Taiwan has accused Beijing of putting pressure on African countries to close their airspace.

The Conflict Insights Group (CIG) says its research also shows the extent of UAE involvement.

Midtjylland midfielder Alamara Djabi is in a stable condition having been seriously injured in a stabbing in Denmark, his club says.

Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced in October 2025 when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.

The kidnappers raided his palace on Saturday and are believed to be holding him in a forest.

Fannie Masemola is accused of failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role.

Kenya's John Korir sets a new course record of two hours, one minute and 52 seconds to win a second successive Boston Marathon.

At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.

The youngest of those freed from an Allied Democratic Forces camp is a girl aged just 14, Uganda's army says.

Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.

Many Nigerians associate bats with witchcraft but that did not deter ecologist Iroro Tanshi.

A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.

One of Sudan's most popular bands, Aswat Almadina, recall being in the studio when the war broke out three years ago.

The country's biggest musician Teddy Afro laments a lack of unity in the country on his new track.

The Congolese government stresses those expelled from the US are only in the country temporarily.

For centuries the prized sculptures, central to national identity, have been kept outside Zimbabwe's borders.

The sentence raises huge questions marks over the political future of one of South Africa's most controversial politicians.

Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.

The BBC speaks to a student who pushed for his his toe print to be taken to verify his identity.