Africa

One of Africa's most prestigious universities has banned those attending its graduation ceremony from carrying phones, cameras and video cameras....

The Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the country's universities to close from 22 February to 14 March because...

Uganda's environmental management agency says it will start imposing fines from April on motorists driving private cars without rubbish bins....

A Kenyan national living in the US has been fined and jailed for her role in helping to organise romance...

More than 13,000 people from two communities in Nigeria have filed individual claims against the oil company Shell at the...

The authorities in Zambia have passed a law that prohibits pedestrians from crossing the road while wearing headsets or talking...

Two people have been arrested in Egypt for posting a parody of a prison visit on social media. Basma Hegazi...

Eight people have been killed and three others injured during a mass shooting at a birthday party in Gqeberha city...

One of the first female referees ever to serve at a men's World Cup has been insulted and physically threatened...

UNESCO has officially recognised Senegal as the origin of Jollof rice, also known as Ceebu jën in Senegal, settling a long-standing...