Orla Guerin: Sousse ready to re-open after beach attack

The walls and floors are being repaired, the hotel refurbished but will the tourists come back to Tunisia after the beach shootings at Sousse two years ago?

Full disclosure

Saidy Brown discusses the extraordinary reaction after she disclosed her HIV status on Twitter.

World’s vainest people?

How the men of Chad's Wodaabe culture go about finding their brides at a desert festival where the stress is on make-up and clothes.

From Julia to Julius

Julius Kaggwa was born intersex, which made for a confusing, isolating and sometimes dangerous childhood growing up in Uganda.

Stanley Kwenda: Could the next Messi come out of Lagos?

One of the world's biggest football clubs, Barcelona is taking its skills to Nigeria.

Elizabeth Ohene: ‘Joining the desperadoes’

Elizabeth Ohene considers Ghanaians' wanderlust as her compatriots join those taking risks to claim asylum abroad.

Drought battle

Kenyan herders are giving their own food to animals to keep them alive during the severe drought.

Yousra Elbagir: Global pariah

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sudanese columnist Yousra Elbagir explains what it is like to live in a country subject to US sanctions.

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Nigeria’s art of flowery language

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers the art of Nigerian verbosity.