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Russia reopens bond market to friendly traders

The Moscow Exchange will be partially reopened to foreign investors from Monday after a nearly six-month suspension during the Ukraine war. It says only investors...

Kenya set to announce presidential election results

There's growing anticipation that the much-awaited results of last week's Kenya presidential election will be known shortly. Desks being used for the result verification process...

Monkeypox: Experts give virus variants new names

A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align...

25-year-old Zambian wins 2022 BBC Komla Dumor award

Zambian TV and radio presenter Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya has won the 2022 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. At 25, Buyoya is the youngest recipient of...

Buhari meets families of Nigeria train attack victims

President Muhammadu Buhari has met families of passengers kidnapped during a train attack in late March in northern Nigeria. It was the first time such...

Zimbabwe to launch cheaper gold coins

Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce lower denominations of gold coins to allow ordinary people to purchase them, according to the state-owned newspaper The...

Gunman hailed hero for holding up bank over savings

An armed man who held a bank hostage for more than six hours in Beirut because he could not withdraw savings has been hailed...

Sierra Leone protests are acts of terror – president

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has described anti-government protests in the country as acts of terrorism instigated by agitators living abroad. About 130 people...

Kenyan MP-elect surrenders to police over shooting

Kenya’s newly re-elected lawmaker, Didmas Barasa, has surrendered to police after being on the run for three days over the shooting and killing of...

UN alarmed over Ukraine nuclear plant

More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, with Ukraine and Russia again blaming each other for the attack. Each side said...

Violent protests in Sierra Leone over cost of living

Anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Sierra Leone's opposition areas. It has been reported that a number of officers and protesters have died. Many Sierra...

Mali military ruler holds phone talks with Putin

Mali's interim President Col Assimi Goïta said he held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on Twitter, Mr Goïta...

Sierra Leone Protest: Eight officers killed

Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country's youth minister told CNN on Thursday. The officers, six...

Nollywood actor charged with rape, supplying abortion drugs

Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong has been charged with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion by the Akwa Ibom State government...

Man arrested for marrying off underage, mentally disabled daughter to 3 different men for money

A man in central China married off his mentally disabled teenage daughter on three occasions between 2018 and 2021 to three different men for...

Nollywood actor charged with rape, supplying abortion drugs

The Akwa Ibom State government on Wednesday charged Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion. The actor...

Lupita Nyong’o celebrates father’s win in Kenya polls

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county. Her father, Anyang Nyong’o,...

Big Ivy claps back at Mummy Dolarz again with ‘Poison Ivy’; social media reacts

Internet sensation, Big Ivy, has won over the internet again with her new single Poison Ivy. The song, which is a reply to Nigeria’s Mummy...

Lupita Nyong’o celebrates father’s win in Kenya polls

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county. Her father, Anyang Nyong’o,...

Girl, 12, saved from marrying man, 70, just moments before wedding ceremony

A 12-year-old girl was saved from marrying a 70-year-old man just moments before the wedding ceremony. Two months ago, Amira was excited. Her brother was getting...

Kenyan MP wanted over deadly shooting wins re-election

A Kenyan MP, who is wanted by police as a suspect in the killing of his rival's bodyguard, has won re-election in his Kimilili...

Pastor Chris sacks pastor for supporting presidential candidate

The President and Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has relieved his nephew, Dr Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren, of his position as the President...

Killing of Egyptian students sparks femicide debate

The killing of a young student in Egypt has intensified the debate about male violence against women in the country. Salma Bahgat was stabbed 17...

Seven men charged over gang rape

Seven men linked to the sexual assault of a group of women at an abandoned mine near Johannesburg in South Africa have been officially...

New virus detected in eastern China

Scientists are tracking a new, animal-derived virus in eastern China that has infected at least several dozen people. The novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found...

France battles monster wildfire

More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a "monster" wildfire in the south-western France that has already destroyed nearly 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest,...

Kenya Election 2022: Why the count is taking long

Kenyans still do not know who their next president will be more than 45 hours after polls closed. Election head Wafula Chebukati has urged people...

Trump refuses to answer questions in New York probe

Former US President, Donald Trump, has declined to answer questions as part of a New York state investigation into his family's business practices. Mr Trump...

Chadians who reject marriage proposals to pay fine

People who refuse a marriage proposal in Mangalmé in north-eastern Chad must now pay a fine, known as "amchilini". The region's Higher Islamic Council ruled...

Iranian charged with plotting to kill Trump aide

An Iranian man has been charged by the US with plotting to kill former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton. US officials said Shahram Poursafi,...

Police on manhunt for Kenyan MP who shot dead rival aide at voting day

A Kenyan Member of Parliament (MP) is on the run after he allegedly shot dead an aide of his rival in Western Kenya. Witnesses claim...

War must end with liberation of Crimea – Zelensky

The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Ukraine's president was speaking after a string...

Ukraine conflict: Ban Russian visitors, Zelensky urges West

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Western countries to ban all Russian visitors – and the Kremlin has responded with scorn. Russians should “live...

Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea – Zelensky

The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Ukraine’s president was speaking after a string...

Man convicted for murdering friend who woke him up

A man has been found guilty of murdering his friend following an argument about being woken up. Jimmy Moore, 33, died after he was stabbed...

Mother-of-four shot dead by relative in horror gun accident

A British mother-of-four was shot dead in a horrific accident while visiting relatives on a dream holiday to South Africa. Fatima Issa had flown out with her...

Monkeypox can spread in 3 ways – Here’s what to know and how to avoid infection

Just two months after the virus landed in the US, monkeypox has been declared a national public health emergency â€” a déjà vu nightmare for the...

Woman in court for divorce because husband hid inside toilet during robbery attack

A married woman is in court seeking a divorce because her husband fled and hid himself inside the toilet during a robbery attack and only came...

Police in Tanzania release Kizz Daniel hours after arrest

Tanzanian police authorities have released the Nigerian music star, Kizz Daniel, born Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, hours after he was arrested. He was detained at the Oysterbay Police...

Brazil arrests 5 more in murder of journalist

Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested five additional suspects in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. The pair were killed...