Ugandan MPs reject birth control for 15-year-old girls
The deputy speaker calls the idea "devilish", saying it is not the way to tackle teenage pregnancy.
2023-10-11 22:20
Liberians await election results as George Weah and Joseph Boakai vie for presidency
Turn-out was reportedly high in Tuesday's tightly contested presidential and parliamentary poll.
2023-10-11 20:23
Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban helped free four British men
The Presidum Network says it argued for their release as it had prior contact with the group.
2023-10-11 19:21
Bola Tinubu diploma: No evidence Nigeria's president forged college record
Allegations that Bola Tinubu's diplomas were fake went viral after the release of his school documents.
2023-10-11 18:21
Kenyan publisher recalls book after uproar over Prophet Muhammad image
Muslims complained it was blasphemous to ask students to colour in a picture of the Islamic prophet.
2023-10-11 17:17
Four British men freed after Afghanistan detention
The UK welcomes their release after they were held for allegedly breaking the country's laws.
2023-10-10 22:17
Guatemala paralysed as pro-democracy protests run into second week
Protesters are demanding the removal of the attorney-general, whom they accuse of undermining democracy.
2023-10-10 21:18
Hamas hostages: 'The terrorists have her and her babies'
Yossi Sneider says his cousin and her two children were taken from their home in southern Israel.
2023-10-10 20:48
Myanmar: 29 killed in artillery strike on camp for displaced people
The ruling military junta has been accused of carrying out the artillery strike in the north-east.
2023-10-10 16:21
Woke up to sounds of explosion: UK doctor in Gaza
British doctor Abdul Qadir Hammad was in Gaza a day before Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel.
2023-10-10 14:17
President Joe Biden's foreign policy upended by Hamas attack
Fears of a wider conflict and a possible distraction from the war in Ukraine could influence the White House.
2023-10-10 07:16
'Isis level savagery' by Hamas killed 11 Americans, says US
A senior US defence official says savage assault by Hamas on Israel was unprecedented in scale.
2023-10-10 05:29