Tag Archive for: BBC News

Guinea Bissau’s Djabi seriously injured in stabbing/in /by
Midtjylland midfielder Alamara Djabi is in a stable condition having been seriously injured in a stabbing in Denmark, his club says.
Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges/in /by
Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced last year when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.
Arrests in Nigeria after abduction of local monarch ‘held for ransom’/in /by
The kidnappers raided his palace on Saturday and are believed to be holding him in a forest.
South Africa’s police boss charged in connection with controversial health contract/in /by
Fannie Masemola is accused of failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role.
Korir defends Boston Marathon title with course record/in /by
Kenya's John Korir sets a new course record of two hours, one minute and 52 seconds to win a second successive Boston Marathon.
Korir defends Boston Marathon title with course record/in /by
Kenya's John Korir sets a new course record of two hours, one minute and 52 seconds to win a second successive Boston Marathon.
Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies aged 76/in /by
At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.
More than 200 rescued from IS-linked group in DR Congo/in /by
The youngest of those freed from an Allied Democratic Forces camp is a girl aged just 14, Uganda's army says.
Nigerian wins global prize for trying to save bats in a country that shuns them/in /by
Many Nigerians associate bats with witchcraft but that did not deter ecologist Iroro Tanshi.
Iranian woman arrested in US for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudan/in /by
Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.