Senegal’s troops are on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month, the regional bloc Ecowas says. Mr Jammeh initially accepted defeat in the 1...
In November, as millions of Indians were grappling with a cashflow crisis, a lavish wedding in the southern city of Bangalore sparked outrage. The BBC's Geeta Pandey profiles the man behind the...
Borussia Dortmund and Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is still in line to retain his African Player of the Year crown after making the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) final three-man...
Nigeria’s government has denied reports that “plastic rice” was being sold in the country, days after the customs service said 2.5 tonnes of the contraband had been confiscated. Health Minister...
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team...
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been...
Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey will not contest a five-game ban given after he was found guilty of using racially abusive language. Shelvey, 24, was charged over an incident involving...
A flight in America was delayed and almost diverted on Tuesday after a passenger changed the name of their wi-fi device to ‘Samsung Galaxy Note 7’. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones were banned from...
Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in Oberhausen near the Dutch border, police say. The brothers, aged 31 and 28 and born in Kosovo, were...
Chelsea have been cleared of breaking any Premier League rules in their handling of historical sex abuse claims made by former player Gary Johnson. The club have apologised "profusely" to Johnson...
There’re a few things we should bear in mind about the Western media: that they’ll never tell a story that puts its own society in a bad light; they’ll never tell a true story of the continent...
Beyonce's politically charged visual album Lemonade is the music critics' favourite album of the year. The record, which tackles themes of black empowerment and female identity, topped a "poll of...
You possible may know of names like Idris Elba, Ama Busia, or Boris Kodjoe, as great Ghanaian talents who are doing so well in Hollywood. However, there are some we dare hazard many Ghanaians don’t...
Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, Daniel Batidam, says plans by the incoming government to establish an Independent Prosecutor’s office may clash with the Constitution....
Nigeria has confiscated 2.5 tonnes of “plastic rice” smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says. Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu said the fake rice was...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS had called on him to honour his...
Bana Alabed - the seven-year-old Syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel-held east Aleppo - has met Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bana and her little brother have been pictured sitting...
The Netflix US Twitter account – with 2.5m followers – has been compromised by a hacker group. The group, OurMine, posted tweets promoting its own website and services. However, the tweets were...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. The West African regional bloc Ecowas had called on him to honour his...
By Tse, Frederick K. Kofi To say literature and punditry on the quaky defeat of the John Mahama-led NDC is stale is to say my pastor should stop preaching the word of God. “But faith comes by...
