Tag: Africa

‘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

Idris Elba: Why I’m planning a move to Africa

British actor Idris Elba intends to relocate to Africa within the next…

Thomas Naadi Thomas Naadi

‘Dying of thirst’ as climate-driven floods mix with oil

Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South…

The former president seeking to lead Ghana once more

John Dramani Mahama has been Ghana's president once before - and now…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

From political outsider to Ghana’s ‘Mr Digital’

Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

Gold, prices, and jobs: What’s at stake in Ghana’s elections?

Ghana is due to get a new president after December’s election. The…

Damian Zane Damian Zane

Why there’s a rush of African satellite launches

One by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a…

Chris Baraniuk Chris Baraniuk

‘We are poisoning ourselves’: Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster

Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured…

‘Try or die’ – one man’s determination to get to the Canary Islands

Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is…