World

Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been disbanded. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon. This follows days of a nationwide protest against the police operation. Nigerians, mostly the youths, had taken to the streets ...

A man who killed nine women in a case that caused outrage in Nigeria has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Port Harcourt. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Gracious David-West strangled his victims in hotel rooms across Nigeria between ...

Liberia’s President George Weah has revealed in a church sermon that he receives a barrage of insults via text message from people claiming to be his supporters who are angry that he is not helping them. The 54-year-old ex-footballer is ...

Kenyan investigators are to recommend the prosecution of at least 15 top government officials and businesspeople over the alleged misuse of millions of dollars meant for buying Covid-19 medical supplies, the BBC has learned. The probe uncovered evidence of tenders ...

At least 25 people have been killed in central Nigeria after a fuel tanker exploded following a collision with other vehicles.A primary school pupil and students are reported to be among the dead. The crash happened on Wednesday morning on ...

A lawyer in South Africa has been suspended for calling a judge “stupid”, according to the Times Live new site. Rembuluwani Gadabeni is said to have made the comment earlier this month and later refused to back down, IOL reports, saying ...

The US has imposed sanctions on The Gambia’s former First Lady Zineb Jammeh after accusing her of corruption during her husband Yahya Jammeh’s rule. She was suspected to have helped him in the illegal transfer of money, and controlled his ...

Ten pupils have died in a fire in a school dormitory in north-western Tanzania’s Kagera region. Seven other pupils who sustained serious injuries have been hospitalised. The dormitory was housing boys aged six to 10 years. Police have started investigations ...

Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Akufo-Addo, will on Tuesday September 15, 2020 convene a consultative meeting as part of efforts to resolve the political crisis in Mali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional ...

France has reported a record daily increase in coronavirus cases as the country struggles to contain a fresh surge in infections.On Saturday health authorities said there were 10,561 new cases, rising by more than 1,000 from Friday’s figures. The numbers ...