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An explicit hand-written love letter by late African-American rapper and actor Tupac Shakur has been offered for sale at $25,000, 20 years after his death. According...
Oxford University has announced the appointment of a U.S.-based Nigerian, Wale Adebanwi, to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of African and...
A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots at several patrol boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Gulf, the U.S. Defence Department said on...
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Monday that he was prepared “to negotiate everything” at planned talks later this month in Kazakhstan, seeking to...
Pope Francis has condemned militant Islamist violence, describing it as “homicidal madness”. He said this on Monday in Vatican City while delivering the annual papal “state...
Some West African leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door to discuss the political impasse in The Gambia. The News...
Gambian authorities have closed Paradise FM, the fourth radio station to be shut since last week, one of its presenters said on Monday. Paradise FM was...
New Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has begun his administration on a rather embarrassing note after being caught plagiarising former American presidents during his inaugural speech on...
Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Saturday as Ghana’s new president at a ceremony in Accra, the country’s capital. In a speech as he took office,...
Cuban troops’ bizarre chant: We’ll make Obama ‘a hat out of bullets to the head’ In a particularly absurd display of military might and tropical folklore,...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution condemning a UN resolution last month on the expansion of Israeli settlements. The vote on the...
Coca-Cola Co and the American Beverage Association trade group were sued on Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about the health risk of consuming sugary beverages. The...
A total of 136 police officers from Nigeria were awarded medals to mark the end of their duty tour in Somalia, a statement by the African...
Britain’s Ambassador to the European Union has resigned, nearly one year before he was due to leave his post, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Ivan...
President Barack Obama was considered the man most admired by Americans in 2016, and Hillary Clinton the most admired woman, a Gallup poll released Wednesday revealed....