Wimbledon organisers have been fined by the Women’s Tennis Association for banning Russian and Belarusian players from this summer’s grass court events.
The All England...
An Egyptian court has sentenced a researcher to three years in prison in a retrial over charges of “publishing false news”.
Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy,...
The authorities in Niger state in central Nigeria have ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities.
It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating...
Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted sanctions on Mali’s military regime.
The West African leaders also accepted a...
Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government.
In a televised speech, he said the...
The UK has announced a deal with Nigeria to tackle illegal migration.
The deal will see both countries effectively increase legal migration and speed up...
Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions surrounding the Po River amid the worst drought in 70 years.
Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia...
More than a dozen protesters have been arrested for driving too slowly during demonstrations on motorways in England, Wales and Scotland over fuel prices.
The...
A heartbroken family has paid tribute to their “most wonderful” son who died in a car crash.
Jack Stabler, 17, was the passenger in a car which collided...
Rescue teams in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur are searching for 20 missing people, days after a massive landslide.
More than 40 people have...
A husband collapsed and died 10 minutes after laughing and joking with wife.
Leanne Slaymaker, lost her partner Tom Slaymaker, in January 2019 after a...
A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos' main airport, according to police.
Three suspects have been arrested...
The Central African Republic has launched its government-backed cryptocurrency hub called Sango - named after one of the country's official languages.
President Faustin Archange Touadéra...
The message from Nigeria's medical council could not have been more cruel for a student, Moses Damilola Fehintola.
After being trapped by war in Ukraine...
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Guinea-Bissau President has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of ECOWAS.
He takes over from...
Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has communicated his intention to withdraw as...
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye, has said Christians don’t need guns for self-defence.
On Sunday, Adeboye clarified...
Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the southwestern state of Ondo.
Some of them...
North Korea's Covid outbreak began with citizens touching "alien things" that had fallen near its South Korea border, state media in Pyongyang has claimed.
Citizens...
At least 18 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say.
The state emergency...
At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say.
The state emergency...
A worker who lost both arms after being dragged into a cement mixer did not receive proper training, an investigation has found.
The employee, who is unnamed, was using...
