The Chinese making a new life in Africa

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Chinese and African trade has boomed in recent years - but how are the two cultures getting on?

FGM: Dorset survivor says it shouldn’t be a taboo

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Salimata was subjected to FGM in Senegal when she was five years old.

Yaya Toure: It’s goodbye to Man City, but not to football

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Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says he will see the Sky Blues' fans again, despite playing his last game for the club.

Iheanacho and Mahrez outshine Aubameyang

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Leicester earn a first Premier League win over Arsenal since 1994 as Arsene Wenger's penultimate game ends in defeat.

Benatia brace helps Juve win Coppa Italia

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Juventus win their fourth consecutive Coppa Italia as they thrash AC Milan in the final at Stadio Olimpico.

Crocodile attack bride: ‘Every day I wake up happy’

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Zanele got married to her partner Jamie days after losing her arm in a crocodile attack in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe crocodile attack bride tells of renewed hope

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Zanele Ndlovu reveals to the BBC the full horror of the attack - and how she found the strength for her wedding just days later.

Somali woman ‘with 11 husbands’ stoned to death by al-Shabab

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She was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters.

Author Helen Oyeyemi reveals her top criteria for a great read.

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Author Helen Oyeyemi reveals her top criteria for a great read, and why the Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist has them all.

UK ‘settles rendition case’ with former Libyan dissident

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Abdul Hakim Belhaj claims MI6 helped the US kidnap him in Thailand in 2004 to return him to Tripoli.