Victorious John Mahama promises new beginning for Ghana
Ghana's opposition candidate and former President John Mahama has promised "a new…
French court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide
A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of…
Sudan air strike causes ‘horrific massacre’ in a Darfur market
Sudan's military has been accused of carrying out an air strike on…
Kenya’s top judge: No-one has ever tried to bribe me
Kenya’s most senior judge has hit out following recent allegations of corruption…
World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize
A journalist detained in Eritrean prison without trial for 23 years has…
Grandma with chunky sunglasses becomes unlikely fashion icon
A grandmother in rural Zambia has become a style icon and internet…
Miss Nigeria’s pride after defying trolls to challenge for Miss Universe
Miss Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, has spoken of her pride at coming second…
How Kenya’s evangelical president has fallen out with churches
William Ruto, who became Kenya’s president two years ago riding on the…
‘We knew Christmas before you’ – the Band Aid fallout
Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and…
Liberia’s notorious rebel-turned-senator Johnson dies
Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage…
