Isaac Kaledzi

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has sparked a new controversy by proposing to scrap the celebration of the country's founder's day which falls on September 21, the birthday of global icon and well celebrated Pan-Africanist, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

At least 50 people have been killed in days of violent clashes along the border of Ethiopia’s Oromiya and Somali regions, according to officials.

General Motors will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles in China over concerns about airbags made by troubled Japanese giant Takata, Chinese authorities said, dealing a blow to the US automaker in the world's largest car market.

Protesters hurled debris at police in St Louis, Missouri Sunday and smashed store windows as demonstrations over the acquittal of a former police officer in the shooting death of a black man turned violent for a third straight day.

Romelu Lukaku scored against his former club as Manchester United thrashed Everton to move joint top of the Premier League.

Television's glittering Emmys placed politics front and center on Sunday, lavishing "The Handmaid's Tale" with awards for its bleak portrait of an authoritarian America.

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Sunday that it had opened an inquiry after soldiers fired on Burundian refugees in the eastern South Kivu province, killing dozens.

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted president Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood to 25 years in prison in a final ruling over a case accusing him of spying for Qatar, judicial sources said.

The world’s oldest person Violet Brown has died in Jamaica at the age of 117 years and 189 days old.

Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday gave the 23 year old Kenyan who recently won a parliamentary seat in the Kenya general elections a brand new car after promising to do so last month.