Nigeria’s ‘torture houses’ masquerading as Koranic schools

Parents find their children maltreated in what they thought were Islamic rehabilitation centres.

Meet the people of Tamba

Giovanni Hänninen says the portraits he shot in Tambacounda, Senegal "represent everyone's history".

A piece of Finland in Uganda

A Finnish couple keep up the very Finnish tradition even in the East African heat.

A piece of Finland in Uganda

A Finnish couple keep up the very Finnish tradition even in the East African heat.

John Steenhuisen to head South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance

John Steenhuisen is chosen to head the Democratic Alliance as it struggles with a race row.

Kurt Okraku: New Ghana FA president embraces opportunity for change

New Ghana Football Association president Kurt Okraku says he is getting to work immediately after he was sworn in for a four-year term on Friday.

Rugby World Cup semi-final: Wales 16-19 South Africa

Wales fall agonisingly short of a first Rugby World Cup final as Handre Pollard's 76th-minute penalty hands the Springboks victory.

Libya in chaos as endless war rumbles on

For years competing militias, rival governments and foreign players have been battling for control.

‘The selfie that revealed I was a stolen baby’

Aged 17, Miché Solomon discovered she had two mothers - one real, one false.

Yaya Toure: Ex-Manchester City midfielder helps Qingdao Huanghai to promotion

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has helped Chinese League One side Qingdao Huanghai earn promotion to the Super League next season.