A South African court has found a Nigerian man guilty on terrorism charges for masterminding bombings that killed 12 people in 2010. The court ruled Monday that Henry Okah was guilty on 13 charges related to the twin car bombings in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, that came as the country celebrated its Independence Day. The court has not said what sentence it will give Okah

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As U.S. President Barack Obama begins his second term in office, his administration faces urgent security challenges in Africa. Top on the list is the conflict in Mali, which analysts say may cause the United States to rethink its counterterrorism strategy in Africa

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PricewaterhouseCoopers (trading as PwC), a major international accountancy and multinational professional services firm has issued a report that predicted that Nigeria will be ranked one of top 20 largest economy in the world by 2050

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Reports have been coming in from all over the internet, regarding a statement recently made by Uebert Angel of Miracle TV from Zimbabwe. Angel has fallen into several controversies in recent days, the most serious of which are his comments against world-renowned minister of God, Prophet T.B. Joshua of The SCOAN in Nigeria

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The Economic Community of West African States on Saturday authorized all troop contributing member states to make their contingents available to the Force Commander to take further action

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Amnesty International (AI) says the murder of a Pakistani youth in Athens is a result of the Greek authorities’ continuing failure to take decisive action against racially-motivated violence

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British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond says the hostage crisis in Algeria appears to be over, and more lives have been lost. In a joint news conference in London with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Saturday, Hammond said terrorists bear the "sole responsibility" for the deaths. The British Foreign Ministry says fewer than 10 Britons remain unaccounted for

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The third week of January 2013, turned out to be a sorrowful time for the Asian nation of Indonesia. “I am seeing a very big flood. And it will carry a lot of houses, property and human beings.”

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West African leaders meet Saturday to discuss sending more troops to Mali to help French soldier fighting Islamist militants in the north of the country

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Frontline Rivers State politician, Prince Tonye Princewill, has dismissed insinuations that his philanthropic activities have a political undertone. He cleared the air while speaking on a Silverbird TV network programme documentary entitled Man, Mentor, Maverick

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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is waiting for the green light from ECOWAS to send 120 soldiers to the besieged nation of Mali. Mainly construction engineers, the Ghanaian soldiers will provide support services in the form of provision of electricity and construction of camps and fences for security buildings, among others

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South African President Jacob Zuma won’t only be representing his nation at next week’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland -- he’ll be representing all of Africa

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The extent of illicit drug use has remained stable in five years, but the estimated 15.5 million to 38.6 million problem drug users, including those with drug dependence and drug-use disorders, remain of a particular concern

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Every year West African citizens experience heavy downpours, which often result in flooding. The floods in turn bring death, destruction to property and crops and outbreaks of disease. In 2012, the situation worsened dramatically. And the United Nations warns that climate change, increasing urbanization and population growth will further exacerbate the impact of floods in the future

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The Government of Japan said on Monday that it has adopted a diplomatic broad based approach to deal with the current situation between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands

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Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Denu, Keta, and Akatsi, mobilised early Saturday morning and entered Togo to help fight a ferocious fire that gutted a four-storey complex block of stores

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