The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for information about one of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a leader of the Islamist militant group, ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo congratulates Buhari on his re-election
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated, Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election, for a second successive term, as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The 76-year-old won a second four-year term to remain as President of Africa’s largest economy ...
Read More »‘Fake Kenyan president’ arrested
Police in Kenya say they have a busted a seven-man syndicate which allegedly impersonated President Uhuru Kenyatta and other government officials to defraud local business tycoon Naushad Merali of a huge sum of money. One of the men phoned Mr ...
Read More »Catholic cardinals urge end of ‘homosexual agenda’
Two prominent Roman Catholic Church cardinals have urged an end of what they call “the plague of the homosexual agenda”, telling bishops to break their complicity over cases of sexual abuse. In an open letter, Cardinals Burke and Brandmüller say ...
Read More »Ivorian MP jailed for ‘fake news’ tweet
An Ivorian MP and ex-sports minister has been sentenced to one year in jail and fined $520 (£400) for spreading fake news that incited violence. Alain Lobognan had tweeted on 9 January that the state prosecutor had ordered the arrest ...
Read More »Egypt TV host jailed for interviewing gay man
An Egyptian TV presenter has been sentenced to one year of hard labour for interviewing a gay man last year. A court in Giza also fined Mohamed al-Ghiety 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($167; £130) for “promoting homosexuality” on his privately owned ...
Read More »Prince Philip involved in car crash
The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen’s Sandringham estate, Buckingham Palace has said. Prince Philip, 97, was not injured in the accident, which happened shortly before 15:00 GMT. Buckingham Palace said ...
Read More »Ivory Coast ex-leader acquitted at ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced. Mr ...
Read More »Gabon military ‘seizes power’
Military says it has seized power in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s family has ruled for 50 years. Soldiers in the west African country of Gabon say they launched a coup “to restore democracy”. They took control of the ...
Read More »Bankers arrested over “Mozambique fraud’
Three former Credit Suisse bankers have been arrested over their alleged role in a $2bn (£1.5bn) fraud scheme connected to firms in Mozambique, according to US authorities. The men have been released on bail in London while the US seeks ...
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