‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the ‘miracle’ fertility scam
Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in…
Celebrating the king banished by the British
The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi…
‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn…
He’s 16 and hyped as Usain Bolt’s successor – but Australia’s Gout Gout is keeping his feet on the ground
The schoolboy’s rapid rise has drawn inevitable comparisons with the Jamaican, but…
‘I don’t want to hide my son’: the Nigerian singer helping mothers find pride in their children with special needs
Having a baby should have been the icing on the cake for…
What I found on the secretive tropical island they don’t want you to see
Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise…
Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters
Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his…
How a mega dam has caused a mega power crisis for Zambia
Despite having the mighty Zambezi River and the massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam,…
Marcel Desailly: ‘I don’t know if I was a star, but I’m now a legend’
The World Cup winner has firm grip on the game’s pulse and…
Born in France but searching for a future in Africa
Menka Gomis was born in France but has decided his future lies…
