Cissy Houston, Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91
Acclaimed gospel singer who performed with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley dies…
Former junior world 800m champion Bett dies aged 26
Former world under-20 athletics champion Kipyegon Bett has died aged 26 in…
Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power
Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a…
Backlash over photos of Somali men at UN women’s conference
Outrage has erupted on social media after Somalia’s Family Minister Gen Bashir…
Angry Kenyans’ comments crash Senate email address
The email address for the public to comment on laws proposed in…
Trans socialite did serve her jail term, Nigerian panel finds
A Nigerian investigative panel has dismissed allegations that transgender socialite Bobrisky, sentenced…
‘Bigger cause’ of civil war drives Sudan’s Afcon dream
With no end in sight to the civil war in Sudan, the…
Sudan death toll far higher than previously reported – study
The number of people dying because of the civil war in Sudan…
Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the…
Lupita Nyong’o speaks of family ordeal and condemns ‘chilling’ Kenya crackdown
Actress Lupita Nyong'o has condemned the Kenyan authorities' crackdown on huge anti-tax…
