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Why British boarding schools are so eager to open in Nigeria

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Letter from Africa series, Abuja Charterhouse For many years, well-off Nigerians have sent their children to prestigious British boarding schools – but

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The mystery of Antigua and Barbuda’s missing people

Gemma Handy Reporter, St John’s, Antigua Courtesy of Patricia Joseph Hyacinth Gage, 74, disappeared six years ago The worst part is the mental torture, Patricia

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Officer spared jail for Tasering 95-year-old

A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence over his fatal decision to Taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australia

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Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to US

Natalie Sherman & Michael Race Business reporters, BBC News Watch: Trump announces 25% tariff on cars ‘not made in the United States’ US President Donald

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JD Vance to accompany wife to Greenland amid backlash

US Vice-President JD Vance will join his wife Usha in travelling to Greenland on Friday, a visit that follows Donald Trump’s threats to take over

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Top US officials appeared to message a journalist Houthi strike plans

Watch: ‘Nobody was texting war plans’, says Pete Hegseth in response to The Atlantic report The Trump administration is facing political uproar after the White

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Narendra Modi’s hope for a thaw amid uncertain geopolitics between India and China

Michael Kugelman Foreign policy analyst Press Information Bureau India’s pitch for a close partnership with China has suggested improvement in bilateral ties In a recent

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Are those abroad widening the class divide back home?

Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News The Plug Entertainment Afrobeats performances during holiday periods draw in big audiences with many from the diaspora Scenes playing out

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Heavyweight boxing legend dies aged 76, says family

Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family. Known as Big George in the ring, the American built one of

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Trump signs order to begin dismantling US education department

Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Watch: President Trump signs order to shut education department ‘once and for all’ US President Donald Trump has signed