Manchester attack “cowardly act” – Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the terror attack in Manchester, resulting in the deaths of 22 people and injuries to 59.
The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a...
Yahya Jammeh ‘stole $50m’ from state
The Gambia's former president stole "at least" $50m (£38.4m) from the state before he left the country in January, the justice minister has said.
Yahya Jammeh is accused of withdrawing the money via a state...
Manchester Arena blast: 22 dead and 59 hurt
Twenty-two people, including children, are now known to have been killed and 59 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena.
The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a...
Turkey opens trial of suspected military coup plotters
More than 220 suspects, including over two dozen former Turkish generals, have gone on trial accused of being among the ringleaders of the attempted coup last year aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Protesters...
Indonesian police arrest 141 men over ‘gay sex party’
Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a "gay sex party" at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday.
Police said attendees, including a Briton and a Singaporean, paid 185,000...
Chibok girls: 82 reunited with families in Nigeria
A group of the "Chibok girls" freed from Nigeria's Boko Haram militants have been reunited with their families.
The 82 girls, who were part of a huge group kidnapped from their school in 2014, are...
Under fire at home, Trump launches first foreign trip
Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, looking to shift attention from a spiraling political firestorm over his firing of former FBI Director...
Macron arrives in Mali for visit to French troops
Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Mali to meet French troops, less than a week after his inauguration as president.
Mr Macron's plane touched down at a French airbase in the north of the country just...
Chinese jets intercept US aircraft over East China Sea, US says
Two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 jets have conducted an "unprofessional" intercept of a US aircraft, the US military said.
One of the Chinese jets came as close as 150ft (45m) to the US WC-135 plane and...
Zuma: Crisis over rape and murder in SA
The spate of violent attacks on women and children in South Africa represents a "crisis", President Jacob Zuma has said, as he visited the family of a three-year old girl who was raped and...