Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer says. Mr Aboutrika is accused of financially supporting the...
Obama visited Africa more times than any other US president As Barack Obama steps down as US president, the BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks back at his legacy in Africa. The election of the first...
For a moment, I thought the priest moderating the burial service had made a mistake. So I waited to hear the correction. But it never came. Like many who were yet to get copies of the programme, I...
A Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
A Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
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...
Today marks the third anniversary of Komla Dumor’s death. The BBC TV presenter died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, exactly three years ago today. The BBC reported at the time that...
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...
Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer says. Mr Aboutrika is accused of financially supporting the...
Mohamed Aboutrika alienated some of his fans when he publicly endorsed Mohamed Morsi's Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim...
Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens more. Aid workers are among the dead, with the Red...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. Regional leaders have been unsuccessfully trying to persuade him to hand over power to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described allegations his country holds compromising material on US President-elect Donald Trump as "utter nonsense". Mr Putin questioned what reason Russian...
Theresa May has said the UK "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all". But the prime minister promised to push for the...
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...