Nigeria re-elects Buhari for second term
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-chosen for a second four-year term. The 76-year-old crushed his principle rival, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with an edge…
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5-year-old girl paralyzed after relative raped her, rape declared a national emergency
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President…
Authorities stop manufacturer from producing energy drink that causes erection in men
Authorities in Zambia have ordered a local manufacturer to stop the production and distribution of an energy drink that reportedly caused a prolonged erection in…
35-year-old man jailed for sexually molesting sleeping woman on flight
A 35-year-old Indian national has been jailed for nine years in the US for a brazen sexual assault of a woman on a plane while…
8 members of Al-Shabaab militants killed
The US military says it killed eight members of the Al-Shabab extremist group in Gandarshe area, Somalia. The US Africa Command statement said the airstrike…
Man fails to emerge from waters during baptism
A man suffocated on Wednesday during baptism in River Densu, south of Accra city. In a video doing rounds on social media, the 20-year-old Yaw…
Meet the school bus driver who licks his own forehead
While some think about licking their nose with their tongue as a mean accomplishment, this man takes his ability to an unheard level. Yagya Bahadur…
Ethiopia to launch own satellite
Ethiopia plans next year to join an exclusive club of African nations: those with their own national satellites. The country’s first satellite, due to be…
Scores of women, girls raped and assaulted by attackers
South Sudanese Attackers raped, beat and robbed more than 100 women and girls in northern part of the country over a 10-day period in November…
Death toll rise to 23 after boat capsizes in Lake Victoria
The loss of life from an accident where a boat capsized in Lake Victoria on Saturday evening has ascended to somewhere around 29. Earlier reports…