Eritrea cautions Sudan over foreign ‘meddling’
l Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has urged Sudan to be wary of foreign “meddling” and solve their problems by themselves,…
Gabon mourns ferry tragedy victims
Gabon has begun three days of national mourning following a ferry accident that left six dead and around 20 others…
Nigeria poll body allows parties to access voter materials
l Nigeria’s election commission has promised to hand over immediately to the opposition all material linked to last month’s disputed…
Selfie-taker attacked by escaped elephant in Tanzania
l A Tanzanian man is in critical condition in hospital, after he posed for a selfie with an elephant which…
More rain and floods to come despite Storm Freddy easing
Tropical Storm Freddy has finally dissipated over southern Malawi and Mozambique, 38 days after originally forming to the north-west of…
Ukraine war: Life in Mariupol under Russian occupation
Finding people willing to speak to me from Mariupol was never going to be easy. After 10 months of Russian…
How the search for Iraq’s secret weapons fell apart
Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, controversy still rages over the existence of the “weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs)…
Ukraine war: Zelensky honours unarmed soldier filmed being shot
A screenshot from the video purportedly showing the Ukrainian prisoner of war before he was shot dead President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Gulnara Karimova: How Uzbek president’s daughter built a £200m property empire
A dictator’s daughter who moonlighted as a pop star and diplomat spent $240m (£200m) on properties from London to Hong…
Seydou Chee on being a star singer and a student
Seventeen-year-old Malian musician Seydou Chee says he often has to stay home when his friends and family go out because…
Fears of a hidden rise in Roma children in care
Roma community workers in Bradford say there has been a rise in the number of Roma children subject to care…
Afghanistan blast: Taliban governor killed in his office
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province has been killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State…
Silicon Valley Bank share slump rocks financial stocks
Shares in banks around the world have slid after troubles at one US bank triggered fears of a wider problem…
US man puts phone on drone to send rescue message
When a US motorist got stuck in the snow on a remote road in Oregon, he used sky-high thinking to…
UN buys huge ship to avert catastrophic oil spill off Yemen
The UN has purchased a huge ship that it hopes will prevent an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen.…
Review into teaching of sex education announced
The government will review how sex education is taught in schools in England following concerns that children are being exposed…
South Africa’s minister of electricity: Can Ramokgopa end load-shedding?
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a minister of electricity – probably the least coveted job at the moment…
Cyclone Freddy: Rare and deadly storm to hit Mozambique again
Cyclone Freddy is expected to make landfall again in Mozambique later this week after it struck Madagascar for a second…
Nigeria election 2023: What next for heartbroken young voters?
Heartbroken first-time voters in Nigeria are being urged not to give up after the candidate that many of them backed…
Ghana apologises for military excesses in Accra
l Ghana’s Deputy Defence Minister Kofi Amankwa-Manu has apologised for military excesses after soldiers were deployed early Tuesday in Ashaiman,…