A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?
Surrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will…
The air crash and the underdogs – a triumph for a lost generation
For those watching on the beach on the morning of Wednesday, 28…
‘I’ve been sleeping under a bridge in Lagos for 30 years’
Having lived for exactly half his life under a bridge in Nigeria's…
Best goalkeeper award nomination ‘surreal’ – Williams
During a stellar 12 months of domestic and international football, South Africa…
The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters
Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African,…
Despair as the sea slowly swallows a Kenyan beauty spot
When Roberto Macri built his luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal village…
What Killed Harmony Ball-Stribling?
The last day Byron Stribling spent with his wife, Harmony, was the…
Cookathons, speechathons and skipathons: the rapid rise of obscure world record attempts in west Africa
Guinness World Record attempts have risen sharply in the last year and…
‘I see the world for what it is’: actor Naomi Ackie’s rage-fuelled rising star
Naomi Ackie flexes her biceps and growls at the café table –…
Journalist’s apology not enough to satisfy Ghanaian king
A row between a prominent journalist and a king has captivated many…
