A Zimbawean pastor who predicted the death of President Robert Mugabe has been arrested, his lawyer says. Patrick Mugadza announced last week that the 92-year-old head of state would die on 17...
It has become very complicated than imaginable, the brouhaha in the Gamabia over Yahya Jammeh's decision not to step down after haven lost an election. It is clear that, the mediators, thus, ECOWAS...
A detained Zimbabwean pastor has laughed off charges of “insulting people of a certain race or religion” by prophesying that President Robert Mugabe 92, will die on 17 October, his lawyer has...
The main suspect in the New Year’s Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested in the Turkish city. Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the assault on the Reina...
George Michael's childhood friend Andros Georgiou has linked the singer's death to drugs. "Hard drugs had been back in his life," he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, adding the singer...
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear in a Dallas court on Tuesday to defend his company over claims it stole virtual reality technology. Zenimax Media, owner of renowned games studio id Software, is...
The son of Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow died after being bitten by a dog. Habibu Barrow who is eight years old is reported to have died on the way to the hospital on Sunday in Manjai near...
The son of Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has died after being bitten by a dog. Eight-year-old Habibu Barrow is reported to have died on the way to the hospital on Sunday in Manjai near the...
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear in a Dallas court on Tuesday to defend his company over claims it stole virtual reality technology. Zenimax Media, owner of renowned games studio id Software, is...
Lithuania has announced plans to build a fence to boost security on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave. The move comes amid heightened tensions in the Baltic region, where Nato is deploying...
US astronaut Gene Cernan - the last man to walk on the Moon - has died aged 82. America's space agency Nasa said it was "saddened by the loss" of the retired spaceman. Captain Cernan was one of only...
A gunman has killed five people at a club hosting an electronic music festival in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen, in Quintana Roo state. Among those killed are two Canadians, an Italian and a...
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they...
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they...
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they...
I was listening to BBC at dawn of Monday, 13th October, 2014, when a news item chronicling the exploits of the son of Equatorial Guinea's president. The story was about amount of properties he has...
Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories. The world’s largest social network said it would enable German users to flag potentially false...
At least three people have been killed in an early morning bomb attack at Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri, in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said two explosions went off at the...
The pound has hit its lowest level for more than three months on reports Britain was set to quit the EU single market as part of its Brexit plans. Sterling fell below the $1.20 level before...
David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David are up for some of the biggest prizes at the 2017 Brit Awards. Bowie received posthumous nominations for best British male and best album, for his haunting...