Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term, results from Saturday’s general election show. The 76-year-old defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku…
The Controversial church leader in South Africa, Shepherd Bushiri, has been arrested. A statement from the church says he and his wife Mary were arrested by the Hawks on fraud…
The helicopter conveying Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo crash-landed in the Kabba area of Kogi State on Saturday. The Vice President’s media aide, Laolu Akande, however, said no one…
ANC Member of Parliament Tasneem Motara has turned to social media to disclose that she is HIV positive. Motara says in her Facebook post that she is going…
A protester lies on the street in front of police officers during a demonstration against the contested re-election of President Hernandez in Honduras (Credit: Getty Images) The art…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming has become the best-selling book released this year in the US just 15 days after publication. It has sold more than…
This week BBC Sport will be profiling the five players on the shortlist for BBC African Footballer of the Year. The final one is Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool…
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made…
Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. Mr Jammeh was defeated in December’s…
The son of Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has died after being bitten by a dog. Eight-year-old Habibou Barrow is reported to have died on the way to the…
Burkina Faso’s ousted leader Blaise Compaore has been granted Ivorian citizenship, effectively ending the prospect of his extradition to face murder charges back home. The order was signed…
Remarks of President Barack Obama – State of the Union Address As Delivered: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Tonight marks the eighth…
