A diamond-studded crystal Fabergé egg that once belonged to Russia’s imperial family has sold for a record £22.9m ($30.2m) in London. The Winter Egg – considered one of the legendary jeweller’s most beautiful creations – was bought by an anonymous…
A Zambian-American influencer and political vlogger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech for making insulting remarks about Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian-born Ethel Chisono Edwards, who also holds US citizenship and works as an estate…
BBC World Service has announced a series of programme changes as part of a commitment to move more programmes and services closer to the audiences and communities they serve. The changes will enhance our ability to tell African stories across…
Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission said on Tuesday it was unable to complete the November 23 presidential election process after armed men seized ballots and vote tallies from its offices, while servers storing the results were destroyed. Army officers in the West…
President Bola Tinubu nominated Nigeria’s former top general to replace the defence minister, who resigned amid a surge in mass kidnappings and Islamist attacks in the north that have led the president to declare a security emergency. Christopher Musa, 58,…
Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face, has revealed that his first son, Nino, isn’t interested in taking after him by becoming a musician. Despite Nino being a talented sax player, his father revealed that his ambition is…
Grammy-winning Nigerian music star, Tems, has revealed what she loves about her colleague, Wizkid. She made this known during a question-and-answer session with her fans on X. A fan @Gbolaha_n9 had asked the one thing she loves most about Wizkid,…
A 43-year-old farmer has been remanded into prison custody by the Asante Abuakwa circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for raping a hearing-impaired woman in a bush. Abdulai Yussif pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape and…
Police from the Nkawie Divisional Command have arrested Kwabena Bioh, accused of shooting and robbing a mobile money vendor at Nkawie in the Ashanti Region. A police source said Bioh was alleged to have carried out the robbery with his friend, currently at large. The victim, Akua Afriyie, 40, who…
The Amasaman Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a herdsman accused of stealing five sheep, valued at GH¢15,000. The suspect, Alhassan Yunus, 17, allegedly failed to appear before the Court after being instructed by the…