Khashoggi murder: Saudi prince ‘said he was dangerous Islamist’
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the US he considered murdered writer Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist, media reports say.
Prince Mohammed reportedly said this in a phone call with the White...
Zimbabwean Prophet claims to find cure for HIV and cancer
Zimbabwean prophet and leader of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, Mr Walter Magaya says he has found an organic cure to Human Immune Virus (HIV) infections and all types of cancers.
He said...
Woman elected head of Ethiopia’s top court
Prominent Ethiopian human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi has been elected as the first woman to head the country's federal supreme court.
Her name was put forward by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and MPs unanimously approved...
US missionary Charles Wesco shot dead in Cameroon
A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children.
Charles Wesco was in a car with his wife, son, another missionary and a driver...
Tanzania forms anti-gay and nudity squad
Authorities in Tanzanian have announced the creation of a surveillance squad whose job it will be to identify gay people on social media and arrest them.
Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for the commercial capital, Dar...
Turkey: Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered
Turkey has given its first official statement on how it believes writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed, saying he was immediately strangled.
The statement follows weeks of media reports about the murder at the Saudi consulate...
Ghana’s Parliament condemns heinous Khashoggi murder
Ghana's Parliament on Wednesday condemned the grisly murder of Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
The West African country’s lawmaking chamber also called for an independent investigation into the...
Nigeria police arrest 400 Shia Muslims
The Nigerian police say they have arrested 400 Shia Muslims following several days of protests in the capital, Abuja.
The police say the members of the pro-Iran Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had 31 petrol...
India unveils the world’s tallest statue
India has unveiled the world's tallest statue, which cost 29.9bn rupees (£330m; $430m) to build.
The 182m (600ft) high structure in the western state of Gujarat is a bronze-clad tribute to independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai...
Asia Bibi: Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row
A Christian woman who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy has won her appeal and been acquitted in a landmark ruling.
Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the...