World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize
A journalist detained in Eritrean prison without trial for 23 years has…
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…
Liberia’s notorious rebel-turned-senator Johnson dies
Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage…
‘My son is a drug addict, please help’ – the actor breaking a Zambian taboo
One of Zambia's most popular actors and filmmakers Owas Mwape broke a…
Hundreds of Nigerian homes seized in huge anti-graft case
Nigeria's anti-graft agency has said it has made its biggest ever seizure…
Why voters are giving Africa’s governing parties a bloody nose
Namibia's governing party, Swapo, has retained its hold on power after more…
How a Ugandan opposition leader disappeared in Kenya and ended up in military court
The mysterious detention of Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye while on a…
