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How a sex abuse ring targeted Gabon’s child footballers

Football's governing bodies face accusations they failed to protect young victims of sexual abuse in Gabon. BBC Africa Eye spoke to more than 30...

Murder of Ghanaian teenage girl in UK; The inside story [Video]

https://youtu.be/MJOP8g1kMK4 The Ghanaian community in the United Kingdom (UK) is in mourning following the murder of a 15-year-old girl, Elianne Andam in South London. According to...

‘Mummy, I love you, we’re going to die’: Nightclub fire in Spain kills 13 

At least 13 people have died in a fire that engulfed three nightclubs in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia. The blaze broke out in...

Gabon first lady charged with money laundering

Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of...

Nine dead after Mexico church roof collapse

Nine people are reported to have been killed and some 20 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico. Local media said 49 people...

Egypt fire: At least 38 injured in blaze at police complex

A huge fire at a police complex in Egypt has injured at least 38 people, according to emergency services and local media. Firefighters managed to...

Why Nelson Mandela’s late granddaughter wrote a list of people she did not want at her funeral

Zoleka Mandela, the late granddaughter of Nelson Mandela planned her last days right down to the guest list at her funeral. She will be...

Teenager appears in UK court over murder of 15-year-old girl with Ghanaian parents

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering 15-year-old Elianne Andam in south London. The boy, who cannot legally be named because of...

Sam Larry in police custody over Mohbad’s death probe

Controversial show promoter, Samson Erinfolami Balogun Eletu, otherwise known as Sam Larry, has landed in the custody of the Nigeria Police to answer questions...

Man fakes his own kidnapping to hide infidelity from girlfriend

An Australian man reportedly made his girlfriend believe that he had been kidnapped so he could spend New Year’s Eve with his mistress. 35-year-old Paul...

The aim was to break me down – French envoy to Niger

France's top diplomat to Niger says he's "tired", after two months of "extreme tension" and several weeks confined to his Embassy in Niamey before...

Democracy in West Africa in danger – Akufo-Addo tells ECOWAS Parliament

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged members of the Parliament of ECOWAS to find solutions to the emerging re-militarisation of governance. Also, he tasked...

The Real Housewives of Lagos S2 is now streaming on Showmax

The Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 is now streaming on Showmax in sub-Saharan Africa, with new episodes every Friday. Showmax subscribers in Africa will...

Funke Akindele and ex-husband JJC Skillz reunite at movie premiere

On Wednesday, exactly a year and two months after their shocking divorce, Nollywood star Funke Akindele and her ex-husband, JJC Skillz, reunited at the...

#OccupyJulorBiHouse protesters storm London [Photo+Video]

Some Ghanaians in the United Kingdom have besieged the High Commission to express concerns about the state of the economy. Dubbed the #OccupyJulorbiHouse London...

Dog blamed for denying Kenyan marathon victory

A senator in Kenya has criticised sports bodies for failing to act after a dog chased Robert Kimutai Ng’eno during last week's Buenos Aires...

Conversation between 17-yr-old alleged killer and friend after stabbing 15-yr-old Ghanaian girl to death

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on her way to...

Good news for South Africa visa applicants

Ghana has officially been added to the e-visa list of South Africa, an official statement released on Thursday has said. This means Ghanaian nationals can now apply online...

How distress call to BBC led to rescue of six women trapped in refrigerated lorry in France

Six women have been rescued from the back of a lorry in France, after the BBC helped track them down and alert the police. The...

Dramatic footage of Mali plane crash emerges

Video footage has emerged showing how a plane believed to be operated by Mali’s air force crashed and went up in flames at the...

Alien and UFO ‘Bermuda Triangle’ explored in new Netflix documentary

A flying saucer seen by a guest house, a 7ft alien-like figure coming out of a hedge and a "cigar-shaped" UFO near a schoolyard....

‘Albus Dumbledore’: Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

The actor, Sir Michael Gambon has died in hospital aged 82, his family say. He was best known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in six...

Coup attempt in Burkina Faso foiled, plotters arrested

Burkina Faso's security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country's military government. It alleged that officers and others had...

Iraq fire: Eyewitnesses tell of wedding hall blaze horror

Nearly 100 people have been killed and many more injured in a blaze at a wedding celebration in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Eyewitnesses have...

Company behind Britain’s Got Talent sued

David Walliams has filed a High Court case against the production company that makes ITV's Britain's Got Talent. The action against FremantleMedia is listed as...

Friends advised me to join a cult to ‘blow’ my career – Top Nigerian singer opens up

Nigerian rapper, Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, known by his stage name Phyno, has revealed that during his days as a struggling artiste, he was advised...

Masked teenagers caught on tape robbing Apple store; cart away latest iPhone 15s

Groups of masked and hooded teenagers broke into and swarmed shops in Philadelphia’s city centre, grabbing merchandise and fleeing on foot in flash mob-style...

Newly married couple, over 100 others killed in wedding fire in Northern Iraq

The newly married couple both lost their lives in the blaze, according to Ahmed Dubardani, deputy head of the Nineveh health directorate. Speaking to reporters...

Black Sherif joins star-studded lineup for Afro Nation Nigeria 2023

Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif has been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for the much-anticipated Afro Nation Nigeria concert scheduled for December 19th...

Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies at 43

Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected late President, Nelson Mandela, has died of cancer at the age of 43, her family...

Mohbad was brought in dead — Hospital reveals

Perez Medcare Hospital, where Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was allegedly taken, has revealed that the singer was brought in dead to their facility. In...

Fire guts parts of Nigeria Supreme Court

A section of the Nigeria Supreme Court complex was on Monday morning reportedly gutted by fire. The Daily Post reports that the cause of the...

Central African Republic’s exiled former President sentenced to life in prison

The exiled former President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozizé, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in the...

Man imprisoned 22 years ago escapes on the day of his release

A Russian man who had spent the last 22 years of his life in a penal colony for serious crimes recently escaped on the...

MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria’s Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert

Fans mourning Afrobeats star MohBad have been teargassed in the Nigerian city of Lagos as police said they were blocking traffic on a major...

Missing Nigerian journalist found dead in pit

A veteran Nigerian radio journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead in north-west Zamfara state three days after he was declared missing. Danjibga worked with...

New hope as trial of HIV vaccine begins

US state research agency, National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced the first phase of trial of a preventive HIV vaccine candidate has commenced...

Police exhume Mohbad’s body from the grave; Nigerians lament

Residents of Ikorodu in Lagos State and its environs on Thursday lamented the hasty and shady burial given to the late music star, Ilerioluwa...

South Korea raids US military bases in drugs probe

South Korean police are investigating 17 US soldiers and five other people who allegedly smuggled or used synthetic marijuana via military mail. This follows...

Akufo-Addo calls for immediate reform of UN Security Council

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on world leaders to insist on immediate reforms at the Security Council to conform with current global trends. He...