Tag: Africa

All aboard the sparkling railway breaking new ground for East Africa

Shaped and coloured like the country’s rare gemstone, tanzanite, the sparkling new…

How a Kenyan schoolgirl fell in love with trees

A 14-year-old girl from Kenya has achieved global fame for her efforts…

Mary Isokariari Mary Isokariari

I escaped the Rwanda genocide as a baby. I returned to find many of my generation have buried their pain

My Guardian documentary, The Things We Don’t Say, focuses on complex stories…

Ornella Mutoni Ornella Mutoni

BBC visits mpox clinic as WHO says DR Congo cases ‘plateauing’

Medics at the epicentre of the mpox outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic…

Anne Soy Anne Soy

Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, aid chief warns

War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil…

Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo

Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over…

Jennifer Rankin Jennifer Rankin

Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match

At least 56 people have been killed in a crush at a…

Malaria vaccine rolled out in world’s worst-affected country

Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the…

Makuochi Okafor Makuochi Okafor

Biden’s Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China

Joe Biden has begun his long-anticipated maiden visit to sub-Saharan Africa as…

Anne Soy Anne Soy

‘My nephews died in tanker blast trying to stop petrol scoopers’

Nigerian farmer Mustapha Majiya is still reeling from losing almost 50 members…

Nkechi Ogbonna Nkechi Ogbonna