Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for an investigation into the murder of a military couple.
The couple was killed over the weekend while heading...
An operation to rescue some eight miners who have been trapped underground in Burkina Faso has suffered some setbacks.
The miners have been trapped underground for...
The Central African Republic has now adopted bitcoin as an official currency, making it the second country in the world do to after El Salvador.
El...
Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year.
Almost 17 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African...
Nigerian officials have carried out a mass burial for the 110 people who died from the illegal refinery explosion in southeast Nigeria.
Some 70 people...
A 25-year-old tailor apprentice has been arrested in Ghana’s second biggest city - Kumasi for allegedly killing one of his friends to avoid paying...
A lighting advert by electronics giant Philips has sparked anger among some Ghanaians.
The company has erected several billboards on streets of major cities in...
Kenyans are paying tribute to their former president, Mwai Kibaki, who died at the age of 90.
The election of President Kibaki in 2002 ended 40 years of one-party...
