Salt bricks and other African architectural ideas

What the world can learn from innovative designs in a future with scarce resources.

Salt bricks and other African architectural ideas

What the world can learn from innovative designs in a future with scarce resources.

Africa Live: Veteran Nollywood star Amaechi Muonagor dies at 62

The comedy legend appeared in a viral video a few days ago begging for financial help to undergo a kidney transplant in India - and more

Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed

Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

A key vote in one of Africa’s most stable countries

Seven million people are casting their vote in Senegal as they choose their new president.

Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed

Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

Senegal votes in delayed poll after weeks of turmoil

The election was due last month but the outgoing president postponed it, triggering deadly protests.

South Africa’s deadly love affair with guns

Record levels of crime are driving more and more people to buy firearms to protect themselves.

South Africa’s deadly love affair with guns

Record levels of crime are driving more and more people to buy firearms to protect themselves.

South Africa’s deadly love affair with guns

Record levels of crime are driving more and more people to buy firearms to protect themselves.