Africa’s candidate to head WHO faces five challengers
Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom has been joined by five other candidates in the race to succeed Margaret Chan as head of the UN's World Health Organization. Nominations closed on Thursday.…
President Zuma says students who damage property will go to court
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has said that students who destroy property during protests against a rise in tuition fees will go to court. The destruction of property is a…
Is Senegalese model Khoudia Diop the darkest woman in Africa? (photos)
Senegalese born model Khoudia Diop has been nicknamed "Darky, daughter of the night, mother of the stars" because of her gorgeous dark complexion. Diop, who goes by the name @melaniin.goddess…
Movie: Download How to get away with Murder Season 3 Episode 1
Titled "We're Good People Now" The "Keating 5" attempt to move on with their lives, knowing Wallace Mahoney's murder is still unsolved, and Frank is still missing; Annalise creates a…
Watford’s Isaac Success Has Been Called Up To The Super Eagles For World Cup Qualifier (See Full Squad)
Watford striker Isaac Success has been named in the Nigeria squad for the first time for their World Cup 2018 qualifier in Zambia on 9 October. He has played…
South Sudan’s sacked VP ‘not welcome in Ethiopia’
The announcement by Ethiopia that Riek Machar, South Sudan's sacked vice-president, will no longer be welcome in the country marks a significant shift of alliances in the region. In an interview with Foreign…
Nigeria ‘hunts down 700,000 firms in tax crackdown’
Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 firms that have never paid taxes, the Reuters news agency quotes its tax chief as saying. The country, which is one of Africa’s biggest economies with…
Baggies turn down two African players
Marouane Chamakh, who has played for Arsenal and Crystal Palace, is now a free agentIt’s bad news for Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh and midfielder Momo Sissoko from Mali. Neither footballer…
Fifty al-Shabab fighters involved in Kenya police raid
Residents of a village in north-eastern Kenya have been describing how al-Shabab fighters overran a police station overnight. They said the militants set the station alight, before leaving with a…
Female cop who shot dead unarmed black man charged with first degree manslaughter
Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have filed charges against he white female police officer, Betty Shelby, who shot and killed unarmed black man, 40-year-old Terence Crutcher who had his hands up…
