Ms Demafelis's sister cried over her casket upon its arrival in Manila last week

Joanna Demafelis: Employer of Filipina maid found dead in freezer arrested

Police have arrested the employer of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait after a weeks-long manhunt. Joanna Demafelis, 29, was found frozen in her employers' apartment more than a year after...

Barnaby Joyce: Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM to resign

Barnaby Joyce says he will resign as Australia's deputy prime minister following a politically damaging saga that began with his affair with a former staffer. Mr Joyce said he would step down on Monday as...

Trump endorses guns for teachers to stop shootings

US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. A staff member with a gun could end an attack "very quickly",...

ECOWAS must achieve Single Currency by 2020 – Akufo-Addo

The implementation of the Single Currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) targeted for the year 2020 must be met without fail, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Delivering his welcome...

US preacher Billy Graham dies

US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99. Graham became one of the best-known promoters of Christianity, preaching to audiences worldwide in large...

Trump pushes for ban on gun ‘bump stocks’

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers last year. Such devices enable a rifle to shoot hundreds of...

Father of Ivory Coast boy smuggled in a suitcase walks free

The father of a boy who was hidden inside a suitcase in an attempt to smuggle him into Europe has been allowed to walk free from court. Adou was just eight years old when a...

Togo opposition leaders suspend protest after Akufo-Addo meeting

The Coalition of opposition parties in Togo have suspended all forms of protests and demonstrations aimed at forcing President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma out of office. This was contained in  a communique’ issued after a...

Nigeria Boko Haram: Schoolgirls escape militant attack

Schoolgirls and teachers in north-eastern Nigeria have escaped an attack on a boarding school by Boko Haram jihadists, witnesses say. They say the militants in pick-up trucks arrived in the town of Dapchi, Yobe state,...

Kabila’s presidential motorcade in fatal crash

The motorcade of the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila was involved in an accident in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, on Sunday, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured. The accident happened on Leopards...