
Nigeria charges six people with treason over Independence Day coup plot
Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced in October 2025 when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026, 15:45

Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced in October 2025 when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.

The kidnappers raided his palace on Saturday and are believed to be holding him in a forest.

Fannie Masemola is accused of failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role.

At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa – one black and one white.

The youngest of those freed from an Allied Democratic Forces camp is a girl aged just 14, Uganda’s army says.

Ecologist Iroro Tanshi is one of six winners of the international Goldman Environmental Prize.

Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan’s defence ministry on behalf of Iran.

A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.

One of Sudan’s most popular bands, Aswat Almadina, recall being in the studio when the war broke out three years ago.

The country’s biggest musician Teddy Afro laments a lack of unity in the country on his new track.

For centuries the prized sculptures, central to national identity, have been kept outside Zimbabwe’s borders.

Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.

The BBC speaks to a student who pushed for his toe print to be taken to verify his identity.

World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”.

The pontiff was unusually forthright in his address at the presidential palace.

Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.

Abubakar Malami was seen as one of the most influential ministers under former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Zhang Kequn was arrested in March while trying to travel to China with more than 2,000 live ants.

Hailed for his impressive physical attributes, Nigerian Uar Bernard is hoping to be drafted by an NFL side this month.

Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.