Tanzanian comic detained ‘for bullying the president’
Popular Tanzanian comedian and former Big Brother Africa winner Idris Sultan is being held by police for allegedly bullying President John Magufuli.
According to his...
Germany hunts for six million masks missing in Kenya
German officials are trying to track down six million face masks ordered to protect health workers, which have gone missing from an airport in...
Eskom helps Zimbabwe solve power crunch
Zimbabwe is getting a 300 MW energy boost from Eskom, as the country suffers a power crunch amid reduced capacity caused by falling water...
Former Mozambican President’s Daughter laid to rest
Valentina Guebuza, the daughter of former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, murdered by her husband last Wednesday, was laid to rest in Maputo's Lhanguene cemetery...
Senegal opposition leader Sonko’s rape accuser demands justice
The woman who filed a rape charge against Senegal's opposition leader repeated her accusation and said her case must proceed, following deadly clashes over...
Online threats against black students rattle Missouri campus
Police at the University of Missouri have arrested at least one man after death threats were posted online against black students.
Officials linked 19-year-old Hunter...
Ex-Olympic champion Hackett found safe
Former Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett has been found by police in Australia's Gold Coast after going missing.
Hackett, 36, was on Wednesday arrested and...
Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy
A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.
An upper Sharia court...
Kenya quarantine escapees arrested in bar
Police in Kenya have arrested two people who escaped from a coronavirus quarantine centre in the capital, Nairobi.
They were among dozens of others who...
Greece debt crisis: Eurozone summit reaches agreement
Eurozone leaders have reached agreement over a third Greek bailout after marathon talks in Brussels.
EU chairman Donald Tusk said leaders agreed "in principle" on...