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Razor wire. Thick black iron fencing. Metal detectors. Armed security guards. Bomb sweeps. The security at this centre where workers count ballots mirrors what you...

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Equatorial Guinea is currently investigating Baltasar Ebang Engonga, popularly known as "Bello," for potential public health violations.Ebang Engonga, the...

The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives...

Ghanaian actress Gloria Sarfo has vented her spleen on the organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) over challenges some Ghanaian filmmakers faced...

Americans are voting for their next president in a general election that culminates on Tuesday 5 November.Once polls close, depending on how close the...

At least six people died after a volcano erupted several times in eastern Indonesia, officials said.The eruptions occurred at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki which is...

The King and Queen of Spain have been pelted with mud and other objects by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia.Shouts of...

ECOWAS is gearing up to host a key series of meetings from November 5-8, 2024, in Lomé, Togo, bringing together aviation ministers, DGs of...

Mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, showing an increase of over 500% from last year, data from the Africa Centres for...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of...

Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record...

May Edochie, the estranged wife of actor Yul Edochie, has responded to the criticism received from men following her divorce."May reportedly filed for divorce...

The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on...

At least 14 people have been killed after a concrete canopy at a railway station in northern Serbia collapsed, the country's President Aleksandar Vučić...

We heard a lot on Friday from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on what their plans are for the US economy.Unsurprisingly, the economy...

The wait is over! Adom 106.3 FM’s Family Kolor Paaty is happening today, November 2, 2024, at the beautiful Legon Botanical Garden in Accra.From...

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...

Canada has launched a new drive to get more overseas tourists to visit the country. Yet staffing shortages, wildfires and a spat with China...

US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday evening after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges, in a dramatic twist that...

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...

NBA star LeBron James has endorsed Kamala Harris, writing on his personal X account that "the choice is clear to me".The Akron, Ohio native...

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...

Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who has been at the centre of a fierce nationality row, is to be stripped of her South African identity...

Two influencers who refused to wear life jackets drowned when their boat was sunk by a huge wave after a yacht party in Brazil.Victims...

Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of him slapping and verbally abusing a taxi driver who had come to...

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...

A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years on Monday.The court sentenced...

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 gang of men who smuggled almost £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of Gari powder from Ghana to south Essex have...

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...

When a North Carolina man headed to a convenience store on Tuesday, he had no idea luck was on his side.Jerry Hicks, a master...