World

By Ebi Kesiena US fast-food chain KFC has triggered an online furore in Kenya after it ran out of fries, with local Twitter users threatening a boycott because it does not use locally-sourced potatoes. KFC admitted...

By Emmanuel Nduka Prison facilities in Liberia, numbering 15, have all run out of food for inmates. This, according to prison officials, has caused two prisons, including the main Monrovia Central Prison, to temporarily shut their...

By Ebi Kesiena The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut the heads off mannequins, insisting figures representing the human form violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the heads off...

By Ebi Kesiena A woman and her three-month-old baby in southeastern Zimbabwe have been trampled to death by an elephant, the national parks authority said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old woman from rural Chipinge District had taken...

By Emmanuel Nduka South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the first instalment of a long awaited report on corruption in the country. The report which was presented on Tuesday, is the result of a three-year...

By John Ikani Five of the world's largest nuclear powers pledged on Monday to work together towards "a world without nuclear weapons" in a rare statement of unity amid rising East-West tensions. "A nuclear war cannot...