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GHANAIAN President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for long-overdue financial reparations to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the historical…

A COMMANDER in an Islamic State-allied rebel group was charged on Monday with nine offences including the murder of a…

PAUL Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the heart of a doomsday cult that resulted in the tragic deaths of more…

KENYA’S government said Thursday that its police officers will not be deployed to Haiti until all conditions on training and…

A DEVASTATING fire outbreak at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria on Monday morning has reportedly claimed two lives,…

IN a stunning display of literary excellence, the 2023 African Writers Awards crowned remarkable talents in of prose, poetry, and…

IN recent years, South Africa has been making steady progress in curbing vehicle theft, but the latest data for the…

THE Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as ‘Papito Kara’, has died at sea while trying to reach Spain. Relatives…

IN a significant stride towards improving prostate cancer diagnosis in Kenya, biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has announced the donation of a…

AS Germany grapples with a soaring influx of asylum applications, the government is considering outsourcing the processing of these applications…

THE UN body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its…

IN a significant development, the General Service Unit (GSU) of the Kenyan police is now facing trial on charges of…

TWO Tanzanian students taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza named by the Israeli government. Joshua Loitu Mollel and Clemence Felix…

A US couple previously charged in Uganda with aggravated torture and child trafficking pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lesser charges…

A WOMAN from London has been found guilty of aiding the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a young girl in…

THE United States on Monday issued a business advisory for Uganda, saying that businesses faced potential risks in the African…

SEVENTY-SIX people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country’s paramilitary agency said…

IN a significant legal development, Javeria Siddique, the widow of the late Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who was fatally shot…

IN an historic visit to an African country, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima marked their first trip to the…

IN a landmark and unprecedented verdict, the Upper Customary Court of Kaduna State, Kafanchan Division in Nigeria, has made a…