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Senegal named true home of jollof rice over Ghana, Nigeria

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially recognised Senegal as the origin of Jollof rice, also known as Ceebu jën in...

Arsenal fans arrested in Uganda after celebrating Manchester United victory

At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the...

Pig kills butcher at slaughterhouse

A butcher died while trying to slaughter a pig in Hong Kong on Friday, the city’s police said. The 61-year-old butcher, who worked in the...

Woman delivers record-breaking giant baby

A woman has given birth to a giant baby weighing 16lb and measuring 2ft tall in Brazil.  Angerson Santos was welcomed into the world via...

Google to cut 12,000 jobs to reduce workforce

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has indicated it plans of cutting  12,000 jobs to reduce its workforce after a hiring spree during the...

Ukraine war: Zelensky adviser says West’s ‘indecision’ is killing Ukrainians

An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the West’s “indecision” over sending extra weapons to Ukraine is “killing more of our people”. “Every...

Ghanaian nurses in Belfast dance in snow as they see it for the very first time

Adwoa, Freda and Richmond, who work at Kingsbridge Private Hospital on Belfast’s Lisburn Road, experienced the wonder of winter earlier this week with the arrival...

British Prime Minister fined for not wearing seat belt

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire...

Girl, 8, meant to inherit a $61m diamond business in India renounces her fortune to become a nun

An eight-year-old diamond heiress in India gave up her fortune this week to become a nun under the Jain faith. Devanshi Sanghvi stood to inherit...

Nigeria elections 2023: How influencers are secretly paid by political parties

A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of...

Illinois Legislative Black Caucus apt to bridge gap via business, tourism after visit to Ghana [Video]

The Black Caucus Education and Exploration Tour 2023 had executive members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (ILBCF) visiting Ghana as part of...

Aid groups urge debt cancellation to ease Ghana’s economic woes

More than two dozen aid and campaign groups have called for international creditors to cancel a large portion of Ghana’s debts as it struggles...

BBC renders apology after sex noises heard during FA Cup coverage

The BBC has apologised after sexual noises interrupted live television coverage of the FA Cup. Moaning was heard while Gary Lineker presented the third-round replay...

99-year-old man gets married for the first time [Photos]

A 99-year-old Kenyan man, Johana Maritim Butuk, has married his girlfriend, Alice Jemeli, 40, after 20 years of dating. It is reported that the lovebirds...

Ukraine crash: Ministers killed as helicopter comes down near nursery

Eighteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s Interior Affairs Minister, after a helicopter crashed beside a kindergarten in an eastern suburb of the capital...

Man going through divorce rams truck into wife’s home [Video]

An estranged husband whose wife says they are going through a divorce was captured on camera repeatedly ramming a dump truck into his partner’s...

Kenya’s president alleges plot to kill electoral chief in last polls

Kenya’s President William Ruto has made sensational accusations of a plot to abduct and kill the head of the electoral commission in the run-up...

Biden reaches a vital new tipping point on Ukraine

The West has reached its latest fateful crossroads over Ukraine. Looming decisions on deepening support for Kyiv’s fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s onslaught have been...

Murdered Kenyan LGBTQ activist buried

The funeral of Kenyan LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, who was smothered to death in a killing that caused outrage, is taking place at his...

Man arrested for setting wrong house on fire, killing family of 7

A magistrate court in Kenya on Monday, January 16, 2023, allowed police to detain a man accused of arson attack which left seven members...

China’s population falls for the first time since 1961

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low – 6.77 births per...

Woman’s head found in shower after decapitation by her husband

The Texas woman who was allegedly decapitated by her husband was found in a pool of blood near the couple’s bed — and her head was...

BBC Komla Dumor Award 2023 launched

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, now in its eighth year. Journalists from across...

Taliban buys blue ticks on Twitter

The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts. Previously, the blue tick indicated "active, notable,...

AA investigates after two planes nearly collide on JFK runway

US officials have launched an investigation after two planes full of passengers almost collided at a New York airport last week. The close call happened...

Akufo-Addo’s colleague opens up about their working relationship

A colleague of President Nana Akufo-Addo, Yaw Nsarkoh, has opened up about his working relationship with Him. To him, the recent economic challenges among other...

Unrest in Burkina Faso as 50 women are abducted

Some 50 women have been abducted by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, local officials say. Residents in Arbinda said two groups of women were...

Survivor of 2005 Ghanaians’ massacre testifies at German court

A survivor of the 2005 Ghanaians massacre in Gambia, Martin Kyere, is set to testify in a German court this week. This follows the arrest...

Catholic priest burnt to death

Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising...

About 20 dead after Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine

Russia launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 20 people in a strike on an apartment block in...

Police officer slumps and dies in his office

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Seme Police Division in Lagos State, Nigeria, SP Mojeed Salami, slumped and died in his office on Tuesday,...

Ghanaian-American soldier allegedly killed by colleague during altercation

A soldier assigned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, was arrested Tuesday after brutally attacking a fellow soldier, officials told Army Times in a Wednesday afternoon...

Family would never forgive me if I told all – Prince Harry

Prince Harry claims he had enough material for “two books”, and did not include some things in his memoir because his father and brother...

The royal tragedy at the heart of ‘Spare’

Maybe “Megxit” was never about Meghan Markle. Maybe it was always driven by Prince Harry, who, in his American wife, found the much-needed catalyst to leave...

Ex-Premier League star jailed over £8m fraud

A former Premier League defender has been jailed for defrauding friends, family and associates out of £8m in a pyramid scheme. Ex-Charlton Athletic player Richard...

Police arrest women for banknote cake

Malawi police have arrested two women in their mid-20s after they used kwacha bank notes as decorations for a cake they had baked and...

17-year-old arrested for impregnating 10 ladies

Nigeria’s Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old boy identified as Noble Uzuchi over the impregnation of 10 ladies. The suspect was nabbed alongside...

Second potentially habitable Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star

A NASA mission has spottedan Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and...

Man caned for stealing a bunch of plantain [Photos]

A man was caught stealing a bunch of plantain and was given a taste of his own medicine. The suspect was given strokes of cane...

Married Zimbabwe cricket coaches die three weeks apart

Cricket in Zimbabwe is mourning the death of two married national team coaches who passed away within weeks of each other. The couple are survived...