Cameroon issues arrest warrants for separatist leaders

Cameroon authorities issue 15 international arrest warrants for Anglophone separatist party leaders.

Zimbabwe renames Harare airport after Robert Mugabe

The president, 93, says he will stand for re-election amid speculation about his successor.

Egypt bridegroom shot in genitals during celebrations

The Egyptian man suffered serious injuries to his testicles, thigh and hand in the accident.

Fifa insists Isha Johansen is still Sierra Leone FA president

Fifa says it still recognises Isha Johansen as the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association despite her ongoing involvement in a corruption case.

Fallen heroes

We name buildings after people, or put up statues to them, because we respect them. But what if we discover they did wrong?

How making maps can save lives

The volunteer cartographers putting remote communities on the map.

London’s Northern Line breaks through

Tunnelling work has completed on the London Underground extension of the Northern Line as boring machines break through at Kennington

Planning for the future

The masterplan for a whole new ‘smart city’ near Boston in the USA has been released

The arts light up Istanbul

A new Opera House will act as a centre for the arts and culture of twenty-first century Istanbul

Thinking outside the box

This semi-detached townhouse, made of red clay brick, is typical of Westmount and the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough of Montreal in Canada