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Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman and Zambia striker Barbra Banda were named Footballer of the Year of the men's and women's categories respectively at the Confederation of African Football Awards in Marrakesh…

Mayotte authorities were racing on Tuesday to help survivors of the deadly Cyclone Chido that devastated the archipelago in a race against time to prevent the spread of hunger, disease…

Hundreds and possibly thousands of people are feared dead after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century.  Survivors wandered through streets littered with debris, searching for water and shelter, after Cyclone Chido leveled entire neighborhoods on Saturday when it hit Mayotte, the poorest territory of France and, by extension, the European Union.

A senior official in the Russian military was killed in Moscow in a deadly blast Tuesday, according to officials. Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russian armed forces' chemical, biological and radiation defence…

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, members of the Syrian army and their families are increasingly worried over the fate of soldiers who used to fight rebel forces in…

Francesco Tosto/BBCThe BBC first interviewed Baraa after she fled the Old City of Homs as a child nearly a decade ago"Even now, I look back and wonder how we survived…

A high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow.Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was leaving…

A devastating 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu's main island, Efate, severely damaging Port Vila and crushing the ground floor of a building containing US and French embassies.…

A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck near Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, damaging buildings and other infrastructure.The quake happened at 12:47 local time (01:47 GMT) at a depth of 57.1km,…

North Korean troops have been killed fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region, the US has said. These would be the first reported casualties since it emerged in October…