Isaac Kaledzi

Nigeria has been told by a court it can permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block owned by a former oil minister who is wanted for money laundering.

Venezuela's military was on Monday hunting an ex-officer and a lieutenant who led uniformed rebels on a weekend raid to grab weapons from an army base, fueling fears the country's worsening crisis could tip into armed conflict.

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon added the world title to her Olympic gold when she won a superb women's 1,500 metres final in a white-hot London Stadium atmosphere on Monday, judging her charge to perfection and holding off the field.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu hit out at Neymar's lack of loyalty to the club on Monday and criticised the Brazilian for staying silent up until his world record 222 million euro ($261 million) move to Paris St. Germain.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is to invest more than $800m in hotels in Egypt, the investment ministry in Cairo said on Monday.

Gunmen abducted 16 people from a passenger bus near southern Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt on Monday, witnesses told AFP.

Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo say at least 14 people are dead after clashes between police and suspected members of a religious sect that was behind a recent prison break.

Kenyans began voting Tuesday in general elections headlined by a too-close-to-call battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga, sparking fears of violence in east Africa's richest economy.

The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has rejected appeals from his supporters for him to extend his term limit beyond the two terms of five years stipulated in the country’s constitution.

The vote of no-confidence in South Africa’s Jacob Zuma will be taken in secret, according to the national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete.