A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the southwestern Osun state.
Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, (...)
LAGOS — The Saudi U-20 fencing team clinched the bronze medal in the épée event at the U-20 Fencing World Cup, which concluded on Sunday in Lagos, Nigeria.
The team secured a narrow 39-38 victory against Hong Kong, marking Saudi Arabia's first-ever (...)
An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a (...)
Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son. After eight years of failed attempts to conceive, she sees him as her miracle baby.
"I'm the owner of my baby," she says defiantly.
She's sitting next to her husband, (...)
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the (...)
Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say.
Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of cash".
In his first comments since 56 Commonwealth leaders in October signed a joint letter saying (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia is hosting donors' conference to support displaced persons and refugees in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), will (...)
At least 94 people were killed in northern Nigeria when a crashed tanker exploded near locals who had gathered to retrieve fuel, police said.
The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a (...)
A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when he went to feed it, police say.
The victim, a 35-year-old man, worked at the Presidential Library Wildlife Park, owned (...)
At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision (...)
RIYADH — The session of the Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, underscored Saudi Arabia's relentless efforts to put an end to Israel's aggression on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and (...)
The death toll from devastating floods in Nigeria since August 16 has risen to 49, with at least 470 people injured, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported on Monday.
The northern states of Jigawa, Adamawa, and Taraba have been hit (...)
RIYADH — The management of Al Shabab Club, represented by Princess Reem bint Abdullah bin Musaad, Executive Director of Women's Football, has signed a professional contract with French international Kheira Hamraoui, a star midfielder.
Hamraoui, of (...)
In response to the severe humanitarian crisis impacting Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Saudi Arabia has announced plans to host a high-level ministerial donor conference on October 26, 2024.
The conference, supported by the (...)
RIYADH —King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a cooperation agreement with a civil society organization to implement a project to drill 21 medium-depth solar-powered wells in the regions of Abuja, Enugu, Kano, Osun, Oyo, (...)
Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital's streets for an eighth week of demonstrations on Thursday as President William Ruto swore in a new cabinet.
Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi city center as many businesses remain (...)
The fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the seaside town of Southport, in the north of England, has been followed by the worst unrest the UK has seen in more than a decade.
The violence, in towns and cities across England and in (...)
Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain.
The UK's worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing (...)
Millions of residents in northern Nigeria have been placed under 24-hour curfews amid nationwide protests against the high cost of living.
Governments in the states of Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina have ordered locals not to leave their homes — and (...)
Six British lawmakers entered the race to lead the defeated Conservative Party by Monday's deadline, setting the stage for a contest that will determine whether the opposition party veers to the right or moves toward the political center.
Contenders (...)
Nearly 5 billion people worldwide endured extreme heat from June 16 to June 24, a consequence of climate change exacerbated by emissions from fossil fuels, according to a report from Climate Central, a US-based nonprofit news organization focused on (...)
"I have slaughtered a ram every year starting from 1976 but this year I can't, I just can't."
Like many of the estimated 100 million Muslims in Nigeria, 78-year-old Mallam Kabiru Tudun Wada is not celebrating Eid al-Adha as he normally would because (...)
The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death.
"You see the risks, people, we take to entertain you," the 42-year-old shouts above the noise of a small motor boat (...)
RIYADH — During his tour of Africa, Eng. Abdulrahman Alfadley, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, alongside Dr. Bryan Acheampong, Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture, reached an agreement to strengthen relations and (...)
