Pro-Zuma protesters first took to the streets after the 79-year-old handed himself to authorities on Wednesday to begin a 15-month sentence. But police now say criminals are taking advantage of the chaos, which spread from his home province of...
"Who are they to dictate good and evil, if they themselves are evil?" Mr Trump said in a statement. He urged other countries to ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing "free and open speech". Mr Trump was banned from both platforms after the US...
"After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the pair tweeted. They first met in the 1980s when Melinda joined Bill's Microsoft firm. The billionaire couple have three...
He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an announcement on state television. Mr Magufuli has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about...
He was convicted of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 - after he had left office - by suggesting he could secure a prestigious job for him in return for information about a separate case. Sarkozy, 66, is the first former French president to get a...
In his first speech since Democrat Joe Biden became president, he also hinted that he might run for office again in 2024. Mr Trump strongly criticised his successor, saying US policy had gone from "America first to America last". The speech...
His comments came after the US said it was considering "targeted options" following elections in Uganda that were marred by "irregularities" and "abuses" by the security forces. In his response, Mr Opondo said the government would await official...
A delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Accra on Wednesday. The first recipients are due to be healthcare workers. The Covax scheme aims to reduce the divide between rich countries and poorer nations unable to buy...
The LA County Sheriff's Department said that it "responded to a single-vehicle rollover" accident in which the "vehicle sustained major damage". The 15-time golf major champion, 45, had to be "extricated from the wreck" by firefighters and...
Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital after the United Nations convoy he was travelling in came under fire near the eastern town of Goma. An Italian military police officer travelling with the envoy and a Congolese driver were also killed. DR...
The couple have been married for almost seven years and have four children together. The news was broken by celebrity news website TMZ after months of rumours of marital difficulties. Reports in US media suggest the reality star, 40, has...
"Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack," said Mr Trump, "and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again." His statement came after Mr McConnell said the former president was "morally responsible" for...
It will last for 21 days. This means that all South Africans are required to "stay at home except for essential purposes", a tweet from the president's office says. Explaining the imposition of a three-week lockdown, Mr Ramaphosa has said that "the...
This brings to 27 the number of coronavirus cases reported in Africa. Algeria is worst-affected, with 17 cases, followed by Senegal with four. The South African couple, who have two children, were part of a group of 10 who returned from Italy on 1...
Health authorities report that tests indicate that an Italian adult, who arrived in the country on 17 February 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus disease. This follows Africa’s first COVID-19 case which was reported earlier this month in...
On Monday, the court annulled the result of the election last May of which Mr Mutharika was declared the winner. Judges said there had been vote-tampering and correction fluid was used to alter the results. Mr Mutharika is to go to the Supreme...
The Senate, run by the president's fellow Republicans, voted to acquit him 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. Democrats charged Mr Trump in December with pressuring Ukraine to smear a potential White House...
In one of the communications, an employee said the plane was "designed by clowns". The planemaker described the communications as "completely unacceptable". The 737 Max was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia,...
Prince Harry and Meghan did not consult any senior royal before making the statement, the BBC understands. Buckingham Palace was "blindsided", said BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond, as talks about their future had begun but were in very early...
Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday on the orders of President Donald Trump. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei led prayers and at one point was seen weeping. Iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the death of...
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