Category: World
Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak found guilty in multi-billion-dollar state funds scandal
A Malaysian court has convicted former prime minister Najib Razak for abuse of power and money laundering, in his second major trial for a multi-billi [...]
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria
The US has launched strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, where jihadists have long carried out [...]
Eleven arrested over mass shooting in South Africa tavern
Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left nine people dead at a tavern in South Africa on Sunday.
Police laun [...]
Kwame Nkrumah ranked 13th most influential black man in history
Ghana's first president and Pan-Africanist, Osagyefo D.R. Kwame Nkrumah, has been ranked the 13th most influential black man ever by Global Statistics [...]
Libyan army chief of staff found dead in plane wreckage, PM says
The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital, Ankara, the prime mi [...]
Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas
At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas, on Monday while transporting a chi [...]
Malawians angry over vice-president’s planned UK trip
There is growing anger in Malawi over a post-Christmas fortnight trip to the UK that one of the country's vice-presidents is due to take.
Jane Ansa [...]
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria
Armed men have kidnapped 28 people travelling to an annual Islamic event in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local police told the BBC.
The victims [...]
All pupils kidnapped from Nigeria Catholic school now free – officials
Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in t [...]
Uganda: Prison Officer sacked after criticising government on TikTok
A Ugandan prison officer has been sacked for criticising the government on TikTok, in a rare move authorities said amounted to "gross indiscipline".
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