Tag: WORLD

Liberians are angry about the apparent disappearance of state funds - and are planning a protest march on Friday to demand answers. Their anger centres...

A 100-year-old death row inmate dubbed 'Nigeria's oldest prisoner' has been released from jail after receiving a state pardon. He had spent over 18 years...

More than $267m (£210m) belonging to a former Nigerian dictator has been seized from a Jersey bank account. The money was "derived through corruption" during...

Sudan's military have been condemned for their violent attack on protesters in the capital, Khartoum, which reportedly left at least 30 dead. UN Secretary-General António...

Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will...

The body which oversees elections in Algeria says it is not possible to hold presidential elections as planned on 4 July. A statement from the...

Pope Francis has apologised to the Roma people on behalf of the Catholic Church during his visit to Romania. At a meeting with Roma people...

Two years after his death in Belgium, a state funeral is being held for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of...

The former leader of Angola's Unita rebel group, Jonas Savimbi, is being reburied 17 years after his death. Thousands of former Unita fighters wearing white...

A 30-year-old Tanzanian woman has performed a Caesarean section on herself at her home in a rural part of the south-west of the country,...