The 91-year-old African president who keeps defying death rumours
Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya…
‘Black tax’ – why some young Africans want to stop sending money back home
"Sending money back home or to your extended family is such a…
Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’
The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo…
Paralysis, amputation and Paralympic archery
Shaun Anderson has called sport his “saviour” as he prepares for his…
‘I found out on social media that my son had died’
As record numbers of young Africans risk their lives trying to reach…
A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?
Surrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will…
The air crash and the underdogs – a triumph for a lost generation
For those watching on the beach on the morning of Wednesday, 28…
‘I’ve been sleeping under a bridge in Lagos for 30 years’
Having lived for exactly half his life under a bridge in Nigeria's…
Best goalkeeper award nomination ‘surreal’ – Williams
During a stellar 12 months of domestic and international football, South Africa…
The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters
Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African,…
