Love Island: South Africa’s reality show is ‘too white’

Viewers are asking why most contestants in the reality show are white in the majority-black country.

Covax: Ivory Coast and Ghana begin mass Covid vaccination rollouts

Ivory Coast and Ghana start using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.

Nigeria’s school abductions: Why children are being targeted

Paying ransoms to kidnappers is fuelling the mass abduction of students in northern Nigeria, analysts say.

African Champions League: Mixed fortunes for SA teams

There were mixed fortunes for South African clubs in two delayed African Champions League ties.

Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands

A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa is on a mission to some dangerous and drug-infested areas.

Grenoble: Seven immigrants who saved brothers from fire in La Villeneuve

Seven immigrants re-live the terrifying moment when they saved two boys from a burning flat in Grenoble.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Blinken says US concerned about atrocities

Human rights violations have taken place in Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Maids in Lebanon: ‘My employer treats me like a slave’

Lucy's dream of working in the Middle East turned into a nightmare of abuse. She's not the only one.

Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade

A devaluing currency and hard economic conditions make cryptocurrencies attractive despite the risks.

Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed

Some 317 girls remain missing in Zamfara state, but 42 people abducted in Niger state are freed.