Botswana's High Court has overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. Under section 164 of Botswana's Penal Code, same sex relations was an offense that carried a maximum sentence of seven years' imprisonment.
The case was brought to court in...
Three law students from Kenya's Strathmore University has become the first African team to win the John H. Jackson Moot Court competition on WTO law that was held in Geneva, Switzerland at the weekend.
The Kenyan university was up against...
A 21-year-old Ethiopian woman today took one of her secondary school leaving exams 30 minutes after giving birth, BBC reports.
Almaz Derese, who is from Metu in western Ethiopia, had hoped to sit the tests before her child arrived, but...
Residents of Kiambogo area in Nakuru County, Kenya woke up to an unfortunate scene of a young man dangling at the church altar.
18-year-old Dennis Ngugi was found hanging at the altar of PCEA Muthaiti church by faithfuls as they...
Serena Williams has become the first-ever athlete to make Forbes ' list of America's Richest Self-Made Women, which ranks the most successful female entrepreneurs in the country.
In addition to being a 23-time Grand Slam winner, Williams—who ranks in at...
Ghana has become the world’s number one producer of gold in Africa following a drastic increase in productivity and investments since 2014. The West African country formally known as the Gold Coast until March 6, 1957, beat former world...
Africa contributed seven out of ten countries bedeviled by displacement crisis classed as ‘most neglected’ according to a Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, report released on Wednesday (June 5.)
The top four countries on the list were African:
1. Cameroon
2. The Democratic...
An independent candidate from the Indian state of Punjab managed to make himself known around the world after a video of him crying went viral. In the clip, he is seen telling a reporter that he only received five...
Rihanna has been named by Forbes as the wealthiest female entertainer with a whopping networth of 600 million dollars leading huge names in the industry such as Madonna with $570 million, Céline Dion with $450 million and Beyoncé with...
Measuring just over 3,000 metres, Egypt sets the world record for the longest food table at a Ramadan breakfast meal..
Nearly 7,000 people attended the event which was held at Egypt’s new administrative capital on Saturday (June 1), in...
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.
