2019-07-29 06:13
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
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2019-07-29 06:07
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
2019-07-29 06:01
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
2019-07-29 05:56
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
2019-07-29 05:50
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
2019-07-27 07:00
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
2019-07-27 06:57
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
2019-07-27 06:54
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
2019-07-27 06:45
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
2019-07-27 06:42
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
2019-07-27 06:40
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
2019-07-27 06:36
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
2019-07-27 06:25
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
2019-07-27 06:21
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
2019-07-27 06:17
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
2019-07-27 06:13
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
2019-07-24 21:05
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
2019-07-24 21:00
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
2019-07-24 20:52
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
2019-07-24 20:46
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
2019-07-24 20:44
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
2019-07-24 20:40
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
2019-07-24 20:33
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
2019-07-24 20:30
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
2019-07-24 20:25
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
2019-07-24 20:20
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
2019-07-24 20:18
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
2019-07-19 13:21
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
2019-07-19 11:01
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
2019-07-19 10:57
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
2019-07-19 10:48
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
2019-07-18 17:10
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
2019-07-18 17:05
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
2019-07-18 17:00
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
2019-07-18 16:56
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
2019-07-18 16:48
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
2019-07-18 16:44
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
2019-07-18 16:41
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
2019-07-18 16:34
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
2019-07-18 16:24
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
2019-07-18 16:16
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
2019-07-18 16:11
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
2019-07-17 14:23
Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, and other top military figures, are accused of continuing violationsThe US has imposed sanctions on Myanmar's top general and three senior offic… Read More
2019-07-17 14:15
Sadam Abudusalamu and Nadila Wumaier married in Xinjiang, China, in 2016The Australian government has called on China to allow an ethnic Uighur mother and son to leave the country, following… Read More
2019-07-17 14:05
The attack took place at HuQQabaz restaurant in Irbil's Empire City neighbourhoodA Turkish diplomat has been shot dead in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil, Turkey's foreign ministry has said… Read More
2019-07-17 13:52
Beyonce has released the track list of the album that she has produced to accompany The Lion King remake and it reads like a who's who of top African musicians.Nigerian pop stars Tiwa Savage… Read More
2019-07-17 13:42
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
2019-07-17 13:37
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
2019-07-17 13:31
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
2019-07-17 13:27
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
2019-07-17 13:24
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
2019-07-17 13:12
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
2019-07-17 13:06
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
2019-07-17 12:57
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
2019-07-16 16:56
A Colombian man was caught with cocaine under his wig at the Josep Tarradellas Airport in BarcelonaSome drugs smugglers will go to extreme lengths to ensure their illegal cargo avoids detect… Read More
2019-07-16 16:44
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not a racist after his Twitter attacks on four US congresswomen were widely condemned as racist.Mr Trump had suggested the four women - all US ci… Read More
2019-07-16 16:30
The the Sarkin Fulani of Lagos and Chairman, Association of Fulani Chiefs in the South West, Alhaji Mohammed Bambado said Fulani people should not be accused of killings in the country.This… Read More
2019-07-16 14:18
Margaret Mwanakatwe is no longer part of the Zambian government.Zambian President Edgar Lungu abruptly fired his finance minister on Sunday.She’s been replaced by Bwalya Ng’andu… Read More
2019-07-16 14:17
New unique South African art pieces revealed at the Turbine Art Fair in Johannesburg.The fair brings together galleries, emerging artists and new buyers from across the country, to display a… Read More
2019-07-16 13:57
Margaret Mwanakatwe is no longer part of the Zambian government.Zambian President Edgar Lungu abruptly fired his finance minister on Sunday.She’s been replaced by Bwalya Ng’andu… Read More
2019-07-16 13:47
Chief Olusegun ObasanjoFormer Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says the security situation in the country could lead to "spontaneous or planned reprisal attacks against Fulanis, which ma… Read More
2019-07-16 13:37
Marc Batchelor played for Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in South AfricaSouth African former footballer Marc Batchelor has been shot dead near his home in Johannesburg… Read More
2019-07-16 13:32
Mozambicans will for the first time have a woman on the ballot paper when they go to the polls in October this year to vote for a president.Maria Alice Mabota, a revered human rights activis… Read More
2019-07-16 13:29
For Bigoa Chuol, 1991 is the not just the year of her birth, but the year that her family escaped from South Sudan then still part of Sudan.“To the children whose birth water is broken… Read More
2019-07-16 13:26
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for calm after the announcement of the first case of the Ebola virus in the eastern city of Goma.Health officials in the region ar… Read More
2019-07-16 13:22
Day 2 of Zuma’s testimonySouth Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption.Ap… Read More
2019-07-15 08:27
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Rashida Tlaib (centre) and Ayanna Pressley (right)US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswome… Read More
