Entries by BBC News

Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey granted bail on rape charges

The former Arsenal midfielder has been given conditional bail

‘I love to dance’ – social media boosts Masaka during injury-hit season

After missing out on Wafcon 2024, Tanzania forward Aisha Masaka says social media has helped her stay in touch with home and lifted her spirits.

‘I love to dance’ – social media boosts Masaka during injury-hit season

After missing out on Wafcon 2024, Tanzania forward Aisha Masaka says social media has helped her stay in touch with home and lifted her spirits.

South African farm worker says he was forced to feed women to pigs

At the start of a murder trial, a farm supervisor says his boss ordered him to dispose of two women's bodies.

Sierra Leone WWII hero commemorated in UK town

John Henry Smythe is being remembered as a heroic WWII resident after being given a blue plaque.

People in Sudan’s besieged city face starvation, UN warns

The World Food Programme says el-Fasher, encircled by RSF paramilitary fighters, has not had food deliveries for over a year.

Dozens of migrants die in boat capsize off Yemen

Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants, many believed to be Ethiopian, sank in bad weather.

Secret filming exposes the ‘madams’ involved in Kenya’s child-sex trade

An undercover BBC investigation reveals the women who involve children as young as 13 in sex work.

BBC reveals horrific exploitation of children in Kenya sex trade

An undercover BBC investigation reveals the women who involve children as young as 13 in sex work.

BBC reveals horrific exploitation of children in Kenya sex trade

An undercover BBC investigation reveals the women who involve children as young as 13 in sex work.