The Nigerian authorities have dropped treason and other charges against dozens of protesters, including more than 30 children, who were arrested in August after...
As millions of people cast their ballots in the US election, claims have been spreading online questioning the integrity of the vote.
Election officials have...
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has announced that any public or private administration official caught engaging in intimate relations within office premises will be...
On the eve of Election Day in the United States, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitzed through battleground states while trying to...
The Public Prosecutor's Office in Equatorial Guinea is currently investigating Baltasar Ebang Engonga, popularly known as "Bello," for potential public health violations.
Ebang Engonga, the...
The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives...
At least six people died after a volcano erupted several times in eastern Indonesia, officials said.
The eruptions occurred at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki which is...
At least 14 people have been killed after a concrete canopy at a railway station in northern Serbia collapsed, the country's President Aleksandar Vučić...
Social media has been restricted in Mozambique as one of the main challengers in last month's disputed election remains in hiding, calling for protests.
Police...
Dozens of alleged protesters were brought before a Nigerian court on Friday, sparking outrage, as many of the defendants appeared to be malnourished following...
Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation.
The...
More than 60 million people have cast early votes in the US election, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.
This beats the early voter...
At least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds to find survivors.
On Thursday, more than 1,200...
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has hosted French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron at the Royal Palace of Guests in Rabat.
In attendance...
A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under a jungle canopy in Mexico.
Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts...
A skydiver has died after accidentally walking into a plane propeller.
Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking pictures of other skydivers at Wichita Cook Airfield in...
Zambian football is in mourning after seven players from Chavuma Town Council FC were killed in a bus crash.
The country's football association (Faz) expressed...
A comedian at a Donald Trump rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage", sparking fury from Republicans and Democrats and accusations of...
BBC Africa Eye, the investigative unit of BBC World Service, explores what is driving some first-generation French Africans to seek new beginnings in Senegal.
This...
A video purportedly showing popular Cameroonian singer Simon Longkana Agno, widely known as Longue Longue, being tortured has led to widespread outrage in the...
The trend of Nigerians seeking greener pastures abroad, often referred to as the "Japa" movement, has become widespread.
It is no longer news that this...
The government is under pressure to stop illegal meat being smuggled into the UK, amid warnings of a "foot-and-mouth" level crisis for British farmers.
The...
Grammy Award-winning US rapper Lil Durk has been arrested on a charge of murder-for-hire, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
Police records seen...
Prof. Nhlanhla Thwala, Vice-Chancellor of the Africa Leadership University (ALU), has officially taken over as Chair of the Executive Steering Committee (ESC) of the...
