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‘More Than 40’ Killed In Battle With Boko Haram In Nigeria

‘More than 40’ killed in battle with Boko Haram in Nigeria More than 40 people have died in north-east Nigeria...

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Sri Lanka Signs Deal On Port With China

Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn (£837m) deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port of...

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Amazon’s Race To Make Alexa Smarter

Amazon’s range of smart speakers and their artificial intelligence assistant Alexa have proved to be a huge sales...

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Indian Court Rejects Abortion For 10-Year-Old Rape Victim

India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the...

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Is Free Basics Really Bringing More Africans Online? [Article]

Across the world, efforts to increase internet access are wide-ranging — there is everything from public-private...

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Chinese Police Detain ‘female Jesus Cult’ Members

Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group...

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Nigerian Soldiers Killed In Battle With Boko Haram

Nine Nigerian soldiers and a civilian have been killed during an operation to free 10 people abducted by militant Islam...

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Pakistan Village Council Orders ‘revenge Rape’ of Girl

Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape...

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Residents Threaten Demonstrate Over Bad Roads

Some residents who reside at the Community 22 annex, Washington, New York, Zenu, BBC and its environs within the Kpone...

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Transgender People ‘can’t Serve’ US Army

US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He tweeted that...

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Prayer Mats, Police and Clashes Outside Jerusalem’s Old City

They come every day, spreading out prayer mats in a Jerusalem street under the watchful eyes of Israeli police and...

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Trump Bans Transgender People In Military

US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He...

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Trump: Transgender People ‘can’t Serve’ US Military

US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He tweeted that...

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CAF Adds 8 More Teams To Tournament, Changes Timing

AFCON Expansion will take effect from 2019 at the 32nd edition of the African tournament… Several changes have been...

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France Wildfires Force Mass Evacuation

Wildfires in south-eastern France have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people overnight, officials say. Hundreds of...

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Expanded Nations Cup Will Not ‘reduce Quality’ of Play

The Africa Cup of Nations will not suffer in quality after its expansion to 24 teams, says a top Confederation of...

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Adobe To Kill Off Flash Plug-In By 2020

Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020 Adobe Systems has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plug-in by...

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Antibody Helps Keep Man’s HIV At Bay For 10 Months

Antibody helps keep man’s HIV at bay for 10 months An experimental therapy has held back one man’s HIV infection...

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France Wildfires Force Mass Evacuation

Wildfires in south-eastern France have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people overnight, officials say. Hundreds of...