"Our roads are not safe. When someone leaves home, it is not a guarantee they will go back safe."

In Nigeria, young people are facing a worrying rise in unemployment, the biggest on the African continent.

There are thousands of unwanted teenage pregnancies in Kenya every year.

Investigation shows the racket involves trusted members of the community and health workers who target homeless women, poor and single mothers

Having made a fortune for a handful of Europeans, the scheme has left behind a trail of debt and poverty in S.Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

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Just four months into 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the planet, obliterating sports events and forcing suspensions, postponements an

After years of financial trouble, two highly-paid British bosses were brought in to save it, but 18 months later they had fled, hundreds had lost jobs

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Conjoined twins share critical body organs and death of one will affect the other.

he “thought they wanted the money for fuel or tea”.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho had water and milk thrown at him in a row following Manchester City's derby win at Old Trafford. Also, Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta was left with blood streaming down his face after a bust-up involving up to 20 players and members of staff following the Manchester derby, a report said on Monday.

The airline agreed to pay an unspecified amount to the families of Simon Wood’s victims across East Africa.

Kizza Besigye was arrested yesterday afternoon in Kampala, where he is holding his last rallies ahead of elections on Thursday.

A sack of home-made bombs discovered at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people in northeast Nigeria, civilian self-defence fighters said yesterday.

A dress worn by actress Lupita Nyong’o at this year’s Oscars, and which was stolen this week has been recovered, Los Angeles police have said. The dress worth Sh13.5 million, was found in a bathroom of the same Hollywood hotel from where it had been stolen.

Despite the high prices, World Cup tourists have given a big thumbs-up to the just-ended event in Brazil, according to a study released Tuesday.

Chelsea face PSG as Spanish champions Barcelona play La Liga rivals Atletico and Real meet Dortmund in Champions League quarters

Rafael Nadal extended his mastery over long-time rival Roger Federer as he stormed into an Australian Open final against Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets on Friday.

As expected, No. 1-ranked Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams have been made the top seeds at the Australian Open which begins on Monday at Melbourne Park.

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund came from behind to hammer Stuttgart and go top of the Bundesliga table.

Lessons for Kenya? East African nation moves towards being a knowledge-based economy, beginning by providing laptops for its school children

Singapore is one of only a handful of countries to have managed to become rich in the past half century. A former colonial outpost it now has the third highest average income in the world. How did it do it? And why are social tensions now showing?

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says gunmen have abducted six of its workers and one Red Crescent volunteer in north-west Syria.

Maltese PM Joseph Muscat says European waters close to Africa are turning into a cemetery, after another boat laden with migrants capsized.

Prostitution is illegal in China, but the BBC has uncovered evidence of organised prostitution at independently run spas located inside a number of well known, Western-brand hotels, as John Sudworth reports for Newsnight.

The African Union has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defer cases against sitting leaders until they leave office.

At least 22 people have been killed in a series of explosions across the Iraqi capital, police say.

At least 28 people have been killed and dozens injured in Egypt in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi.

Police in Mexico have arrested one of Guatemala's most wanted men - a drug lord suspected of masterminding the killing of eight policemen in June.

A Moroccan teenage boy and girl have been arrested for posting an online photograph of themselves kissing.

Unidentified foreign forces have launched a night-time raid on a militant base in the south Somali town of Barawe from the sea, reports say.

After a year locked up in Uganda with self-confessed Islamist militants, a Kenyan human rights lawyer is able to give clues as to what drove those behind Kenya's deadly mall siege, writes the BBC's Will Ross.

Pope Francis has held his first meeting with a special group of cardinals to consider ways to reform the Vatican.

The director of a Hillary Clinton documentary has cancelled the project, saying political interference had made the film impossible.

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will resign unless his cabinet gets clear backing in a parliamentary vote expected to be called next week.

Chinese police have rescued 92 kidnaped children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say.

Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab has denied that any women were involved in the attack on a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Facebook has apologised for publishing a dating ad featuring a photo of a 17-year-old who had killed herself after complaining of being cyber-bullied.