Four prisoners are reported dead following days of rioting in Ethiopian prison facilities.
Riots broke out in six Ethiopian prisons after the parliament passed a...
A Nigerian University has banned students with tattoos.
Officials at the Akwa Ibom University say students with tattoos are not allowed into the institution.
Prospective students...
Violence related to cattle grazing in Nigeria is considered deadlier than insurgency of militant group Boko Haram.
An international think tank, International Crisis Group revealed...
The Nigerian government says some 75 Nigerians who were stranded in Russia have refused to be repatriated.
These stranded Nigerians were part of some 230...
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the credibility of next week’s poll is under threat.
He told a news conference on Wednesday that...
Police in Western Ghana have lashed a 14-year-old boy 36 times for alleged insubordination.
A police commander in a community called Akontombra, ASP Dickson Obeng...
Police in Zimbabwe have stopped the main opposition party from holding a street protest on Wednesday over next week's poll.
The opposition was planning to...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is braving up following news of a major defection within his ruling party.
More than twelve Nigerian senators from the ruling...
More than twelve Nigerian senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki...
