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Police and military assure public of reinforced security amid Bawku tensions

Source: Abubakar Ibrahim, The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces have assured the public of their commitment to…

5 months ago

Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort

Jaroslav Lukiv Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - an achievement hailed by the UN…

5 months ago

I’ll stand for Russian president when Putin’s gone, Navalny’s widow tells BBC

Katie Razzall Yulia Navalnaya intends to be president of Russia, she tells me. She looks me straight in the eye.…

5 months ago

Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief

Laura Gozzi EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc could "draw lessons" from the contested Italian…

6 months ago

Former junior world 800m champion Bett dies aged 26

Celestine Karoney BBC Sport Africa Former world under-20 athletics champion Kipyegon Bett has died aged 26 in Bomet, Kenya, following…

6 months ago

‘It kills everything’ – Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in Brazil

By:Ione Wells “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die. Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service…

6 months ago

US ports shut down as dockworkers strike

Natalie Sherman Business reporter, BBC News Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much…

6 months ago

SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

By:Christy Cooney A SpaceX capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked.…

6 months ago

Murder of Paris student fuels anger at failed deportation

By:Hugh Schofield The murder of a 19-year-old female student in an exclusive neighbourhood of Paris is fuelling new calls from…

6 months ago

Woman, 40, and girl, 8, found dead at home

By:Gemma Sherlock A 40-year-old woman and an eight-year-old girl have been found dead at a home in Greater Manchester. Police…

6 months ago