Latest Features News
Saudi frees Nigerian held in drug-trafficking case
Nigeria’s government has secured the release of Zainab Aliyu, an undergraduate who…
Fighting Ebola in a war zone
My name is Jean Christophe Shako. I am biologist and an epidemiologist…
I’m married to a church elder, have 6 children but none belongs to him – Nurse confesses
I have been married for 13years and I have 6 children (5…
Sports Illustrated features first burkini girl
A Somali-American supermodel has become the first Muslim model to appear in…
Tributes paid to Alfred Taban, legendary South Sudan journalist
"A beacon of journalism through the civil war", "a voice for the…
I want to see more African girls in the water surfing
I grew up with my grandma and I have two brothers and…
Meet Lazarus, the Malawian musician destroying myths about albinism
Malawi is home to an estimated 10,000 albinos - a condition that…
Meet Leng’ete; the Kenyan woman urging village elders to abandon female genital mutilation
Nice Nailantei Leng'ete advocates for updating rite of passage ceremonies for young…
Living with HIV in Africa: Personal stories from young women
What does it mean to live with HIV and AIDS in the…
A new dawn for Risper Ominde
Risper Ominde is a 40-year-old wife and mother to five children. During…