Africa

State-sanctioned executions are on the rise in South Sudan and people who were children at the time of the crime...

The US State Department has barred former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family from entering the United States. The...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he died and was replaced by a clone, calling the speculation "ignorant...

Kenyan police helped two of their colleagues to escape by firing warning shots at anti-corruption officers who had detained them...

Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the BBC's Vumani Mkhize says the southern...