A Libyan general wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in Tripoli. Osama Almasri Najim, the former chief of Libya’s judicial police, was arrested over allegations of torturing prisoners, leading to the death of one, at T
Ed Thomas, UK editor , Patrick Clahane and Rebecca Wearn Watch: "Why are you facilitating illegal working?" BBC confronts Shaxawan after he is filmed by our undercover reporters A man at the centre of an organised crime network has been secretly filmed telling BBC undercover reporters how he can hel
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates, seized El Fasher in Darfur last week after a
Ed Thomas, UK editor , Patrick Clahane and Rebecca Wearn Watch: BBC's Ed Thomas confronts Surchi of the Top Store mini-mart in Crewe A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation can reveal. The fake company di
More than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region since Saturday amid a surge in fighting, the UN’s migration agency has said, after the capture last week of the city of El Fasher in neighbouring Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than a year under siege. The st
CCTV The BBC has obtained an image of Anthony Williams in Peterborough the evening before the alleged train attack Police are investigating whether a man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train is linked to an attack on a 14-year-old boy and to two reports of a knifeman at a barbers' shop. Cambridg
Nawal Khalil had been volunteering as a nurse for three years at El Fasher South hospital when the city was captured on Sunday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). She was busy treating patients, including an elderly woman who needed a blood transfusion, when the attack began. “They killed six wounded
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher, according to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, after the paramilitary group claimed control of the city on Sunday. The WHO secretary general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said
Violent demonstrations broke out in Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, as the country held an election on Wednesday. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president, is expected to strengthen her grip on the country against the backdrop of rapidly intensifying repression and the exclusion of opponents from
The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency, Soyinka revealed on Tuesday. “I want to assure the consulate … that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka,
Reports of ethnically motivated mass killings and other atrocities are emerging from El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city in Sudan’s western Darfur region over the weekend. Video released by local activists showed a fighter known for executing civilians in R
Summary of the day so far The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has continued to rise as the storm left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean. If you’re just joining us now, here are some of the key moments of the day so far: Dozens of people have died in Haiti after Melissa’s rains
