The Kasama Girls sex scandal has finally yielded some faces with three teachers and a guard sent on forced leave pending investigations. An alleged victim alerted the public through an anonymous letter detailing cases of…
Technology and multimedia provider Onas Inc. has just launched a new mobile dating, radio, TV and news app. Now you can listen to your favorite African tunes, get news, securely chat and find love at…
BRASILIA, BRAZIL — Brazilian public health officials, seeking to stop an outbreak of yellow fever from becoming an epidemic, are urging people to seek vaccinations in nine of the country’s 26 states. The health minister…
The cause of a severe form of dengue fever has been identified. The finding offers the possibility of earlier lifesaving care and the development of drugs to treat the tropical illness. Experts say one-third of…
The Federal Government has debunked reports in the section of the press that governors are meeting in Abuja on Thursday to send an emissary to see President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Information and Culture,…
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power – days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile. President Barrow’s plane touched down at Banjul airport where jubilant crowds…
Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta, whose works included The Joys of Motherhood, Second-Class Citizen and The Bride Price, has died at her home in London at the age of 72. Emecheta’s books were on the national…
BANJUL — Gambians are ready for their new president to return home. President Adama Barrow has remained in Dakar, Senegal this week for security reasons but he is expected to return Thursday, one week after…
Ninety Somali immigrants who either ran afoul of U.S. law or had their asylum applications rejected have been deported to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said Wednesday. Somalia’s ambassador to the United States,…
African heads of state have a lot on their plate for this year’s African Union summit, especially without a leader at the helm. African diplomats, foreign ministers, and heads of state are beginning to arrive…