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Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime...

Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a significant move...

Mozambique has sworn in its new parliament with the streets of the capital largely deserted after the opposition leader called for a strike to...

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported.The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday...

Omowunmi, widow of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has accused her late husband’s father, Joseph Aloba, of delaying the DNA test ordered...

India's latest diplomatic outreach to Afghanistan's Taliban government signals a marked shift in how it sees the geopolitical reality in the region. This comes more...

South Korean anti-corruption investigators have arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence, after an hours-long standoff with his security staff and supporters. Yoon...

President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as part of a prisoner release deal,...

Nigerians on social media are mourning the death of a woman who was allegedly beheaded by a man reported to be her boyfriend in...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109...

The Federal Government has confirmed an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, in Kano State, affecting various bird...

South Korea's Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from office after his...

Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, purported to be a gospel musician, has been arrested in Orozo, Nigeria after being found with a decapitated head in a black...

Spain is planning to impose a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the...

Despite being vilified, threatened and humiliated in public, veteran Cameroonian lawyer Alice Nkom is determined to uphold the rights of homosexual people in her...

Disturbing videos have emerged showing the dire situation at a disused gold mine in South Africa where scores of illegal miners have reportedly been...

Ugandan military prosecutors on Monday added a charge of "treachery" - which carries the death penalty - to the list of violations of military...

African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on African governments to make agriculture a real priority sector as leaders on the continent...

At least 16 civilians in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air strike, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs. Residents...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto...

Gay men will be allowed to train as priests in Roman Catholic seminaries, so long as they observe celibacy, according to new guidelines announced...

The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Friday to uphold a law that would force a sale or ban the popular short-video app TikTok in the United...

Five suspects, including the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, were arrested following the recovery of a hijacked Uber vehicle at Mandela's...

A South African woman, Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi.Advocacy group Women For Change issued a statement on...

Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US president-elect gave no timeline for when...

Wildfires are tearing through Los Angeles, forcing thousands to flee to safety and destroying modest homes and vast mansions. As the fires rage on, powerful...

Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the...

US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. Google and Microsoft have...

The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day he...

Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public...

A TV model has been handed a suspended prison sentence and fined after admitting to making a false rape claim against AC Milan defender...

The US Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's last-minute bid to halt his sentencing on Friday in the criminal hush-money case.Trump had urged...

Indian authorities say they have arrested a Canadian man at Delhi airport for carrying a crocodile skull in his luggage. The 32-year-old man was at...

An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported...

The death of a teenage boy sparked violent protests in a city in north-west China, the BBC has confirmed through verified video. In the videos...

Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel...

Francis Ahovi, a Security analyst and Executive Secretary of Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance (GLOSARGG), has shared his perspective on President...

The Republic of Ghana has officially suspended its diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).According to a statement from the Ministry of...

The pound has fallen to its lowest level for nine months after UK government borrowing costs continued to rise.The drop came as UK 10-year...

Los Angeles firefighters are battling a series of rapidly spreading wildfires, leaving thousands of residents forced to flee their homes.As the fires continue to...