Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid
The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon...
Kenyan arrested in Thailand with cocaine capsules
A Kenyan man has been arrested at the international airport in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, trying to smuggle into the country 68 capsules...
Zimbabwe protests: Opposition vows to defy police ban on rally
Zimbabwe's main opposition group has said it will hold anti-government protests in the capital Harare, in defiance of a police ban.
Philadelphia shooting: Gunman who injured six surrenders after stand-off
A suspect has been taken into custody after injuring six officers in a shootout in the US city of Philadelphia.
Kenya officials remove man from grave to retrieve uniform
Officials in western Kenya have exhumed the body of a local man to strip him of the uniform he was buried in,...
Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’ in breakthrough trial
Ebola may soon be a "preventable and
treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly
improved survival rates, scientists have...
Hong Kong protests: Airport cancels flights as thousands occupy terminal
Hong Kong International Airport has cancelled departing flights, as anti-government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day.
Zuleika Hassan: Kenyan MP with baby ordered to leave parliament
Female MPs have walked out of
Kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to
leave because she had taken...
Coza’s Biodun Fatoyinbo: Nigeria outrage as rape accused pastor returns
The return of a flamboyant Nigerian pastor to his church a month after a celebrity photographer accused him of raping her twice,...
Ugandan musician dies after abduction and torture
A musician who was close to Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has died of his injuries after being abducted...