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...

Sean Spicer, the Chief Press Secretary to American President, Donald Trump has resigned his appointment in protest of a shake up in the communications team of the White House. Spicer, who took over...

  Former US President, Barack Obama has sent unusual words of encouragement to highly respected American statesman and senator, John McCain who has just been diagnosed with brain cancer. Obama who...

  Famous American senator and former Republican presidential candidate, John McCain has been diagnosed with one of the most terrible forms of brain cancer called gliobastoma. McCain had visited the...

France’s Armed Forces Chief, Pierre de Villiers on Wednesday resigned his position over disputes relating to President Macron’s defence budget cuts. In a statement, the 60-year-old de Villiers said...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan renewed his disagreement with American President, Donald Trump on Monday when he suggested that there would be no rolling out the red carpet when Trump goes visiting. The...

  Former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was on Wednesday, sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for corruption and money laundering. Delivering the verdict, Judge Sergio Moro said...

A free0speech group, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York has sued American President for blocking Twitter uses from following his @realDonaldTrump account. The group’s...

World’s number one terrorist group, ISIS has  announced the death of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Daesh”, as ISIS is also called in Iraq, circulated a brief statement through its...

United states officials have said that at least 16 persons were killed after a military plane crashed in the state of Mississippi on Monday  evening . A local Sheriff said the US Marine Corps aircraft...

The Egyptian Interior Ministry has said that the country’s police officers have killed 16 gunmen and fugitive militants in two separate shootouts in Northern Sinai. In a statement released on Sunday,...

  American President, Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin have shared their first hand shake ahead of the G20 summit  holding in Hamburg, Germany. The footage of the first face-to-face...