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When my mother told me at the age of 16 that we were going from the UK to Ghana for the summer holidays, I...

At least 51 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say.The blaze is said...

A newlywed couple, Dozie and Joan Okoye, have died in a gas explosion on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The couple, who reportedly...

A British man has been killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle in the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto.The man, who has...

A United Nations judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave.Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe "took advantage of her...

Ghana’s Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Larry Gbevlo-Lartey said President John Mahama has successfully resolved the disruptions caused by the...

Dozens of passengers were forced to stand on the wing of an American Airlines plane at Denver International Airport after evacuating the aircraft Thursday...

Ineos Automotive, the vehicle maker owned by multi-billionaire businessman and Manchester United co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has recalled more than 7,000 of its sport...

Tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of steel and aluminium have taken effect in a move that will likely escalate tensions...

The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has started in the capital, Buenos Aires.Maradona was convalescing...

Big Brother Naija Lockdown second runner-up, Rebecca Nengi Hampson, has welcomed a baby girl. Sharing the news on Instagram, Nengi announced that she gave birth...

A 10-year-old Indiana boy was crushed to death after his foster mother, who weighed 340 pounds, allegedly sat on him for several minutes because...

The vast majority of the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) programmes have been terminated following a six-week review, Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recovered nearly $500 million in proceeds of crime last year and secured more than 4,000...

At least 20 people have been killed as Russian strikes hit several regions in Ukraine overnight, including Donetsk and Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian officials.Eight...

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of the defunct music group P-Square, bail...

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 5 rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress...

Lesotho's government says it is shocked by US President Donald Trump saying that "nobody has ever heard of" the southern African nation.Trump, addressing the...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested a 55-year-old Nigerian national for suspected drug trafficking shortly after he landed at OR Tambo International...

The love life of South Africa's Zulu king has the country agog - and has scandalised his socially conservative subjects as he messes with...

US President Donald Trump said he would cut funding for universities that allow what he called "illegal" protests and prosecute and deport foreign students...

Jay-Z is suing a woman who in February withdrew her legal action accusing the rapper of rape.His defamation action claims she "voluntarily admitted" being pressured...

Nigerian Socialite Darlington Akporugo Faces 25 Years for Leading Multimillion-Dollar Romance Scam Nigerian socialite Darlington Akporugo is facing up to 25 years in prison after...

Two people - an 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man - have been killed after a vehicle drove into a pedestrian area in the...

Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef.Mass sexual violence...

Officers from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), along with members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and private security, have arrested five...

A Ghanaian-Bronx-based immigration lawyer, Kofi Amankwaa, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving fraudulent filings...

A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry.The fatality brings the...

The Israeli government says it has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza because the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas...

More than 500 mpox patients have fled clinics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the last month amid the current conflict.Officials at Africa...

One of the men on trial over the theft of a £4.75 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace had scoured the internet for details...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco asked Moroccans on Wednesday to abstain from performing the rite of slaughtering sheep on Eid al-Adha this year due...

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, which is now in its 10th year.Journalists...

A tragic boat accident in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State has left at least five people dead, with 20 others...

An Australian couple have spoken of the "traumatic" moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways...

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks after he admitted punching a man to the ground in his Cheshire constituency. Amesbury,...

A Scottish businessman who disappeared in Kenya has been found dead.Campbell Scott, from Fife, was attending a conference at the JW Marriott Hotel in...

South Africa's power utility, Eskom, has restored eight units at power plants after implementing its highest stage of controlled power cuts early Sunday due...

A Harare man violently attacked his mother-in-law after his wife received a Valentine’s gift from another man, accusing her of promoting infidelity. Elita Mpofu, the...

Indian authorities have banned two highly addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in...