World Cup 2026 qualifying: African battle for spots at finals intensifies

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt are well placed to qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, but Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen and Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo could…

Body seen in Libyan mortuary could solve 50-year mystery of vanished religious leader

Moe ShreifBBC Eye Investigations BBC Musa al-Sadr has been missing since 1978 Warning: Contains images some may find upsetting A computer scientist at a university in the north of England…

Ghana chief justice removed from office after probe

Ghana’s President John Mahama has fired the country’s Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following a recommendation by an inquiry. She had been on suspension since April after complaints were lodged against…

Sudan landslide kills at least 1,000 people, rebel group says

Reuters More than 800,000 Sudanese have fled Darfur, where the landslide occurred, since conflict erupted in 2023 A landslide has killed at least 1,000 people in the remote Marra Mountains…

Finland court sentences faction leader of Nigeria’s Ipob secessionist group

A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of terrorism-related offences. Simon Ekpa, a Finnish citizen…

Mob burns woman to death for allegedly blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad

A woman has been burnt to death by a mob in northern Nigeria’s Niger state after she was accused of blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad, police have said. Police condemned the…

What is at stake in the upcoming vote?

Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC News and Peter JegwaBBC News in Lilongwe AFP/Getty Images Malawi’s 2019 election sparked significant controversy – and its impact looms large over this year’s vote The people of…

Nicolas Jackson: Chelsea cancel Bayern Munich loan after Liam Delap injury

Many Chelsea supporters were already asking the same question during the match, about whether it was too late to cancel Jackson’s loan move to Germany. Tyrique George, a 19-year-old winger…

Italy 24-29 South Africa: Springboks reach first Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final

Italy: Minuzzi; Muzzo, Sillari, Rigoni, D’Inca; Stevanin, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Seye, Tounesi, Duca, Sgorbini, Veronese, Giordano (capt). Replacements: Gurioli, Stecca, Maris, Fedrighi, Ranuccini, Bitonci, Mannini, Granzotto. South Africa: Roos; Dolf,…

Mother awaits DNA results on unearthed remains

Anita NkongeBBC News in Nairobi Carolyne Odour Elijah, aged nine, and Daniel, aged 12, went missing after leaving on a bus on 28 June Carolyne Odour has told the BBC…

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