For the first time in nearly  100 years, Americans were treated to the rare sight of a total eclipse of the sun while a partial eclipse traversed parts of Canada. Several states in the US experienced...

Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame has taken the oath for a third term in office after his landslide victory in the presidential polls held in early August. Kagame won the election with 98.7% of the total...

In what looks like yet another terrorist attack in Europe, one person has been killed, several others stabbed and another shot in the leg in central Turku, about 150 kilometres west of Helsinki, the  capital...

  The Spanish Police have intensified their search for the driver of a van that plowed through pedestrians in the tourist district of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain. On Thursday, a Fiat van drove...

Former Prime Minister of Libya, Ali Zeidan was on Sunday kidnapped by unknown gunmen at a hotel in central Tripoli, the country’s capital. Local Libyan media report that the Police in the country have...

The Vice President of Sierra Leone, Victor Bockarie Foh has said that he fears hundreds of people may have been killed by the mudslide that struck the outskirts of the country’s capital, Freetown early...

United States President, Donald Trump has said the country’s military option against North Korea was already locked and loaded and awaiting any unwise action from Pyongyang. In a tweet he posted on...

Ruth Pfau, a German nun and physician who devoted her life to the treatment and eradication of leprosy in Pakistan has died at the age of 87. In a statement released by the Office of the Pakistani Prime...

The outgoing President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has promised to fully give her support to all the female aspirants in the country’s general elections slated for October 10, 2017. Sirleaf, who...

A former President of Ghana, John Jerry Rawlings has expressed his disappointment and sadness over the corruption ratings of Nigeria and Ghana as released by Transparency International. Rawlings stated...

The gender gap in Kenya’s political scene seems to be narrowing with the election of Anne Waiguru as the first ever female governor in the country who is now set to pilot the affairs of Kirinyaga County...

The death toll from the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Sichuan province of China on Tuesday has risen to 19. Twelve bodies, including two local residents and six tourists who were...

Kenya’s Electoral Commission has said it will immediately commence investigations into claims of hacking of its systems by opposition presidential candidate, Raila Odinga. The Independent Electoral...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered that the nation’s internet capacity be slowed down to prevent further transmission and exchange of images across major social media sites. The...

The South African Parliament on Monday said it would secretly conduct  a motion of no-confidence on the country’s  embattled President, Jacob Zuma. The revelation was made by Baleka Mbete, the Speaker...

Vigilantes in Tanzania have reportedly killed over 470 women suspected to be involved in witchcraft practice. Last week’s killing of five women in Undomo village accused of being witches by a mob is...

At least eleven persons including a city mayor were killed on Sunday in a shoot-out with the police during a drug raid in southern Philippines. Chief Superitendent of Police, Timoteo Pacleb said they...

Despite the Federal Government’s position that is has technically defeated Boko Haram, the United States has said that the Nigerian military lacks the capacity to hold captured territories in the north...

Fifty-eight-year-old Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu has made history by becoming the first woman to be elevated to the rank of Brigadier-General in the Ghanaian Army. Constance, who joined the Ghana...

Uganda’s Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority, Beti Kamya has said the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni is smarter than his entire cabinet which is made up of 80 ministers. “For the little...