At least 20 people have been killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede during a church service at a stadium in northern Tanzania, a government official said on Sunday.Hundreds of people packed a stadium on Saturday evening...
Nigeria will work to fix security lapses that led to a US curb on immigration from the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.Mr Buhari said he wants Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, to have "productive relations" with the US.He...
Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt for killers of nine illegal miners from Lesotho who were stoned to death in a western district of Johannesburg.The bodies of the miners were found lying in the streets of Matholeville,...
A leading Tanzanian politician who launched a crackdown on homosexuality has been banned from visiting the United States, the US State Department said.In a statement dated Friday, the US said the sanctions on Paul Christian Makonda, the Regional Commissioner...
The United Kingdom sent its fellow Security Council members an amended draft resolution on Libya Friday, calling for the withdrawal of mercenaries from the country, according to the text, seen by AFP.The draft expresses the Council's "concern over the...
A detained Ethiopian activist, Chaltu Takele, who had been breastfeeding her six-month-old baby in a police station in the western Shambu town has been freed.When Chaltu along with 75 supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), was arrested in...
Malawi's constitutional court will rule on Monday on whether to annul controversial poll results that saw the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, a verdict widely expected to stoke turmoil.The case has gripped the southern African nation and kept Malawians...
Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Friday had killed more than 200 people and infected nearly 10,000 people.Here is the latest on their plans (in alphabetical order):AIR CANADAAir...
Nigerian international and former Watford striker, Odion Ighalo is on his way back to the Premier League, after signing a six-month loan deal with Manchester United.The Red Devils began hunting for an extra striker after seeing top scorer Marcus...
