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Author Chimamanda Adichie accuses hospital of stalling review into son’s death
Prominent Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital in Lagos of obstructing an inquest into the circumstances surrounding her baby son’s death. A coronial inquest into the death of her 21-month-old son, Nknau, at Euracare hospital in January had been due to start in April, Adichie said. The author...
US musician Oliver Tree dies in helicopter collision in Brazil
The alt-pop US musician and internet personality Oliver Tree was among six people who died when the helicopter he was travelling in collided with another in Brazil. The 32-year-old had been on a world tour when the crash occurred over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. One of the helicopters then fell onto the car park […]
Sierra Leone drops treason charge against ex-president over attempted coup
Sierra Leone’s government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago. The charges had been dropped on health grounds, Information Minister Chernor Bah told the BBC. The 72-year-old former president has...
Pirates hijack oil tanker off the coast of Somalia
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with 17 crew that was sailing near the Somali coast, according to multiple security officials who spoke to the BBC. The ship, Honour 25, was overrun late on Wednesday by six gunmen when it was approximately 30 nautical miles offshore, the officials said. Until three years ago, piracy...
Ukraine warns of interceptor missile shortage as 18 killed in Kyiv region
The Ukrainian Air Force says a “serious shortage” of interceptor missiles meant none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia at Kyiv on Sunday night were shot down. At least 12 people were killed in the second large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital in a week, officials said. Six more were killed in […...
Curaçao’s World Cup miracle: How a Caribbean Island of 156,000 reached football’s biggest stage
The story of Curaçao’s qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is one of the most remarkable achievements in football history. With a population of just 156,000 people and a land area of only 444 square kilometres, Curaçao is set to become the smallest country ever, by both population and size, to qualify for a FIFA...
US and Iran exchange strikes as shipping through Strait of Hormuz declines sharply
The US and Iran have traded strikes for a second night, as observers report a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz since hostilities resumed. The US military says it struck some 90 military targets, some near the Strait. Iranian authorities say 14 people have been killed in the...
Indian state on the boil after raped girl’s body fished out of pond
The Indian state of West Bengal has been on the boil for the past few days over the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. The body of the child was fished out from a pond on Sunday – a day after her family reported her missing. The incident in Surjyapur village in Baruipur, […]
‘We live in fear every day’ – Stranded Ghanaian in South Africa
A Ghanaian woman stranded in South Africa has described the difficult conditions at the Pretoria West camp, where dozens of Ghanaians are awaiting evacuation to Ghana amid renewed xenophobic attacks. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, the woman said fear, uncertainty and limited access to healthcare have...
Special police team to investigate killing of an anti-migrant leader in South Africa
A special police team has begun investigating the killing of a provincial leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa. Police confirmed that Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada, the Gauteng province leader of March and March, was shot outside his home east of Johannesburg earlier this month and died several days later in hosp...
One dead and three missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz
One person has died, and three others are missing after a pontoon boat capsized around 600 yards from Alcatraz Island on Tuesday. A report of a vessel in distress came in at 15:37 local time (22:37 GMT), San Francisco Fire Department chief Dean Crispen said. A marine unit first on the scene witnessed a man […]
Tankers urged not to pay toll to Iran for use of strait
Tankers that want to pass through the Strait of Hormuz are being advised not to pay money to Iran to allow them through, after a ceasefire agreed on Tuesday failed to get traffic moving through the waterway again. The agreement was supposed to include reopening the strait but Iran has suggested that ships must seek its...