‘Greatest in 100 years’: Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghanaians are mourning one of the country’s best known singers, Charles Kojo Fosu, known as Daddy Lumba, who has died…
The would-be saint murdered ‘mafia-style’ for refusing bribes
Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi…
Former Congolese president on trial for treason
The treason trial of the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has begun in a military…
Artist explores the toxic mining legacy of Zambia’s ‘black mountains’
Zambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to…
Watchdog blames ‘disproportionate force’ by Kenya police for protest deaths
Kenya’s police watchdog has accused officers of using “disproportionate force” to quell a recent series of protests during which 65…
Trees, tresses and teamwork: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Forgotten ‘weeds’ prove a culinary hit…
Artist explores the toxic mining legacy of Zambia’s ‘black mountains’
Zambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to…
Watchdog blames ‘disproportionate force’ by Kenya police for protest deaths
Kenya’s police watchdog has accused officers of using “disproportionate force” to quell a recent series of protests during which 65…
Trees, tresses and teamwork: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Forgotten ‘weeds’ prove a culinary hit…
Artist explores the toxic mining legacy of Zambia’s ‘black mountains’
Zambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to…
Watchdog blames ‘disproportionate force’ by Kenya police for protest deaths
Kenya’s police watchdog has accused officers of using “disproportionate force” to quell a recent series of protests during which 65…
Trees, tresses and teamwork: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Forgotten ‘weeds’ prove a culinary hit…