Alexei Navalny was arrested on WednesdayRussia's most prominent opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, has been taken from jail to a hospital in Moscow.Officials gave no details of his condition… Read More

A former Boeing engineer has told the BBC that work on the production line of the 737 Max plane was not adequately funded.The aircraft is currently grounded after two crashes which killed 34… Read More

The US director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, has become the latest high-profile figure to leave the Trump administration.President Donald Trump tweeted Mr Coats would step down in mi… Read More

Images posted on social media showed people running as shots rang outThree people have been killed and 15 injured in a shooting at a food festival in California, local police have confirmed… Read More

At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno.Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in vans at… Read More

The earthquakes damaged homes and cracked roads in the province of BatanesAt least eight people have been killed and dozens more injured after two earthquakes struck a province in the Philip… Read More

A family in Guatemala waits for a relative deported from the United StatesThe US and Guatemala have signed a migration agreement, days after US President Donald Trump threatened the Central… Read More

The Supreme Court has blocked a ruling by a Judge in California barring the president from using the funds on a border wallThe US Supreme Court has said that President Donald Trump can use $… Read More

Tanzania’s president on Friday inaugurated a huge hydroelectric dam project in the country’s largest wildlife reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site, calling it the sta… Read More

Nigeria police on Friday confirmed a successful rescue of four Turks kidnapped in the central Kwara State.They added that no ransom was paid and the three male suspects had been arrested in… Read More

Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila reached an agreement on Friday to divide the main security and economic cabinet posts roughly evenly between their two camp… Read More

How should Africa react to Britain's new, Boris Johnson-led, Brexit-focused, government? With a shrug, a smile, or perhaps a scowl?What does it matter to this vast continent if power changes… Read More

Saudi Arabia will not grant visas to pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.The ministry said the decision was reached… Read More

A rights group estimates there are more than 700,000 intersex people among Kenya's 49 million populationKenya will become the first country in Africa to collect data on intersex people in it… Read More

Nigeria’s inspector general of police Mohammed Adamu Friday ordered beef-up of security in all states of the country and the federal capital territory, Abuja to curb violent protest by… Read More

Some Nigerians kidnapped by Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) when it attacked a convoy of aid workers in Damasak, in Borno state, last week has spoken and are begging the Christ… Read More

Russia has strongly denied ever apologising for violating South Korean airspace, as the fall-out from an incident involving warplanes from four countries continues.South Korea's presidential… Read More

Sri Lankans are up in arms over the alleged dumping of hazardous waste from Britain, including syringes and suspected human remains from mortuaries.The government has urged Britain to immedi… Read More

The speed and extent of current global warming exceeds any similar event in the past 2,000 years, researchers say.They show that famous historic events like the "Little Ice Age" don't compar… Read More

This painting keeps him alive”: Maïssa Omar’s voice chokes when she recalls her son Walid, a demonstrator killed in June in Khartoum, now immortalized by a portrait on the w… Read More

A little over a year after Ethiopia and Eritrea restored diplomatic relations, residents and traders in the border towns are worried by the stalled progress.While the Ethiopian prime ministe… Read More

The Cameroon government officially responded to the “digital” riot that rocked the main prison facility in the capital Yaounde on July 22. The protests also led to a fire inciden… Read More

Kenya’s Labour Minister, Ukur Yatani was on Wednesday appointed as acting Finance Minister by the Presidency.Yatani’s appointment comes a day after the incumbent Henry Rotich was… Read More

Egypt's minister for expatriates' affairs has downplayed the significance of comments she made about its critics abroad, whom she said would be "cut".A video of Nabila Makram speaking at a m… Read More

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on those Nigerians it says are "responsible for undermining the Nigerian democratic process".In a statement, the State Department says the mea… Read More

A suicide bomber has seriously injured the mayor of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least six other people, officials told the BBC.The female bomber blew herself up inside the offic… Read More

Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has officially announced that he will run for president in the 2021 election.The 37-year-old will challenge President Yoweri Museveni, who has be… Read More

Zimbabweans are reacting to the further increase in fuel prices as food shortages and inflation bites.After rising to over 175% in June, inflation pushed Zimbabwe to raise prices for some co… Read More

Thousands of Sudanese gathered in Khartoum on Thursday to pay tribute to the dozens of protesters killed in the crackdown on Sudan’s seven-month protest movement that prompted Presiden… Read More

While Sudan’s military and the alliance of protesters and opposition groups have signed a three-year transition working towards elections, the slow progress and violence in the bu… Read More

This week, Kenya’s interior ministry ordered for the deportation of 17 foreign directors of betting companies.The deportation order is the latest action by the Kenyan government, which… Read More

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will give its final verdict on the amount of damages to be awarded to victims of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga on Thursday.The judges will be… Read More

The rocket weighs as much as a fully-loaded jumbo jetIndia has announced a new date to launch its second lunar mission after the scheduled blast-off was halted on Monday due to a technical s… Read More

Not much is mentioned of Equatorial Guinea, one of the oil and gas wealthiest country in Central Africa.According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) latest estimate, the Central Africa… Read More

The Revolutionary Guards' naval force is tasked with patrolling the Strait of HormuzIran says it seized a "foreign tanker" and its 12 crew on Sunday for smuggling fuel in the Gulf.State tele… Read More

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treatyTime is running out to save a key nuclear missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary Ge… Read More

Sudan’s opposition has raised skepticism about the recently signed power sharing deal.After weeks of protests following the overthrow of long serving leader, Omar al-Bashir, military r… Read More

At least 33 people are dead and dozens injured after a man set fire to an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say.Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyo… Read More

The row between President Donald Trump and four Democratic congresswomen has escalated after his supporters chanted "send her back" at a campaign rally.The chant was directed at Somali-born… Read More

Paul Njoroge, whose family was killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia last March, addressed the US Parliament in witness against the aircraft manufacturer.Njoroge lost of his three c… Read More

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has met with Eritrean Prime Minister Isaias Afwerki in Asmara on Thursday morning.“The two sides will discuss further enhancement of the all-rounded… Read More

Somalia-born US lawmaker Ilhan Omar has tweeted "I am where I belong" after supporters of President Donald Trump chanted "send her back" at a rally on Wednesday evening.Social embed from twi… Read More

The Ouagadougou prison and correctional facility known as MACO is home to Burkina Faso’s latest musical find – Roland Tapsoba, AKA ‘Rolbi’.Twenty… Read More

Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, have decided to lift the ban on the sale of cocoa effective Tuesday, July 16.The two West African cocoa producing giants… Read More

Almost a year in charge of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon but not good enough to continue after his first major outing, the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT; on Tuesday confirm… Read More

South African legendary singer Johnny Clegg, who blended Zulu rhythms with Western styles and defied apartheid segregation, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, his manager said… Read More

Rescue team search for survivors in Jos, Central Nigeria following a three-storey residential facility collapse that killed 13 people on Tuesday.An official of the Red Cross said 7 survivors… Read More

Hashem Abedi was arrested in Tripoli by members of the Rada Special Deterrence Force a day after the attackThe younger brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi is being extradited fro… Read More

Sudan's ruling military council and opposition leaders have signed a power-sharing accord after all-night talks.It is a "historic moment" for the country, the deputy head of Sudan's ruling m… Read More

Hundreds of Africans seeking entry into the United States are using unconventional routes.They’re joining Central American migrants on a long and dangerous land journey to the southern… Read More