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‘A calm fighter can weather any storm’

As African heavyweight boxing champion Adam Olaore contemplates his Olympic debut, the…

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Chibok girls feel let down 10 years after Nigeria kidnapping

We had to meet Lisu in secret as she says the local…

Yemisi Adegoke Yemisi Adegoke

How ‘Eric the Eel’ had one bad swim and became an enduring Olympic legend

The swimmer in Lane Seven was twenty-four months old when the most…

Allen Abel Allen Abel

‘It was terrifying’ – escaping Ethiopia’s armed kidnappers

Bekele's sister is one of dozens of students from Ethiopia's Debark University…

Kalkidan Yibeltal Kalkidan Yibeltal

Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation and death in Darfur

The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one…

Barbara Plett-Usher Barbara Plett-Usher

A photographer’s 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan

On the eve of his perilous escape from his home country last…

Barbara Plett Usher Barbara Plett Usher

Africa’s new F1 fans who want a race on the continent

Joy Jeptoo, a 24-year-old social media influencer from Kenya, spent several thousand…

Gloria Aradi Gloria Aradi

I make the smallest sculptures in the world

Growing up as a kid in Wolverhampton, I was fascinated by insects.…

Willard Wigan Willard Wigan

SA rapper mourns daughter, 9, killed in car crash

South African rapper Shebeshxt is mourning the death of his nine-year-old daughter…

Danai Nesta Kupemba Danai Nesta Kupemba

Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma for young Nigerians

Nigerian graduate Olotu Olanrewaju is facing a choice between remaining in the…

Hannah Gelbart Hannah Gelbart