UN judge jailed for keeping housekeeper as slave3 hours agoJames InghamBBC NewsThames Valley PoliceA United Nations judge has been jailed for forcing a housekeeper to work as a slave. Lydia Mugambe...

Health authorities in Congo are scrambling to contain a deadly anthrax outbreak that has claimed one life and triggered a cross-border alert. The outbreak, centred in North Kivu Province near Lake...

Sam DruryBBC Sport journalist4 hours ago47 CommentsEthiopia's Tigst Assefa surged to victory in the London Marathon in a world record for a women's only field, while Kenya's Sebastian Sawe triumphed...

Africa remembers Pope who spoke for the continent1 hour agoBeryl Munoko & Damian ZaneBBC NewsAFPMillions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt...

All too often Africa gets categorised in blanket descriptions. While the continent’s countries share many of the same characteristics, it is also one of the most diverse places on Earth.The belief...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to these parts of the world could prove risky, according to the Foreign,...

Secret filming reveals brazen tactics of UK immigration scammers12 hours agoTamasin FordBBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa EyeRecruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in...

Secret filming reveals brazen tactics of immigration scammers1 hour agoTamasin FordBBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa EyeRecruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the...