Africa

People hold a banner reading “We are Family” while waving rainbow flags as they take part in the Gay Pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, on August 8, 2015. (Photo: ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ugandan MPs pass bill with life in prison for LGBTQ+ community

Evening sunshine in Kigali, Rwanda (Pic: Getty Images)

Suella Braverman ‘encouraged’ by talks with the ECHR

Bola Tinubu has been announced as the new president-elect of Nigeria, but opponents have accused the country’s electoral commission of a lack of transparency. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria election but opponents call for recount

Sulemana Abdul Samed (Photo: BBC News)

World’s tallest man in Ghana: who is Sulemana Abdul Samed?

Morocco have been the surprise package of the FIFA World Cup. (Getty Images)

What is Morocco’s World Cup record - could they stage another upset?

Ngozi Fulani, chief executive of domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, said she was repeatedly asked by the household member where she “really came from” during an event held the palace on Tuesday (29 November). Credit: PA

Royal staffer resigns after ‘asking guest where she really came from?’

Revellers enjoy the atmosphere during the opening day or ‘Chupinazo’ of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta in 2015 in Spain (Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images)

What do 8 billion humans mean for the planet?

Rescuers search for survivors after a Precision Air flight that was carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania on November 6, 2022. - Three people died when a plane carrying dozens of passengers plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on November 6, 2022, as it approached the northwestern city of Bukoba, the fire and rescue service said. Rescuers have pulled 26 survivors to safety after the Precision Air plane crashed due to bad weather, with 43 people, including 39 passengers, aboard flight PW 494 from the financial capital Dar es Salaam to the lakeside city, according to regional authorities. (Photo by SITIDE PROTASE / AFP) (Photo by SITIDE PROTASE/AFP via Getty Images)

19 dead after plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania

Sophie, Countess of Wessex greets well wishers as she arrives for a Platinum Jubilee celebration on June 4, 2022 in Belfast, United Kingdom. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, 2022, in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. (Photo by Charles McQuillan - Pool /Getty Images)

Royal Family: Sophie Wessex visits Democratic Republic of the Congo

Keeley Hawes in the BBC thriller Crossfire

Where was Crossfire filmed? Tenerife filming locations of BBC series

Ayra Starr and Kelly Rowland are two decades apart in age.

Ayra Starr releases ‘Bloody Samaritan’ remix featuring Kelly Rowland

File photo dated 19/02/21 of a vaccine being prepared, as a malaria vaccine created by Oxford researchers “is really exciting” and could contribute towards drastically reducing the number of children who die from the infection, experts suggest.

Malaria vaccine could drastically reduce child deaths, say scientists

Algeria’s forward Sofiane Feghouli (L) fights for the ball with Sierra Leone’s midfielder John Kamara during the Group E Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 football match between Algeria and Sierra Leone. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Where can I watch AFCON 2022? Channel, live stream and highlights

Countries are under pressure to meet the 1.5 degree global warming target as set out in the Paris Agreement - but what exactly does it mean?

Why 1.5 degrees is important and why you’ll hear it a lot during COP26

A sick baby is seen at a makeshift paediatric health centre as an outbreak of malaria hit an African village (Picture: Getty Images)

WHO approves world’s first malaria vaccine

Cheese, eggs and oily fish are all good sources of vitamin A (Photo: Shutterstock)

Foods that contain vitamin A and the benefits of the vitamin

An endangered basking shark swims alongside a wildlife ranger

Wildlife ranger captures amazing footage of endangered basking shark

The boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, the country's El-Kitif port in the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdane in only 40 kilometres west of the Libyan border. This picture shows former migrants travelling by boat in 2015. (Picture: Getty Images)

Over 40 North African migrants drown as boat capsizes in Tunisian waters

The uniform bundle from Aldi comes in at just £4.50 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Aldi launches UK’s cheapest school uniform with new £4.50 bundle

Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, the head of the Suez Canal Authority, is investigating how the Ever Green became wedged across the Suez Canal.

Skyscraper-sized cargo ship blocking more than 150 vessels on Egypt's Suez Canal