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Pictures from above: What a bird’s eye view of Africa reveals

For the past 40 years, Edward Burtynsky has photographed the impact of…

Mary Harper Mary Harper

The island paradise held prisoner by heroin

Some 10% of the local population in the tropical island nation of…

Pharrell Williams: ‘Life without music would be like a human being without sense’

The singer and producer on his devotion to De La Soul, his…

Rich Pelley Rich Pelley

‘People were going crazy’ – how the Super Eagles took the world by storm

A new documentary looks at what Nigeria’s success in the 1990s meant…

Ed Aarons Ed Aarons

Libya’s first female deminers must deal with more than bombs

The first women to clear dangerous explosives in Libya are part of…

 Cathrin Schaer Cathrin Schaer

The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade…

Ade Daramy Ade Daramy

The Cameroonian migrants stranded on an island they had not heard of

How did more than 600 Cameroonians come to find themselves stranded on…

Gemma Handy Gemma Handy

Rapper Tobe Nwigwe: ‘Every day I wake up and say, “What a life”’

The Nigerian American artist talks about his Grammy nomination, the importance of…

Grace Shutti Grace Shutti

The Lioness running a ‘safe place’ for Kenya’s young female athletes

One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe…

Michelle Katami Michelle Katami