You would have to be completely stoned if you have not noticed the proliferation of retail cannabis outlets — usually in the guise of ‘clubs’ in the face of legal uncertainty — that have sprung up in ...

It involves walking seven times around the Kaaba, a stone building at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca.

INTERPOL South Africa arrests a 56-year-old American fugitive in Gqeberha for alleged rape and sexual assault of his minor daughter, facing extradition to the US.

Hidden deep within the sandstone plateaus of Tassili n'Ajjer, the central Sahara Desert holds one of humanity’s oldest surviving art galleries. Across cliffs, caves, and rock shelters, prehistoric ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that time has come for governors, especially those in the Southeast states and other "states of Biafraland" to start participating in marking May 30 as ...

A set of burned human bones unearthed in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift may hold the oldest known evidence of cremation, pushing a ...

Muslim pilgrims hurled stones at pillars in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday (May 27) as they performed the symbolic "stoning ...

By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it was already clear that containing the spread of the hemorrhagic disease was proving to be difficult.

Black Stars and St Gallen goalkeeper Lawrence Ati Zigi has disclosed his special pre-match ritual before matches as he ...

Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.

Deep in Benin — the birthplace of Voodoo itself — we entered a hidden world few outsiders are ever allowed to witness. From ...

Hajj 2026 has begun amid unprecedented challenges, including the West Asia conflict, extreme temperatures of nearly 48°C, and ...