Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced.
Ekane, 74, was...
Gunmen have abducted at least 20 people, including a pastor and a new bride, in two separate attacks in the latest Nigerian kidnappings.
Attackers stormed...
Thieves have stolen €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) worth of snails from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants.
L'Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy,...
A new analysis by the Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance (GLOSARGG) has attributed the recent coup in Guinea-Bissau to years of...
Venezuela has accused US President Donald Trump of making a "colonialist threat" after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The...
Russia's state communications watchdog threatened on Friday to block WhatsApp entirely if it fails to comply with Russian law, news agencies reported.
In August, Russia...
The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship...
Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal's...
Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in...
The Government of Ghana has strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as an unconstitutional seizure of power that threatens democratic governance...
A thief on an electric bike has been recorded on CCTV stealing a giant Christmas Nutcracker soldier statue from outside an Edinburgh cocktail bar.
The...
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.
Shortly after...
The United Kingdom has banned 1,632 Ghanaians for a visa for 10 years for using fraudulent means to acquire the document.
The 1,632 represented four...
Nigeria's government is making "no meaningful effort" to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in the central state of...
One of the daughters of Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, accusing her of recruiting men...
Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare to remove her gallbladder.
She...
The United States has lifted the 15% tariffs previously imposed on cocoa and several other agricultural exports from Ghana.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional...
The mayor of London has cautiously welcomed reports that he is to impose a tourist levy on visitors staying overnight in the capital.
Chancellor Rachel...
His Royal Highness Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Ghana yesterday for a two-day visit to reinforce the modern partnership between the...
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escaped.
The Christian Association of Nigeria...
With many families left traumatised by killings apparently linked to supposed magic rituals in Sierra Leone, BBC Africa Eye looks into those behind the...
The Edo State Police Command has arraigned 24-year-old content creator, Osarobo Omoyemen, for allegedly staging her own kidnapping to attract attention and followers on...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Ghanaian statesman and diplomat, Ambassador Baba Kamara, as Head of Mission for its Election...
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Colleges over rising security concerns.
The directive was issued through a circular dated...
At least five people have been killed, including one child, and more than 450 injured after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Bangladesh.
The epicentre of...
