Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal's...
Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in...
The Government of Ghana has strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as an unconstitutional seizure of power that threatens democratic governance...
A thief on an electric bike has been recorded on CCTV stealing a giant Christmas Nutcracker soldier statue from outside an Edinburgh cocktail bar.
The...
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.
Shortly after...
The United Kingdom has banned 1,632 Ghanaians for a visa for 10 years for using fraudulent means to acquire the document.
The 1,632 represented four...
Nigeria's government is making "no meaningful effort" to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in the central state of...
One of the daughters of Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, accusing her of recruiting men...
Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare to remove her gallbladder.
She...
The United States has lifted the 15% tariffs previously imposed on cocoa and several other agricultural exports from Ghana.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional...
The mayor of London has cautiously welcomed reports that he is to impose a tourist levy on visitors staying overnight in the capital.
Chancellor Rachel...
His Royal Highness Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Ghana yesterday for a two-day visit to reinforce the modern partnership between the...
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escaped.
The Christian Association of Nigeria...
With many families left traumatised by killings apparently linked to supposed magic rituals in Sierra Leone, BBC Africa Eye looks into those behind the...
The Edo State Police Command has arraigned 24-year-old content creator, Osarobo Omoyemen, for allegedly staging her own kidnapping to attract attention and followers on...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Ghanaian statesman and diplomat, Ambassador Baba Kamara, as Head of Mission for its Election...
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Colleges over rising security concerns.
The directive was issued through a circular dated...
At least five people have been killed, including one child, and more than 450 injured after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Bangladesh.
The epicentre of...
Armed men posing as officials from India's central bank have robbed a vehicle transporting 70m rupees ($800,000; £600,000) in the southern state of Karnataka,...
A Florida congresswoman has been charged with stealing $5m (£3.8m) in federal disaster funds.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of laundering some of the Federal Emergency...
A court in Nigeria has found separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu guilty of terrorism and other charges following a decade-long legal case full of drama.
He...
Eswatini received $5.1 million from the U.S. government under a deal to accept third-country nationals deported by the Trump administration, its finance minister said...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus on developing ties...
