Kenyan Rita Jeptoo won the 117th Boston Marathon in April last year Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has become the latest athlete from the country to fail a doping test. The International... Read more
Rival military factions laid claim to power in Burkina Faso on Saturday after the west African nation’s president fled following days of violent unrest over plans to extend his 27-year rule.... Read more
Air passengers from the three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola will be screened at Brazilian airports, the authorities announced on Saturday. The Health Minister, Arthur Chioro, t... Read more
South Africans turned out in huge numbers in Durban on Saturday for the funeral of national football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, who was murdered last weekend. Meyiwa, who had just... Read more
An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral on the Internet. Homosexuality is not specifically banned... Read more
Another military officer, Col. Isaac Zida, former Presidential Guard to ousted President Blaise Compaore, has announced he was assuming responsibility as the country’s Head of State. Burkina... Read more
Indications emerged yesterday that two judges had declined hearing a fresh application to sack the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal. The judges were said to h... Read more
… Compaore arrives Ivory Coast An officer in Burkina Faso’s presidential guard seized power on Saturday promising to lead the West African country to elections after the resignation of longt... Read more
The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said that passenger train service from Lagos to Abuja would come on stream by 2015. According to the minister, the train journey from Lagos... Read more
A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the more than 200 girls kidnapped by the sect six months ago had been “married off” to its fighters, contradicting Nigerian gove... Read more
