In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

The FBI is set to arrest a Nigerian fraudster by name Ehiremen Aigbokhan who scammed Donald Trump of 250,000 dollars,” reads ...

Nigeria's contentious tax reforms are expected to come into effect at the start of 2026 and could change Nigeria’s tax system ...

A TikTok user has posted a video in which they claim that the Iranian president warned Nigeria against getting involved in ...

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on 13 July 2025 and was given a state burial two days later. Buhari ...

Kenyan governor James Orengo has resigned. That’s according to posts doing the rounds on social media in Kenya. Orengo is the governor of Siaya county, located about 420 kilometres west of the capital ...

Uganda hosted about 1.74 million refugees and asylum seekers. Most came from South Sudan (55%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (29%).

South Africa is notorious for its levels of rape. But the true extent of the problem is unknown. This guide looks at the limited data available.

30,000 children “trafficked” into the sex trade every year in South Africa; 30,000 children “currently” being prostituted in South Africa. Human trafficking is rife in South Africa, if recent press ...

Are white Afrikaners really being killed “like flies”? Is a white South African farmer being “slaughtered every five days?” Would the number of whites “killed in SA in black on white violence” fill ...

‘Fraudulent and misleading’: why pricey herbal mix touted as a remedy for HIV falls flat While widespread antiretroviral treatment has drastically changed the lives of people with HIV, there is still ...

Claims that South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo or even India can lay claim to the unwanted title of "rape capital of the world” have been doing the rounds for well over a decade. In 2000, ...