South Africa court to rule on Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir arrest
A South African court is due to decide shortly on whether Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should be arrested for war crimes and genocide.
The Pretoria...
YouTube to launch dedicated video gaming site and apps
YouTube is to launch a dedicated site and app for gaming in an attempt to take on Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.
Twitch allows gaming fans...
Zimbabwe dollars phased out
Zimbabwe is phasing out its local currency, the central bank says, formalising a multi-currency system introduced during hyper-inflation.
Foreign currencies like the US dollar and...
Mahama cancels foreign trips to deal with flood & fire issues
President John Dramani Mahama has cancelled scheduled foreign travels until further notice.
The cancellation is to allow him deal with issues on the June 3...
First penile transplant recipient ‘to become father’
The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation has told the...
Markets set for Ghana cocoa scramble
The cocoa market is braced for a period of volatility as the deadline for shipments of Ghanaian beans to Europe falls early next week.
Ghana,...
Reddit shuts down ‘harassing’ forums
Social news site Reddit has shut down five of its forums because they were being used to "harass individuals".
The closures follow an announcement in...
Rlg Gambia to join ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
Mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices manufactured by Rlg Gambia has been given the approval to join the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS)...
Buhari leads Summit on Boko Haram
Three African Heads of State in the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday in Abuja hold a summit...
UN peacekeepers ‘barter goods for sex’
UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping, a draft UN report...