died of Covid-19, the health ministry said, as...

Lawmakers in the Gambia, on Monday rejected government’s proposal to lift a ban on skin-lightening products, citing health or religious reasons. Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African state...

Tanzania’s vice president, Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in, Friday, as the country’s president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an undisclosed ailment. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim...

Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, the government announced on Wednesday. Announcing his death in a live television address, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Magufuli...

The Vatican’s office responsible for church doctrines: the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has said the Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions despite their “positive...

The US Congress approved a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Wednesday, authorizing a flurry of new federal spending and a temporary yet dramatic increase in anti-poverty programs...

Senegalese police clashed with supporters of arrested opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead in the south of the country, a police official said. It was the first death confirmed...

A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended. He is the first former French...

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a court hearing via video link on Monday looking healthy but facing new charges from the military junta. The latest charge is believed to be over...

The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket...

Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the World Health Organization-backed COVAX initiative that promises to deliver shots to poorer nations. The 600,000 COVAX...

Tiger Woods was hospitalized after being involved in a single-car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. According to his agent, Mark Steinberg, Woods suffered “multiple” leg injuries. Woods was...

The Malaysia Immigration on Tuesday deported 1,086 Myanmar nationals to their homeland just weeks after a coup. This is despite a court order halting the repatriation and a storm of criticism from rights...

More than 500,000 people in the United States with coronavirus have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data, the highest death toll by far of any country in the world. The country reached the...