‘An extraordinary woman’

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Salome Karwah was a Time magazine person of the year - but died after hospital neglect, her husband says.

‘Nigerians not all criminals’

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Nigerian shop-owner Emmeka Uhanna tells the BBC that he is worried following recent xenophobic attacks in parts of Johannesburg.

Alastair Leithead: Doing aid differently

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How charities working in Kenya are experimenting with cash transfers instead of more traditional forms of aid.

Orla Guerin: Sousse ready to re-open after beach attack

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The walls and floors are being repaired, the hotel refurbished but will the tourists come back to Tunisia after the beach shootings at Sousse two years ago?

Full disclosure

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Saidy Brown discusses the extraordinary reaction after she disclosed her HIV status on Twitter.

World’s vainest people?

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How the men of Chad's Wodaabe culture go about finding their brides at a desert festival where the stress is on make-up and clothes.

From Julia to Julius

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Julius Kaggwa was born intersex, which made for a confusing, isolating and sometimes dangerous childhood growing up in Uganda.

Stanley Kwenda: Could the next Messi come out of Lagos?

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One of the world's biggest football clubs, Barcelona is taking its skills to Nigeria.

Elizabeth Ohene: ‘Joining the desperadoes’

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Elizabeth Ohene considers Ghanaians' wanderlust as her compatriots join those taking risks to claim asylum abroad.

Drought battle

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Kenyan herders are giving their own food to animals to keep them alive during the severe drought.