How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly
It all began in St Petersburg when state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.
2023-08-27 08:55
Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'The Crocodile' wins second term as Zimbabwe president
Mnangagwa is only Zimbabwe's second president, after he outmanoeuvred long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup.
2023-08-27 08:53
Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa
The BBC's Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts.
2023-08-27 07:59
Huge blasts at Romania fuel station kill one and injure dozens
The injured include 26 firefighters sent to a stricken liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station near Bucharest.
2023-08-27 07:20
Bob Barker, who hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years, dies aged 99
Barker was the face of The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in the US, for 35 years.
2023-08-27 03:51
India teacher investigated for telling pupils to slap Muslim peer
Video shows the teacher telling students to hit their seven-year-old classmate harder, sparking outrage.
2023-08-27 01:17
India train fire: Gas canister sets off deadly explosion
The canister used by passengers to make drinks blew up, killing nine passengers, officials say.
2023-08-26 23:51
Kenya power cuts: Airports boss sacked as tourists left stranded
Many homes are without electricity since Friday and Nairobi's main airport was plunged into darkness.
2023-08-26 23:18
Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia - Putin
The presidential decree is aimed at employees of Wagner and other private military contractors.
2023-08-26 19:56
'Whole nation mourns' four killed in Clonmel crash
The four young people were on their way to an exam results celebration, Irish broadcaster RTÉ says.
2023-08-26 18:22
Niger journalist: I lie awake at night fearing they will arrest me
Daily life since the coup is a struggle, says a BBC journalist whose identity we are protecting.
2023-08-26 18:16
Gabon election: President Ali Bongo aims for third term
The incumbent President Ali Bongo hopes to extend his family's five-decade grip on power.
2023-08-26 15:15