Despite the fiasco with its flagship Galaxy Note 7 phone, Samsung Electronics is forecasting a 50% surge in profits for the fourth quarter. The earnings estimate is higher than analysts' predicted...
The Nigerian army says that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been found, along with her six-month-old baby. She was discovered by soldiers investigating suspected members of Islamist...
The Nigerian army says that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been found, along with her six-month-old baby. She was discovered by soldiers investigating suspected members of Islamist...
A BBC sketch satirising British women who have left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has attracted controversy and praise alike online. The...
Apple has withdrawn the New York Times from its China App Store, following a request from Chinese authorities. The paper said the move was aimed at preventing readers in China "from accessing...
The promise by President-elect Akufo-Addo to create a Special Prosecutor, as should be expected, has generated much controversy. Political interference with criminal prosecutions is not new to Ghana....
Six French soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have not been charged following a criminal inquiry. Investigating judges found no evidence to warrant...
The head of Gambia’s army has given his full backing to the country’s president, Yahya Jammeh, amid a deepening political crisis. He initially accepted the result but changed his mind days later,...
The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief has gone into hiding, his family has told the BBC. There are unconfirmed reports that Alieu Momar Njai, who announced Yahya Jammeh’s...
Senegalese people living abroad will be able to run for office in their home country for the first time in July’s elections, after MPs voted to increase the number of seats in parliament. The...
Ford has said it will cancel a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it planned to build in Mexico and instead extend operations at its factory in Michigan. The US car giant will spend $700m on expanding the plant...
The Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief has gone into hiding, his family has told the BBC. There are unconfirmed reports that Alieu Momar Njai, who announced Yahya Jammeh's defeat...
The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief has gone into hiding, his family has told the BBC. There are unconfirmed reports that Alieu Momar Njai, who announced Yahya Jammeh’s...
Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing reasons that generally have to do with the widely held perception...
President-elect Donald Trump has criticised Republicans who have voted to gut the independent body that investigates congressional misconduct. Republicans voted in secret to close the Office of...
President-elect Donald Trump has criticized Republicans who have voted to gut the independent body that investigates congressional misconduct. Republicans voted in secret to close the Office of...
Gospel singer Kim Burrell has said she makes “no excuses or apologies” for a sermon at a US church where she referred to gay people as perverted. The singer, due to sing with Pharrell Williams on...
Here are five African inventions which may take off in 2017. Problem: A total of 1.3 billion people worldwide currently don’t have electricity, according to Yale Environment 360. Getting people in...
I wish all readers of my article a Happy New Year full of love, joy, peace, good health, abundant wealth and all the good things the good Lord bestows on his people who are faithful. Rabelais, a...
A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada. Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of...
