A nursing assistant said to have injected Nigerian Afrobeats star Mohbad with drugs is the prime suspect in his death, police say. MohBad died at a hospital in Lagos last…
Ghana: Central bank lost $5bn in one year
Ghana – once touted as a trailblazing African economic success story – is facing an unprecedented financial crisis. This week, hundreds of protestors took to the streets in the capital…
Australia: Australia offers $17m payout to Indonesian children jailed as adults
More than 120 Indonesians who say Australia wrongly jailed them as adults – when in fact they were children – have settled a major class action suit. The government has…
Israel: American tourist arrested for smashing Israel Museum statues
An American tourist has been arrested for allegedly smashing sculptures in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Images shared by Israeli police show the two ancient Roman statues, dating from the…
USA: Grimes challenges Elon Musk for parental rights in court
Singer Grimes has filed a legal petition over parental rights of the three children she shares with Elon Musk. Court records show that Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher,…
Singapore: A certificate to own a car now costs $106,000
The cost of a certificate to own a large family car in Singapore has jumped to a fresh record high of S$146,002 ($106,619; £87,684). The city-state introduced the 10-year certificate…
SA: Minister and three MPs cleared of corruption
A South African minister and three other MPs from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party have been cleared of corruption by a parliamentary committee. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas…
Venice: The heroes from Gambia who pulled survivors from burning bus wreck
When Boubacar Touré and his flatmates heard a sudden, thundering crash beside their apartment, they thought it was an earthquake. But then they opened the windows of their kitchen, where…
Kenya: Nation hit by record number of cyber-attacks in a year
Kenya’s communications regulator has said that the country experienced a record 860 million cyber-attacks in the last 12 months. The regulator said that “the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyber-threats”…
Sudan: Ethiopia’s embassy damaged in attack
Ethiopia’s embassy in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has come under attack from heavy weaponry, a senior Ethiopian official has confirmed. No casualties were reported from Tuesday’s onslaught but the embassy was…