What’s the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged…
Nigerian star 2Baba announces separation from wife
Popular Nigerian musician and performer Innocent Idibia, widely known as 2Baba or…
Dam plan busted? World’s biggest hydropower project in the balance
From a set of roaring rapids, comes a grand vision. There are…
DR Congo rebels close in on key city as 13 peacekeepers killed
UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its…
Teenage actress takes on child marriage in role mirroring real life
The 15-year-old star of a film about a schoolgirl forced to marry…
David Lammy ‘horrified’ after meeting Sudan war victims face-to-face
Every day families stream over a dry and dusty path into Chad,…
Wanted Dutch drug-smuggler ‘is in Sierra Leone’
Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in…
Rebels kill DR Congo governor as fighting intensifies
Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they…
South African president signs controversial land seizure law
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill allowing…
New Nigerian jihadist group declared terrorists
Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs…