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Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political...

Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing.A Kenyan activist has told the BBC that he is...

An almost 200-year-old condom - in "mint condition" - has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum...

The US has vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution calling for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza.The other...

BBCThink, Denmark. Images of sleek, impossibly chic Copenhagen, the capital, might spring to mind. As well as a sense of...

Arunoday MukharjiBBC NewsPritam Roy/BBCShona Banu was allegedly picked up by the police last month and sent to Bangladesh; she was...

Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentReporting fromKyiv, UkraineSBUA screengrab of some of the drone footage released by Ukrainian authorities on WednesdayThree days on,...

More than 1.4 million Muslims have begun this year's Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, a year...

Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the...

Jeremy BowenInternational EditorWorld leaders 'obligated' to save lives in Gaza, says head of ICRCGaza has become worse than hell on...