The president's announcement of a state of emergency is in addition to several measures, including closure of borders as well as formation of a National Taskforce chaired by her to contain the … read more »
Godwin Chepkurgor, who offered 40 goats and 20 cows as a dowry to former U.S. president Bill Clinton in an attempt to marry his daughter 14 years ago, has died after he was attacked by an elephant. read more »
Doctors in Saudi Arabia are testing a man who is suspected of contracting the Ebola virus during a business trip to Sierra Leone, while a Liberian has died of the disease in Morocco. read more »
As police wrap up work at the crash site in northern Mali, Algerian forensic specialists have arrived in Paris with more unidentified remains. Read more »
During a meeting with Vice President Joseph Boakai at the ongoing U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to support Liberia and the West ... Read more »
State prosecutor Gerrie Nel has said that murder-accused Oscar Pistorius tailored his account of how he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as the Pretoria High Court heard closing ... Read more »
Leaders of opposition movements have begun to arrive in Paris for a summit that will represent the first face-to-face meeting of the National Umma Party leader El Sadig El ... Read more »
The second wife of the former president Nelson Mandela is challenging the deceased statesman's will, claiming ownership of his ancestral home at Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
Members of the National Assembly have refrained from shaking hands, as a measure to protect themselves from the dreaded Ebola virus. Read more »
The government say 39 people have died in various states owing to heavy rains and floods which hit the country. Read more »
A United States surveillance plane has spotted what could be the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram in April in the north-east of the country. Read more »
The panel set up to investigate 16 allegations of gross misconduct leveled against Governor Umaru Al-Makura by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, dismissed the allegations for ... Read more »
Scores of people have have reportedly been killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants, when they seized the town of Gwoza in Borno State.. Read more »
