The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh is about to concede defeat, the electoral commission chairman has told the BBC. Mr Jammeh, who has been in power for 22 years, faced estate agent Adama Barrow in...
The supreme court says there was not enough evidence to convict Mr Nie A Chinese man has had his conviction for rape and murder overturned, 21 years after he was executed. Nie Shubin was killed by...
A former Chelsea footballer claims the club paid him £50,000 to keep quiet about allegations of sexual abuse by a former chief scout. Gary Johnson told the Mirror he had been abused as a youth...
Newcastle United may have lost to Hull City in the League Cup on Tuesday but winger Christian Atsu apparently left quite an impression on former Chelsea and Scotland midfielder Pat Nevin. The Magpies...
Nigeria’s Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has confirmed the destruction of his US residency green card. The award-winning author said on Thursday, December 1 that he has fulfilled his earlier...
About 350 victims have reported child sexual abuse within UK football clubs, police chiefs have said. The National Police Chiefs' Council said a "significant number of calls" were made to forces...
The Gambia has banned the internet and international phone calls as presidential elections are held in the West African state. Officials have also banned demonstrations to prevent unrest after the...
Nigerian novelist: How I was banned from speaking Igbo In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking...
Saudi Arabia agreed to cut output by about 500,000 barrels per day - a total reduction of 4.5%. The oil cartel Opec has agreed its first supply cut in eight years in order to boost the price of oil....
TV personality Gifty Anti has told This Is Gospel entertainment show host, Franky5 that it has been her dream to own a production company. Speaking on Hitz FM, Oheneyere disclosed that she is not an...
The Islamic State group says it was behind a car and knife rampage at a US college that left 11 people injured. Monday's attack at Ohio State University was carried out by one of its students,...
The director of the CIA has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be “disastrous” and “the height of folly”. In a BBC interview, John Brennan also...
It is a fact that most Ghanaians have confidence in the Electoral Commission (EC) in organizing credible elections but some events leading to the December elections have given the general public and...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday sharply responded to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) saying that it does not understand why Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications and other...
Willy Nyamitwe is one of the key figures in Mr NKurunziza's government A top adviser to Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza has survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Bujumbura. Willy...
The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian opposition's senior negotiator has told the BBC. George Sabra added, however,...
Two African leaders have confirmed their participation in the funeral of the late Cuban leader and nationalist, Fidel Castro. Another leader has suspended his political campaign to mourn. South...
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has said she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down. Ms Park faced growing calls to resign amid an investigation into whether she allowed a...
Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akomea, says the dubious nature of the National Democratic Congress government is typified by President Mahama himself. According to him, the...
Brothers and sisters, it is election time again and Politicians are all around canvassing for votes. I am not going to go too much into the campaigns and the promises being made all over by all the...
