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Peace Delaly Nicoue, the youngest person to sit the Baccalaureate exam in Benin this year, has passed with top grades. The shy 11-year-old told BBC...

Nigeria's upper house of parliament backed a series of constitutional amendments on Wednesday that could weaken the presidency and boost the legislature, the latest...

A young woman is at the moment recovering from a knife wound inflicted on her by her husband over her plan to further her...

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president's ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump's surprise...

A homeless man lost a finger, two toes and one testicle after being bitten several times by an alligator while bathing in a retention...

US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the military. He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and...

Charges have been dropped against a 41-year-old Nigerian man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari. Joachim Iroko, a market trader also known as...

Three women have appeared before a court accused of gang raping a pastor who went round to their home to demand money they owed...

The US Senate has voted to start debating a new Republican health care bill in a major step forward for President Donald Trump's attempts...

New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 to improve air quality. The crackdown could also see the introduction of levies on busy...

North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang's...

Nigeria has the largest number of children in the world who are not being educated, the government has said. Acknowledging the scale of the problem...

Khorsheeda Khatun had been left with nothing -- then that too was washed away The 28-year-old fled her home country of Myanmar in January with...

US President Donald Trump has issued a challenge to Republican senators to rally behind their healthcare bill, on the eve of a crucial vote. "Now...

Two Canadian religious leaders have been found guilty of practicing polygamy by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC). The trial heard Winston Blackmore, 61,...

A controversial new book about the last days of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been withdrawn by the publisher. Mandela's family had complained...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, reportedly lavished his sister in-law with R780,000 which is approxiamtly $60,000, as she celebrated her 60th birthday on July 23...

A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose...

A suicide car bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 24 people, officials have told the BBC. At least 42 were...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecasts for US and UK economic growth this year, following "weaker-than-expected activity" in the first three...

Prince William and Prince Harry have recalled the “fun” way their mother brought them up saying Princess Diana was a “total kid through and...

Nigeria's president has been pictured in London for the first time since he left his homeland almost 80 days ago. President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, came...

A pastor’s wedding was stopped midway in All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Abakaliki after a lady accused him of dating her and dumping her...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team. Mr Spicer stepped down because he was...

A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers. The girl's father Andre Spicer said his...

Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. Four boys and two girls -...

Thousands of Brits are feared to have been caught up in a deadly earthquake off the coasts of Turkey, Rhodes and Kos which has...

Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison. "Thank you!" said 70-year-old Simpson, bowing...

A Saudi prince has been arrested on the orders of Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz after videos were circulated on social media which appeared...

The State minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Ms Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, says the failure by wives to respect their husbands is driving men...

US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, his son-in-law and his former campaign manager are to testify before Senate committees investigating alleged Russian meddling in...

Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, his office says. His treatment may include a...

Three Kenyan men – who stripped, robbed and attacked a woman in a bus, in an incident that was recorded and widely shared on...

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia's security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in...

War crimes judges will rule whether former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo can be released from prison for the rest of his trial on charges...

US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 in Germany earlier this month,...

Radio France International’s Hausa service journalist Ahmed Abba who was sentenced to 10 years in prison this year by a Cameroon military tribunal has...

President Donald Trump has said the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse. "I'm not going to own it,"...

Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to have sex on the eve of the elections on August 8. The National Super...

US tech giant Apple has previewed forthcoming emojis, including one that depicts a woman wearing a hijab. More than 12 animated symbols were unveiled on...