James FitzGerald

354 Articles

What it’s like to be your country’s only Olympian

As the only athlete sent by his country to the Olympics in…

James FitzGerald James FitzGerald

The VHS tape that helped me face my father’s shocking early death

I felt huge guilt and shame for not having had a chance…

Tam Patachako Tam Patachako

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Parents of kidnapped children heartbroken – again

Ten years after Boko Haram gunmen abducted his daughter from her school…

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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