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...
The Harris-Walz Campaign has announced that rapper Cardi B will be speaking at the vice-president's rally in Milwaukee tomorrow.
It's no surprise that with an election this big comes...
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...
Universities across the country, especially those owned by the Federal Government, were yesterday shut down by non-academic staff, under the aegis of Senior Staff...
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 Zimbabwean man left a courtroom stunned after admitting he had been urinating and defecating in his bedroom to protest his wife’s alleged denial...
The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has lost its majority in parliament, its worst result in over a decade.
The LDP...
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...
Nigerian actress Ramota Adetu, popularly known as Aunty Ramota, has shared her financial difficulties and current living situation.
In a now-viral video, Aunty Ramota disclosed...
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...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been named Secretary-General of the Commonwealth at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government...
An Indian PhD student says she was "forcibly transferred" to a masters course without her consent by the University of Oxford.
Lakshmi Balakrishnan, from Tamil...
A prominent figure within Ghana's New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has criticized UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer for dismissing calls for...
Nigeria’s controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been rushed to the Police Hospital at Falomo, Lagos, after complaining of pain in...
An ex-television presenter now turned energy healer claims she can banish demons — but instead of destroying them she sends them to 'paradise'.
Antonia Harman,...
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the...
