A competition pitting witchdoctors against each other in a battle of skills this weekend in eSwatini - formerly known as Swaziland - has been banned, according to a government statement.
Organisers had planned to hold the competition in Manzini, the...
Did you know that during the dark era, slavers did all they could to justify the practice of slave trade, including creating a dedicated Slave Bible. In the Slave Bible, Passages that could have prompted rebellion were removed, And...
British-born Nigerian Writer Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 20th edition of the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Skinned'.
Her satirical short story Skinned focuses on the challenges faced by women in African societies still dominated...
The Secretary General of ECOWAS Parliament, Mr John Azumah, has said that 40 per cent of the total 70 million refugees in the world are drawn from the 16 West African nations with Boko Haram insurgency displacing 1.2 million...
This is an updated list of the most expensive divorce settlements history.
10. Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore
Divorce Year: 2006
Settlement: $425 million
The nearly half-a-million-dollar settlement between actor Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore remains the largest Hollywood divorce payout in history.
The...
One third of the world suffers from religious persecution, and Christians as the most persecuted of religious groups, are at risk of disappearing, new study reveals.
One third of the world suffers from religious persecution, and Christians as the most...
California on Wednesday became the first US state to ban racial discrimination based on hairstyle, passing a law to ensure afros and dreadlocks can be worn at all schools and offices.
The law is primarily aimed at protecting the rights...
A 3,000-year-old sculpture of Tutankhamun was yesterday auctioned off by UK-based Christie's auction house for nearly $6 million, despite Cairo calling on the UK government to stop the sale. Egypt claimed the relic was illegally taken from the country.
UK-based...
Fifty African American tourists, who are in Benin City, Edo State capital, to trace their ancestral roots, have visited the Palace of the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II.
While welcoming the tourists, Oba...
The city of London woke up on Sunday to an unusually frightening scene after reports of a suspected stowaway on board a Kenya Airways plane headed to London fell into a residential garden.
The man, who is reported to have...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
