Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling ...

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to ...

European leaders travel to Ukraine, approve Russia sanctions on war anniversary Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez nails ...

Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, ...

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

The drugs, which are highly addictive and linked to a public health crisis in countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte ...

Ukrainian defenders have captured a Russian army soldier originally from West Africa, who claims he traveled to Saratov, ...

Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, dating back to the ancient Ghana empire, which earned its reputation as ...