Tag: BBC

Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, ...

The leader of Zimbabwe’s newest political party has met up with Robert Mugabe, leading to speculation about whether the former ...

IS releases video of ‘deaths of US troops’ The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show ...

More than 33 people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The kidnapping of 110 girls from a school in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Dapchi bears striking similarities to the ...

Swansea City reports a pre-tax profit of £13.4m for the last financial year due to the sale of key players including ...

About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. ...

Swansea have endured a patchy campaign thus far, although they continue to march on in the FA Cup, their inconsistent ...

North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons, a UN report says. ...

IOC votes to lift Russia ban if no further doping violations Russia’s Olympic ban will be lifted if there are ...

Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report ...

There is growing anger among the parents of a group of missing Nigerian schoolgirls following an attack by Boko Haram ...

A US morning radio show presenter has given birth on air during her show. Cassiday Proctor, a weekday morning presenter ...

More than 5,000 people have attended the burial of Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in his home village after he ...

Scientists have taken the first steps towards what they say could become a new blood and urine test for autism. ...

An anti-doping case has been opened against Russian medal-winning curler Alexander Krushelnitsky, says the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). ...

The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has become the latest high-profile personality to end his ties ...

Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being ...

Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being ...

Cyril Ramaphosa has become South Africa’s president a day after embattled leader Jacob Zuma resigned. He was the only candidate ...