Tag: News

The sand doodler who conquered her Somali Islamic critics

Nujuum Hashi, who has overcome traditional prejudice to become a respected artist…

Mary Harper Mary Harper

I am the only woman to survive the Joola tragedy

It is something that those who didn't experience it will never forget,…

Mariama Diouf Mariama Diouf

My husband starved our child, dumped him to die 

My name is Owoidogho Oton, the mother of a one-year-old boy who…

Owoidogho Oton Owoidogho Oton

I understand the pain, I understand the journey

My name is Fatima Sahra Ahmed. I'm a mother of three, and…

Fatima Ahmed Fatima Ahmed

‘It’s never enough’: Senegal goldminers surviving from one nugget to the next

On a stopover in Mali on his way to Libya, Bakary Jammeh…

Kaamil Ahmed Kaamil Ahmed

Eleven years in prison without trial was traumatic

My name is Godswill Udoh. I am 35 years old. I am…

Godswill Udoh Godswill Udoh

Board games helped me find myself

When I started talking about mental health, my brother pulled me aside…

Emily Banya Emily Banya

My daughter’s disappearance has been like a horror movie

Gabriella Sokari Tolofari, was four years old when she got missing. She…

Precious Pepple Precious Pepple

‘Tortured’ and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school

Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found…

BBC Africa BBC Africa

African Doctor finds cure for Ebola

Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, a medical practitioner in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

Michael Hammond Michael Hammond