Isaac Kaledzi

Liberians are voting on Tuesday to elect a new president who will replace current President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who has served for 12 years after becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female president.

A coalition of rights groups on Monday asked Ghana's government of Ghana to "should ensure adequate funding for mental health services" in order to help eliminate "the widespread practice of shackling and other abuses against people with psychosocial disabilities".

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people to spend more time working, not praying. The president said the people's fundamental mission on earth was to work and invent ideas and solutions that would help them have dominion over all creatures.

Three family members have been shot dead in Folweni in KwaZulu-Natal. Three others were wounded when shots were fired at the family's car on Sunday night.

Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.

Major Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel said it has systematically fabricated inspection data for aluminium and copper products that may have gone to around 200 clients, reportedly including Toyota.

Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday.

US Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game Sunday after some players kneeled for the national anthem, the latest twist in a running saga over the controversial protests against racial injustice.

Authorities say at least 10 people have been killed in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Ugandan rebels belonging to the group known as ADF.

A Swiss humanitarian aid worker has been abducted in the conflict-torn Darfur region of Sudan, Switzerland's foreign ministry and a United Nations source said on Sunday.