Category: Africa

President Mugabe earns US$4 000 per month, far less than the tens of thousands of dollars pocketed by bosses at under-performing State-linked enterprises.   His salary is also the lowest...

South Sudan's rebel commander Riek Machar has said his forces were not behind the massacre of hundreds of people in the contested town of Bentiu.    The United Nations has...

Indications have emerged that the current fuel scarcity across the country will not come to an end soon, following the Federal Government’s N151 billion indebtedness to oil marketers. While the...

Abeokuta – The Ogun Police Command has arrested a middle-aged Nigerien  for allegedly being  in possession of more than 1,000 passport photographs of young boys. The News Agency of  Nigeria...

Abidjan – French oil group, Total, has announced the detection of oil in the deep water off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire. Total’s Senior Vice President, Exploration, Marc Blaizot, made...

ripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped Tuesday in central Tripoli, the foreign ministries of both nations said. Ambassador Fawaz al-Aytan and members of his security detail...

(CNN) -- Prosecutor Gerrie Nel went on the attack again Thursday, trying to discredit a defense witness for Oscar Pistorius on the last day of testimony before the court takes...

The Gambia Tourism Board, GTBoard, Director-General, Mr. Benjamin Roberts, has advised Nigerians planning to travel to The Gambia as tourists or for business, to take advantage of a range of...

When Syreeta McFadden was a child, she dreaded taking pictures after a family photo made her skin appear dulled and darkened. "In some pictures, I am a mud brown, in...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Associated Press has named Michelle Faul, who has covered the major stories of Africa over the past three decades, as its bureau chief in Nigeria. The...