Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

Olympian and other Eritreans freed after 18 years without trial, relatives tell the BBC

Namibia loses bid to overturn ban on rhino horn trade

Kenya signs landmark health deal with US despite data fears

Trump hails 'historic' peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

Trump to host signing of peace deal between leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda

Oil, defence and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi

Thailand relaxes afternoon alcohol ban to boost tourism

Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume

Trump says he does not want Somalis in US as ICE plans Minnesota operation

Kenyan MPs accuse British soldiers of sexual abuse and environmental destruction

Putin hosts Trump negotiators at Kremlin for 'constructive' Ukraine talks

'Time for a deal' say some Ukrainians escaping war-ravaged Donbas

Pope prays at Beirut port blast site on last day of Lebanon visit

Devastating toxic spill seen as test of whether African countries will stand up to China

Zambian-American influencer sentenced to 18 months for hate speech

Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate after coup

Nigeria's defence minister resigns amid kidnapping crisis

Norway is building the world’s longest, deepest undersea road tunnel

South African radio presenter among 5 charged over Russia recruitment plot

Shock in Cameroon as 74-year-old opposition firebrand dies in detention

Over 120,000 home cameras hacked in South Korea for 'sexploitation' footage

Pastor and new bride abducted in latest Nigeria attacks

Nigerian villagers 'too scared to speak' after hundreds of schoolchildren kidnapped

Australian prime minister becomes first to wed in office

Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president

More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas says

Nigeria blames jihadist groups for wave of kidnappings but others accuse criminal gangs

Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque

Afghans in US issue plea to Trump after Washington DC shooting