Niger's military junta has just hours to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power or face the possibility of military action from the regional bloc Ecowas. Last Sunday, West African…

Niger's democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum has been overthrown by the very people who were supposed to protect and uphold his office – the presidential guards who stood watch outside…

President Bola Tinubu, who is at the helm of regional superpower Nigeria, regards the coup across the border in Niger as a litmus test for democracy in West Africa. Having…

Ousmane Sonko, a leading opposition figure in Senegal, has been charged with new offences and his party dissolved. The interior minister said Mr Sonko and his Pastef party had been…

A husband and wife cyber-crime team have pleaded guilty to trying to launder $4.5bn (£3.5bn) of Bitcoin that he had stolen in a hack in 2016. Heather Morgan and Ilya…

Jimmy Donaldson, the person the online world knows as MrBeast, is the biggest YouTuber on the planet – and with that popularity comes large sums of money. The 25-year-old has…

Young people in China have curbed their addiction to video games, a report says. The claim is made by the China Game Industry Group Committee, affiliated to the gaming regulator.…

The war in Ukraine has reached a critical point. Where it goes from here could decide the country's future and affect the security of Europe. In the 18 months since…

A Russian tanker has been hit in a Ukrainian attack in the Black Sea, according to Russian officials. A Ukrainian security source has told the BBC that the strike was…

The Philippine Coast Guard has accused its Chinese counterpart of firing water cannon at its vessels and blocking them in the disputed South China Sea. It said this happened when…