2019-07-15 08:14
The Ebola virus has spread to the city of Goma which has a population of more than a million peopleThe Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city… Read More
2019-07-14 06:54
Gary Winters and Grace Surman with children Hope and MerrickWhen performers Grace Surman and Gary Winters and their two children decided to form a family art collective, the results involved… Read More
2019-07-14 06:47
Philip Hammond: "We can seek to persuade... but we can't control"Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.The chancellor told BBC Pa… Read More
2019-07-14 06:40
The shooting took place several hours after a peaceful rally protesting against immigrant detentionsAn armed man who attacked an immigration detention centre in the US city of Tacoma died af… Read More
2019-07-14 06:36
Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK's former ambassador to the US.Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of… Read More
2019-07-13 14:00
The Desert Foxes will pounce on the Super Eagles for a place in the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Algeria last won the tournament in 1990 - their first and only triumph on the con… Read More
2019-07-13 13:54
The soldiers will be under the control of the policeAuthorities in South Africa have deployed the army to townships in the port city of Cape Town to deal with an upsurge of gang violence.Pol… Read More
2019-07-13 13:47
South Sudan’s opposition leader, Riek Machar says he is ready to pursue progressive peace talks with president Salva Kiir, nearly a year after the latest peace deal was signed.In a let… Read More
2019-07-13 13:45
Kismayo has largely been spared the militant violence that afflicts much of SomaliaAt least 26 people, including a prominent journalist and several foreigners, have been killed in an attack… Read More
2019-07-12 11:05
By Johnbosco AgbakwuruPresident Muhammadu Buhari Thursday night pleaded with the leadership of the National Assembly to give him more time for him to compile list of ministerial nominees.Pre… Read More
2019-07-12 10:24
The Ghana Police Service on Thursday (July 11) confirmed the detention of an embattled goal dealership founder who had been held for about six months in the United Arab Emirates.The police s… Read More
2019-07-12 10:19
“While the threat from Ethiopia was previously used as a justification for this policy (indefinite national service), there are no signs this has eased since the peace deal was signed… Read More
2019-07-12 10:12
General Jamal Omar, centre, said the coup was launched to stop a power-sharing deal with demonstratorsSudan's ruling military council has said it foiled an attempted coup aimed at blocking a… Read More
2019-07-12 09:57
The United Nations Human Rights Council, HRC, on Thursday voted to extend the mandate of its Special Rapporteur on Eritrea for a one year period.The HRC also called on the Off… Read More
2019-07-11 13:56
The ROV revealed what looks like one of the sub's torpedoesNorway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of a Russian navy submarine that sank in the Norwe… Read More
2019-07-11 13:50
France has approved a digital services tax despite threats of retaliation by the US, which argues that it unfairly targets American tech giants.The 3% tax will be levied on sales generated i… Read More
2019-07-11 13:45
HMS Montrose was shadowing a British tanker as it moved into the Strait of HormuzIranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy sh… Read More
2019-07-11 13:25
Tanzania’s president John Magufuli continues to court controversy, this time urging the country’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to… Read More
2019-07-11 13:21
Senior officials from UN agencies and other aid agencies, visited camps for the displaced in northeast Nigeria last week, to assess the humanitarian situation there following a recent upsurg… Read More
2019-07-10 19:37
Iran's president told a French envoy "the path of diplomacy and talks" was "completely open"At Wednesday's special meeting of the IAEA board of governors in Vienna, diplomats were reportedly… Read More
2019-07-10 19:29
China is accused of detaining more than one million Muslims in XinjiangMore than 20 countries at the UN Human Rights Council have signed a joint letter criticising China's treatment of ethni… Read More
2019-07-10 19:21
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has said West African nations who meet the criteria to join the single currency should do so by 2020.Outtara said this after meeting French President Emma… Read More
2019-07-10 19:14
Abuja — Oxfam, an International organisation, has raised the alarm that about 69 per cent the Nigerian population lives below poverty level.Oxfam is an international confederation of 2… Read More
2019-07-10 19:04
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir used the occasion of celebrating six years of independence to apologise for his government’s mistakes, including the failure to pay public work… Read More
2019-07-10 18:55
Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege has called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to keep investigating war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following its conviction o… Read More
2019-07-10 18:45
The missiles were found by soldiers of the UN-backed governmentFrance has denied breaching a UN arms embargo after four of its anti-tank missiles were found on a base loyal to a rogue Libyan… Read More
2019-07-10 18:36
Last month, China vice minister for agriculture Qu Dongyu was elected as the new chairperson of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).Qu won with a landslide, gar… Read More
2019-03-15 10:11
Eritrea continues its political diplomacy with respect to Ethiopia and opposition movements. The latest being reconciliation agreements between Ethiopia and opposition from the Afar and Gamb… Read More
2019-03-15 10:01
Cameroon ruling party wins 90% of Senate [email protected]_web#Cameroon #TheSenateMarcel Niat Njifenji re-elected Senate President by 92/99 votes. He was unique candidate for the election175… Read More
2019-03-15 09:56
The International Association of Athletics Federation IAAF’s decision to limit the longest event in the Diamond League circuit to 3,000 metres, wiping out the 5 and 10,000 metres will… Read More
2019-03-15 09:53
Joyce Banda, who was Malawi’s first female president in 2012, has withdrawn from the 2019 presidential race, endorsing opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who heads the Malawi Congress… Read More
2019-03-15 09:47
At just 10km long, the fence has cost around $3m per kilometre Kenyan MPs have asked how a 10km wire fence built along the country's border with Somalia cost $35 million.The government had o… Read More
2019-03-15 09:43
Children from the Lagos school could still trapped under the rubbleAfter a building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing at least 11 people, including several schoolchildren atte… Read More
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