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Nelson Chamisa, who came second in elections last year, says his party has been “hijacked”.

At least 43 people were killed in ethnic and religious violence in Plateau state, residents tell the BBC.

A French start up has been testing a prototype space habitat that it hopes will soon be able to provide shelter and a base for… Read More »Mission to the Moon: French start-up tests space habitat in the Alps

A young Russian woman was jailed for 27 years on Thursday for delivering a bomb that exploded in the hands of a pro-war military blogger… Read More »Russia sentences woman to 27 years for delivering bomb that killed pro-Kremlin blogger

The Africa Cup of Nations moves onto the knockout phase after a remarkable group stage packed with goals, drama, shock results and a huge scare… Read More »Holders Senegal remain team to beat as Africa Cup of Nations moves into knock-out phase

France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel… Read More »French court scraps large parts of hardline immigration law as unconstitutional

Top footballer Senzo Meyiwa was killed on the orders of singer Kelly Khumalo, a South African court hears.

In mid-January, a gang carried out a series of deadly attacks on the Solino neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One of our Observers, who lives in… Read More »‘They set it on fire’: Haitian man films his Port-au-Prince neighbourhood after gang attacks

The presidency scotches rumours that there is a plan to relocate the capital from Abuja.

Some say the comments are insensitive after 2,200 died of starvation and related illnesses in 2022.