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Biggest revelations from new Netflix documentary about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's four-part documentary on embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was released Tuesday on Netflix. "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" chronicles his rise...

Mali recovers $1.2bn in arrears from miners, eyes annual windfall under new code

Mali has recovered 761 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) in arrears from mining companies following a sweeping audit, its finance minister said, marking one...

US pledges $150m to expand Zipline’s drone deliveries across Africa

The United States Government has pledged up to $150 million to support Zipline International Inc. in scaling up its drone-enabled medical delivery operations across...

Bodies of Russian Crypto investors found in polythene bags in UAE desert

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have located the bodies of Russian crypto investor Roman Novak and his wife Anna, who were killed in October. According to Russian media 47news on December...

Ghanaian Educationist recognised in NYC for advancing quality public education

A Ghanaian educationist based in the United States has been honoured at the LolliCash Heroes Night organized by Adinkra Multimedia in New York City...

ECOWAS Chair Maada Bio meets Guinea-Bissau junta, pushes for swift return to constitutional rule

ECOWAS Chair and Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has held direct talks with the military leadership in Guinea-Bissau. He reaffirms the regional bloc’s firm...

A stranger messaged him on Facebook. It was the start of a nightmare that cost him $280,000

In October 2024, Joe Novak received an unexpected message from a stranger on Facebook that would change his life forever. Novak, a 52-year-old former...

Elon Musk says H-1B visas being ‘gamed’ by outsourcing firms

Tesla boss Elon Musk has said H-1B visas were being "gamed" by "some outsourcing companies", but the solution was stopping the abuse and not...

Nigeria’s Defence Minister resigns amid security crisis

Nigeria's Defence Minister, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned, the presidency said on Monday, with immediate effect. Presidential spokesperson Mayo Onanuga said in a statement that Abubakar was...

Cameroon’s top opposition leader dies after weeks of detention

Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced. Ekane, 74, was...

Nigeria attacks: Pastor and new bride abducted

Gunmen have abducted at least 20 people, including a pastor and a new bride, in two separate attacks in the latest Nigerian kidnappings. Attackers stormed...

Death toll in Indonesia floods passes 500

The death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to more than 500, with rescue workers still battling to...

French farm has €90,000 worth of snails stolen

Thieves have stolen €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) worth of snails from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants. L'Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy,...

Guinea-Bissau coup rooted in constitutional breaches and criminal networks – Security Expert

A new analysis by the Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance (GLOSARGG) has attributed the recent coup in Guinea-Bissau to years of...

Venezuela calls Trump airspace closure warning ‘colonialist threat’

Venezuela has accused US President Donald Trump of making a "colonialist threat" after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The...

Three days of mourning begin after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's...

Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp

Russia's state communications watchdog threatened on ​Friday to block WhatsApp entirely if ‌it fails to comply with Russian law, news ‌agencies reported. In August, Russia...

US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting

The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship...

8 more arrested over fire in Hong Kong that killed over 120 people

At least 128 people are now known to have died in a devastating fire that engulfed multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. Eight people have...

Guinea-Bissau President flees to Senegal after coup

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...

National Guard member dies after shooting in Washington DC

One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington DC on Wednesday has died, US President Donald Trump said. Sarah...

Police investigate theft of four dogs from Malawi presidential palace

Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in...

Volcano erupts in Ethiopia, the first time in over 10,000 years 

A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in over 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into...

Ghana condemns military takeover in Guinea-Bissau, calls for swift restoration of constitutional order

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...

Two National Guard members in critical condition after shooting near White House

Two National Guard soldiers are critically injured after being gunned down in Washington, DC, less than two blocks from the White House, in what...

Thief caught on camera stealing 8ft tall Christmas decoration

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...

At least 44 dead, over 270 missing in massive fire outbreak in Hong Kong

A deadly inferno has torn through a massive housing complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 44 people with more than 270 others still...

Guinea-Bissau soldiers say they have taken power after reports of president’s arrest

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...

Chicago suspect who set woman on fire a ‘career criminal’, White House says

The Chicago man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and lit her on fire on 17 November was a "career criminal", the White...

Shock as woman declared dead resurrects, knocks on coffin minutes before cremation

A woman thought to be dead, who was about to be cremated at a Buddhist temple in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, has been...

UK bans over 1,000 Ghanaians for visa fraud

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...

Study says fame lowers life expectancy for musicians

Fame can take as many years off a musician's life as occasionally smoking cigarettes, a new study has found, after comparing data between famous...

Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction

A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president said. Armed...

Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates

The former wife of a member of Dubai's ruling family has expressed concern that she could be arrested as her ex-husband has lodged a...

Catholic bishop hits out at Nigeria’s failure to rescue abducted schoolchildren

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...

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president accuses sister of Russia recruitment plot

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...

Music eases surgery and speeds recovery, Indian study finds

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...

U.S. lifts 15% tariffs on Ghanaian exports

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...

Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not ‘final offer’ for Kyiv

President Donald Trump has said a US plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, after Ukrainian allies voiced...

Tourist tax expected to be introduced for London

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...