Ed Aarons

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‘The challenge attracted me’: Peter Odemwingie’s move from Premier League striker to golf pro

It’s unbelievable,” says Peter Odemwingie. “I never thought I could get so obsessed…

Ed Aarons Ed Aarons

‘Rape me, not my daughter’ – women tell BBC of sexual violence in Sudan’s civil war

Sudan is at breaking point. After 17 months of a brutal civil…

Barbara Plett Usher Barbara Plett Usher

How Arsenal became synonymous with black identity

When Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka walked into a pub in Manchester to…

Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to Europe

On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne…

Ismail Einashe Ismail Einashe

‘Controlling 22 players on the field is amazing’

Gbemisola Yusuf is a woman who likes to be in charge. And,…

Emmanuel Akindubuwa Emmanuel Akindubuwa

Growing a ‘word forest’: the Kenyan teacher trying to save her language from extinction

In a community centre made of glass bottles, Juliana Loshiro stands before…

 Gioia Shah Gioia Shah

The journey that helped save Nigeria’s art for the nation

 The Nigerian National Museum in Lagos sits in the city like a…

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian, dies at 58

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, whose towering presence dominated basketball on…

Tom Lutz Tom Lutz

Kidnapped and trafficked twice – a sex worker’s life in Sierra Leone

Isata, a single mother in her early twenties, epitomises the horrors of…

Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems – but there’s still hope

Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and…

Justin Rowlatt Justin Rowlatt