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Terry Gobanga: ‘Gang-raped on my wedding day, lost my husband in 29 days’

For many, the day they get to marry the love of their life is probably one of their happiest days…

Naa Atswei Deisa Okang Naa Atswei Deisa Okang

‘My wife would still be alive had she got treatment’

My journey to widowerhood began three years ago in an oncologist's office in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Had my wife, Grace,…

Andrew Gift, BBC Andrew Gift, BBC

The boy named ‘Wealthy’ who weighs half what he should

Little Haftom is nearly five years old. His name means "wealthy" in the Tigriyna language but he weighs just half…

Sofia Bettiza Sofia Bettiza