BA flight disruption at Heathrow set for third day

British Airways passengers are facing a third day of disruption at Heathrow as the airline deals with the impact of a worldwide computer system crash. BA says it aims to operate a full long-haul schedule...

You’re a historic figure – Akufo-Addo to Sirleaf

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the leadership shown by Africa’s first female president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Having assumed the reins of government in Liberia at a very difficult...

British Airways: Flights cancelled amid IT crash

British Airways has cancelled all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick until 18:00 BST because of computer problems. A "major IT system failure is causing very severe disruption to our flight operations worldwide", the airline said. It...

Search for children abducted from school in Nigeria

Nigerian police are searching for six children abducted from their school on the outskirts of the main city, Lagos. The abductors freed four other children after "profiling" their parents, police said, apparently referring to the...

Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack

At least 23 people have been killed and 25 wounded after gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, state media report. The incident occurred in Minya province, 250km (155 miles)...

Five Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb attack

Five Kenyan policemen have been killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the north-eastern town of Liboi, near the border with Somalia. The attack happened almost at the exact spot where four officers...

Nigerian wins UK engineering award

A tutoring app developed by a 27-year-old Nigerian has won an engineering award given by the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. Godwin Benson designed Tuteria, a platform that links qualified tutors to students in their...

Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’

Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands. UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack...

Ethiopian wins top WHO job

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). He will be the first African to head up the UN agency, after winning the most votes from...

Terror Attack: I stand in solidarity with UK – Mahama

Former president John Mahama is solidarising with UK after Monday’s terror attack in Manchester leaving 22 dead and over 50 injured. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a pop...