‘It’s OK to make mayonnaise while on your period’

/in /by
No more myths: Lahatra, a scoutmaster and science teacher, tells boys the truth about periods.

Kenyan voting system ‘won’t be ready’

/in /by
The voting system cannot be installed in time for October's election re-run, its maker says.

Egypt mass trial sees hundreds imprisoned over 2013 protests

/in /by
Egypt has sentenced hundreds of people to jail - 43 of them for life - in its latest mass trial.

Migrant crisis: Panorama finds women swallowing dollars

/in /by
Nigerian women paying to be smuggled to Europe say there is only one way to keep their cash safe.

Irishman Ibrahim Halawa acquitted over Egypt protests

/in /by
Ibrahim Halawa, 21, has spent four years in jail since being arrested during a siege at a Cairo mosque.

Captain Mina

/in /by
Egyptian police officer and fitness guru Mina Samir says it is his duty to help cyberstalked women.

BBC Afaan Oromo service receives traditional blessing

/in /by
An elder in the Ethiopian region gives a special blessing as the BBC’s Afaan Oromo service launches.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis: Zannah Mustapha wins UN award

/in /by
Zannah Mustapha helped to negotiate the Chibok girls' release and runs a free school for displaced children.

Rhino horn smuggled as jewellery

/in /by
Rhino horn is being processed into bangles, beads and bracelets, a charity's investigation reveals.

BBC launches services for Ethiopia and Eritrea

/in /by
The BBC World Service launches websites in three new languages as part of its biggest expansion since the 1940s.