International

The Democratic Republic of Congo has moved to increase taxes on mining firms and increase government royalties from the industry...

China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to...

The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show an ambush in Niger in which four US...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hosted a dinner for senior South Korean delegates – the first time officials from...

Gunfire and an explosion have been heard near the army headquarters and the French embassy in the capital of Burkina...

China’s governing Communist Party has proposed removing a clause in the constitution which limits presidencies to two five-year terms. The...

Democrats on the US House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters Republican claims of bias in the investigation...

Two car-bomb attacks have killed at least 38 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials say. The first took place...

Police have arrested the employer of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait after a weeks-long manhunt....

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in...