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Power generation in Nigeria, a major oil and gas producer, fell to zero megawatts early on Thursday.

As the number of flood victims continues to climb in Libya, survivors from devastated towns in the northeast are still waiting to be rescued. Access… Read More »Libya floods: ‘Every time they pick up debris, they uncover more bodies’

The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the numbers of migrants arriving on its shores after thousands of people landed from North… Read More »Around 7,000 migrants arrive on Italy’s Lampedusa island in past two days

The spire of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral, which toppled in a devastating 2019 fire, will rise again before next year’s summer Olympics in the French capital,… Read More »Notre-Dame rebuild chief says spire will be back in place before Paris Olympics

The BBC Global Disinformation Team analysed three new websites in Nigeria and found many false stories.

A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands missing. The mobilisation comes… Read More »Global aid effort intensifies for Libya after catastrophic floods

A temporary EU ban on Ukrainian grain imports, introduced after Poland and four other eastern EU countries complained about cheap Ukrainian produce flooding the market,… Read More »Poland threatens to extend Ukrainian grain import ban after embargo date expires

A French citizen detained in Niger in the wake of a coup has been freed, the French foreign ministry announced on Thursday.  

Saman, a 31-year-old export consultant, fled from a Tehran hospital when Iranian security officers came to arrest him in October. His left eye was seriously… Read More »Repression in Iran: ‘Whoever targeted my eye knew exactly who I was’

More than 5,300 people died after dam bursts brought devastating floods to the eastern city of Derna.