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The city where shopkeepers fear their CCTV cameras could get them killed
Shop owners in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, are caught between a rock and…
‘I thought I would die’ – freed captive tells BBC of life in West African jihadist base
A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized…
West African bloc pins hopes on ambitious superhighway from Ivory Coast to Nigeria
West African leaders are holding a crucial summit in Nigeria's capital Abuja,…
‘Thankless job’ – why trainee Kenyan doctors are taking their own lives
A sombre mood engulfed a village in Kenya's Rift Valley last week…
More jobs and no ‘nuisance taxes’ – Ghanaians’ great expectations
Ghana's former President John Mahama will be under enormous pressure to meet…
How a uranium mine became a pawn in the row between Niger and France
In the latest sign of a dramatic deterioration in relations, Niger's military…
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…
