The crew of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed off Jakarta at the weekend with 62 people aboard did not declare an emergency or report
In the sustained fight against the Boko Haram insurgents and the bandits, particularly in the northern part of the country, the Nigerian troops, on Saturday, killed 28 Boko Haram insurgents in that troubled region. In the operation conducted on Saturday, the troops "tactically out-maneuvered the
Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections Thursday, the internet
A Muslim Turkish televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily-clad women on TV was jailed for more than 1,000 years on Monday for sex crimes, local media reported. Adnan Oktar preached conservative views while women he called his "kittens", many of whom appeared to have had
At least six rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, famous for its mountain gorillas, were killed Sunday in an attack official
Authorities have pinpointed the location of two black boxes from a crashed Indonesian jet, they said Sunday, referring to cockpit voice and flight data recorders
Security chiefs have assured Ugandans of peace during and after the elections set for January 14. They made the remarks during a joint security press conference on the forthcoming general elections at police headquarters in Naguru, Kampala. They also advised people living in towns against fleeing to
In the aftermath of his supporters’ invasion of Capitol, Facebook has banned President Donald Trump from the platform "indefinitely" due to the US leader's efforts
South Africa's health ministry said on Thursday that the country would get 1.5 million vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII), with a million
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has been sworn in for the second term on Thursday, a day after scuffles broke out between rival politicians in parliament. According to a BBC report, authorities had to briefly deploy soldiers after the unusual scenes in one of Africa's