Facebook has apologised after it approved an ad campaign targeted at people interested in a conspiracy theory favoured by white nationalists. News site The Intercept was able to launch a promotion aimed at 168,000 users interested in “white genocide.” Prosecutors…
Florida yoga studio shooting: Two killed and four injured (BBC)
Two women have been killed and five others injured after a gunman opened fire in a Florida hot yoga studio. Scott Paul Beierle killed Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21, after entering the studio in Tallahassee at 17:37…
Simone Biles: Gymnast wins record 13th world title (BBC)
American Simone Biles has become the first gymnast to win 13 world titles. The 21-year-old won vault gold at the World Championships in Qatar. It was Biles’ third world title in this year’s championships and she has now broken the…
Khashoggi murder: Body ‘dissolved in acid’ (BBC)
A top Turkish official, presidential adviser Yasin Aktay, has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid after being cut up. The “only logical conclusion”, he said, was that those who had killed the Saudi journalist in Istanbul…
Ebola death toll in DR Congo ‘rises’ (BBC)
More than 25,000 people have been innoculated in DR Congo since August The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 180 lives, AFP news agency reports the health ministry as saying. The ministry is reported as saying…
2,600 sexual violence victims treated in one Congolese town (BBC)
Some 80% of victims said their attacker was armedImage caption: Some 80% of victims said their attacker was armed Doctors without Borders says it has treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence in just one town since May last year. The…
Shut down South Africa Airways’ says finance minister (BBC)
South Africa’s national airline should be shut down, according to the country’s new finance minister. Tito Mboweni said South Africa Airways (SAA) – which has been losing money for years – was not worth bailing out any more. This isn’t…
‘I am happy that the glass ceiling is shattered’ (BBC)
The new head of Ethiopia’s supreme court told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that she wants to ensure that the country has an independent judiciary. Earlier on Thursday Meaza Ashenafi, a prominent human rights lawyer, was elected as the first…
Letter from Africa: Nigeria – a young country for old men (BBC)
In our series of letters from African journalists, editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper Mannir Dan Ali looks at why a country where more than half the population is under 35 looks set to get another septuagenarian president after next…
WWE stars pull out of Saudi Arabia show after Khashoggi death (BBC)
WWE stars John Cena and Daniel Bryan have pulled out of an event in Saudi Arabia which is happening on Friday. They haven’t said why, but some are suggesting it’s because of the way the Middle Eastern country has handled…
