Nigeria's Obafemi Martins is set to join Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders, the player has confirmed. The striker, 28, will...
The judge presiding over the sentencing of Henry Okah in the Johannesburg High Court, Neels Claassen has postponed the case again to the 18th,...
Guinea security forces fired teargas at thousands of rock-throwing anti-government protesters in the seaside capital Conakry on Wednesday in clashes that wounded more than...
Brothers Andre and Jordan Ayew have quit international football at the ages of 23 and 21 respectively. The duo, who both...
More than 400 ex-militants today took to the streets of Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, to protest against the new deal given to them...
Former United States President Bill Clinton on Tuesday canvassed ways through which Nigeria could effectively deal with Boko Haram insurgency and other forms of...
Some businesses in Kisumu, Kenya's third-largest city, have reduced stock or closed ahead of Monday's presidential elections for fear of a repeat of the...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan approved on Tuesday a 4.99 trillion naira ($31.63 billion) budget passed by parliament, the presidency said, ending two months of...
Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will continue to wear a white cassock, the Vatican announced Tuesday,...
A "manifesto" left by Islamists in Mali indicates that disagreements between them may have led to their defeat - so far - on the...
Following its decision not to negotiate with suspected Boko Haram sect who kidnapped a French family in Northern Cameroon recently, indications are...
President Goodluck Jonathan’s intensive maneuvering to take full control of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party yielded a huge dividend Monday night as the president’s...
France will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage,...
British, French, Hong Kong and Japanese nationals are among 19 tourists reportedly killed in a hot air balloon crash near the Egyptian city of...
The former Nigerian bank chief will be arraigned on fresh charges in Lagos on Tuesday. A former Managing Director of Intercontinental...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved the immediate retirement of Justice Charles Archibong of the Federal High Court. The President’s decision was made known...
A video appearing to show seven French citizens, including four children, kidnapped in Cameroon last week has been posted on YouTube. ...
