Pope Francis has renewed the Catholic Church’s call to eliminate the death penalty, going one step further to blast life…
A student kissing ban imposed by the University of Zimbabwe is "nonsensical", a student representative has told the BBC. A…
Two Kenyans have pleaded guilty to defrauding schools in two districts in the United States of $3.1 million (Sh270 million).…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has sought to distance itself from the fall-out between President Museveni and the Secretary…
Serum made from the blood of recovered Ebola patients could be available within weeks in Liberia, one of the countries…
With the Ebola outbreak threatening to spiral out of control, the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU), has unveiled a $5m…
Inspector General of Police has requested Iran to train Uganda Police in combating terrorism, a crime that is increasingly become…
Ali Mazrui, who has died at the age of 81, is regarded as one of Africa's foremost intellectuals. The BBC's…
Czech medical workers have sparked a diplomatic row after they covered a Ghanaian student in black plastic and rushed him…
About 5,000 chemical weapons were recovered or destroyed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion but the Pentagon chose to keep…