Entries by BBC News

Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US

Fourteen deportees including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia have already arrived, President Mahama says.

‘We are still waiting, still suffering’: The legacy of a deadly Nigerian dam collapse

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support.

Fatal dam collapse: ‘How do you restart from nothing?’

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support.

Fatal dam collapse: ‘How do you restart from nothing?’

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support.

South Africa beat England in rain-reduced opening T20

South Africa win a chaotic, rain-affected opening T20 in Cardiff by 14 runs as England fail to chase 69 in five overs.

Jihadists ‘summarily executed’ 130 people in Niger, says rights group

Worshippers have been gunned down in mosques and homes have been torched in escalating violence, Human Rights Watch says.

Chinese nationals jailed over kidnapping, forced labour in South Africa

A raid on a Johannesburg factory found 91 Malawians, including 37 children, living in appalling conditions.

Childhood obesity: The South African campaigners fighting for healthy food

The UN says the number of obese teenagers has nearly tripled globally in the last two decades.

Childhood obesity: The South African campaigners fighting for healthy food

The UN says the number of obese teenagers has nearly tripled globally in the last two decades.

Shock as Kenyan lawyer killed in drive-by shooting in Nairobi

Kyalo Mbobu was driving home when a gunman on a motorbike shot him dead on a busy street in the capital.