Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "post-election violence" following the election of Donald Trump....
A South Africa pastor who sprays his congregation with insecticide has been widely condemned. The company that produces Doom warned of the risks of spraying the substance, while a government...
A South Africa pastor who sprays his congregation with insecticide has been widely condemned. The company that produces Doom warned of the risks of spraying the substance, while a government...
On 4th July 1995, in an important legal precedent, the UK Supreme Court issued a verdict against AMNESTY at the time when only three weeks were left for the organization to conclude an intensive...
A South Africa pastor who sprays his congregation with insecticide has been widely condemned. The company that produces Doom warned of the risks of spraying the substance, while a government...
South Africa's government is investigating a pastor pictured spraying members of his congregation with pesticide. In a Facebook post, self-proclaimed prophet Lethebo Rabalago claims a repellent...
Prominent Ghanaian lawyer Sam Okudzeto has asked the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Charlotte Osei, to withdraw her remark about recounting the ballots at her own volition. He said...
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has now passed 100, with more than 150 injured, police say. Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express...
A Congolese Under 17's player accused of age cheating failed to show up in Cairo for an MRI test which had been ordered by the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Langa Lesse Bercy was due to...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will run for a fourth term in office, members of her conservative party have said. Mrs Merkel, 62, is expected to formally announce her intention later on...
An HIV-positive Malawian man has been found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows. The practice of “widow cleansing”, when a widow must have sex after her husband dies, was...
Pornography exists the world over, but do men go to greater lengths in Korea than elsewhere to take secret photographs of women? The BBC's Seoul correspondent, Stephen Evans, investigates.\ The other...
The Premier League has agreed a major new deal for its TV rights in China, which could be worth up to $700m (£560m). The three-year contract with Chinese video streaming service PPTV is set to be...
Thousands have protested in Istanbul in Turkey against a bill that would let off men who assaulted underage girls if they marry their victims. The government insists the legislation is aimed at...
At least 96 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after...
At least 96 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after...
At least 60 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, reports say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after...
Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m, the New York Attorney General has announced. The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 (£28,000)...
A bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl has been preliminarily backed by Turkish MPs. The government says the bill is aimed at pardoning men...
Nigeria's government has failed to pay the country's ex-leaders their monthly salaries and allowances since January because of a cash crisis, government secretary Babachir Lawal has said. He made the...
