Entries by BBC News

Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail

The sentence comes off the back of a souring of relations between French and Algeria.

Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail

The sentence comes off the back of a souring of relations between French and Algeria.

Dozens of Ghanaians trafficked in job scam rescued in Nigeria

The victims, mostly young men, were lured with promises of football contracts or other jobs abroad.

Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years

William Tolbert was killed during the 1980 coup - his body was then believed to be dumped in a mass grave.

Losing a baby, rescuing a child and dodging air strikes in Sudan’s civil war

A 19-year-old tells the BBC how she miscarried as she fled attacks in the western Darfur region.

‘I lost a baby and then rescued a child dodging air strikes in Sudan’s civil war’

A 19-year-old tells the BBC how she miscarried as she fled attacks in the western Darfur region.

‘I lost a baby and then rescued a child dodging air strikes in Sudan’s civil war’

A 19-year-old tells the BBC how she miscarried as she fled attacks in the western Darfur region.

‘I lost a baby and then rescued a child dodging air strikes in Sudan’s civil war’

A 19-year-old tells the BBC how she miscarried as she fled attacks in the western Darfur region.

Kenyan vendor shot by police during protests dies after life support switched off

Boniface Kariuki, 22, was shot in the head, sparking outrage among Kenyans.

One of Nigeria’s richest men buried in Saudi Arabia

An uncle of Africa’s richest man, Dantata left behind 21 children and 121 grand children