‘We are poisoning ourselves’: Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster
Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured…
Luther Vandross: the tragic R&B crooner who struggled for acceptance
A new documentary looks back on the career of a singer whose…
‘Try or die’ – one man’s determination to get to the Canary Islands
Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is…
Who wins when Nigeria’s richest man takes on the ‘oil mafia’?
Petrol production at Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote’s $20bn (£15.5bn) state-of-the-art oil…
‘I found out I had cervical cancer while I was pregnant’
Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon,…
Cissy Houston, Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91
Acclaimed gospel singer who performed with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley dies…
Former junior world 800m champion Bett dies aged 26
Former world under-20 athletics champion Kipyegon Bett has died aged 26 in…
Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power
Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a…
Eritrean cyclists in pursuit of inspirational Girmay
Eritrea's Biniam Girmay is a hero in his cycling-mad homeland. The first…
Nigerian MP apologises after viral taxi slapping video
Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of…
