Nigerian pilot tests positive for alcohol after plane veered off runway
A pilot and co-pilot have tested positive for alcohol after the plane they were operating veered off the runway when…
Nigerian chef attempts to make world’s largest pot of jollof rice
Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci has attempted to make the world’s largest pot of jollof…
Ivory Coast’s ‘iron lady’ – from hiding in a bunker to presidential hopeful
Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has gone from hiding in a bunker in an attempt to avoid arrest…
Anti-apartheid hero’s new inquest should lead to justice, Biko family tells BBC
A son of prominent South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has told the BBC the family is confident a new…
Nigeria kidnappers kill 38 hostages even after ransom paid
Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 38 people they abducted from a village in northern Zamfara state despite ransoms…
More than 40 killed in DR Congo attack linked to Islamic State
More than 40 people were killed in an attack by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the 12 October presidential election.Only 13…
‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghanaians are mourning one of the country’s best known singers, Charles Kojo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, who has died…
The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes
Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi…
Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the 12 October presidential election.Only 13…
‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghanaians are mourning one of the country’s best known singers, Charles Kojo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, who has died…
The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes
Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi…
Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the 12 October presidential election.Only 13…
‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghanaians are mourning one of the country’s best known singers, Charles Kojo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, who has died…
The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes
Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi…
Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the 12 October presidential election.Only 13…
‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghanaians are mourning one of the country’s best known singers, Charles Kojo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, who has died…
The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes
Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi…
Churchgoers killed in DR Congo attack linked to Islamic State
Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Cameroon opposition leader banned from challenging world’s oldest president
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the 12 October presidential election.Only 13…