US researchers have found that they produce an antibody that attacks the malaria-causing parasite. Injecting a form of this antibody into mice protected the animals from the disease. The team, which published its results in the journal Science,...
It comes a day after 118 people died in a double bombing in the central city of Jos, also blamed on Boko Haram. In the latest attack, Boko Haram fighters reportedly spent hours killing and looting in the village of Alagarno. Alagarno is near...
The US agency's current policy prohibits anyone working for it who has used cannabis in the past three years. However, its director James Comey has acknowledged that this is complicating its efforts to recruit hacking experts, according to the Wall...
Police said two improvised explosive devices had been detonated in the sprawling Gikomba market. Meanwhile hundreds of UK tourists were evacuated from the coastal resort area of Mombasa amid warnings of an attack. In recent years, Kenya has been...
Amnesty International condemned the sentence, handed down by a judge in Khartoum, as "appalling and abhorrent". Local media report the sentence on the woman, who is pregnant, would not be carried out for two years after she had given birth. Sudan...
The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request. The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google's search results infringed...
In the 58-second clip obtained by TMZ, Solange can apparently be seen confronting her rapper brother-in-law while Beyonce stands by. Another man holds Solange back until the elevator stops and the three exit. The trio had been together at the Met...
Amnesty International says it was told by several credible sources that the military was given more than fours hours' warning of the raid. Fifty-three of the girls escaped shortly after being seized on 14 April, leaving more than 200 still...
The woman, believed to be travelling with her parents, was reportedly found in the toilet with a man she met on a Gatwick to Las Vegas Virgin Atlantic flight last week. The Sun reports the woman hurled "drunken abuse" at cabin staff after passengers...
The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in the village of Warabe, in Borno state. The girls taken were between the ages of 12 and 15. On Monday, Boko Haram's leader threatened to "sell" more than 230 girls seized from their school, also in...
Naomi Mutah took part in a meeting called by First Lady Patience Jonathan and was then taken to a police station, they say. Mrs Jonathan reportedly felt slighted that the mothers of the abducted girls had sent Ms Mutah to the meeting. Analysts say...
Mr Biti was an "opportunist" who was being manipulated by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, he said. On Saturday, a faction led by Mr Biti said Mr Tsvangirai had been suspended from the MDC because of a "remarkable failure of...
The measure, which would be part of a wider child protection law, says that children under the age of 18 have an obligation to participate in all areas of family life. That includes "co-responsibility in caring for the home and performing household...
A statement issued by the party after a meeting in Harare accused him of a "remarkable failure of leadership". It also said he had deviated from the party's democratic founding principles. Mr Tsvangirai lost a third election challenge to veteran...
She said she "never dreamed" she would be praised for her looks and find herself on the US weekly's cover. Nyong'o shot to fame in the film 12 Years a Slave, winning the Oscar for best supporting actress last month. She subsequently won her first...
Asabe Kwambura said the parents of 230 girls had reported them missing but 40 had managed to escape. Earlier, a local state governor said that about 77 of the teenagers had not been accounted for. Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind...
The military says all but eight of the 129 girls have escaped, but parents of the girls say many are still missing. It is thought Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the girls to forested areas near the Cameroonian border. The group is waging a...
He broke down in tears four times on Monday and has also vomited in court. "Now you trying to be emotional and it's not working," said prosecutor Gerrie Nel. Mr Pistorius admits killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February last year, but says he...
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel began his cross examination by pushing Mr Pistorius to acknowledge the full magnitude of his actions on 14 February 2013. The athlete said he made a "mistake" when he shot Ms Steenkamp in his home. "You killed a person, that's...
In a trembling voice, he said he was "trying to protect" her and said he could not imagine the family's pain. Mr Pistorius said he suffered "terrible nightmares" and often woke up smelling Ms Steenkamp's blood. Prosecutors say he killed her in...
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