World

It’s the lifestyle choice promoted by Western celebs like Beyoncé and Messi. But, as Judy Cogan discovers, veganism is being embraced by people from West Africa, thanks to a London-based chef and food blogger. When Tomi Makanjuola stood up and told her family she’d given up eating meat and d...

Politics takes centre stage as football administrators in Africa elect new CAF president. Perhaps no election in the history of the African Football Confederation (CAF) had generated so much interest and enthusiasm as the 43rd CAF Elective General Assembly,which saw South African busine...

They famously helped clear former warzones of landmines. But, as Britt Collins reports, Africa’s sniffer rats could soon be the latest recruits in the fight against both illegal wildlife trafficking and Covid-19. An elite squad of sniffer troops are hard at work, scurrying through boxes scattere...

EXPERT OPINION: Global public health experts Dr David Bell and Muhammad Usman Khan ask whether millions of young Africans need to be vaccinated – and for whose benefit?   Child mortality will almost certainly rise across sub-Saharan Africa this year. The singular focus on Covid-19 has...

UN praises West African peacekeepers as Mali’s Islamicist insurgency hots up. Liberia has committed to doing more to help solve Mali’s deadly Islamicist insurgency, after two more international peacekeepers – both from France – were killed by terrorists in January. The pledge to increase ...

Journalist Britt Collins shines the spotlight on a New York-Accra fashion brand, combining African designs, ethically sourced fabrics – and a touch of Hollywood glamour. When Abrima Erwiah and Rosario Dawson started their socially conscious clothing brand Studio 189, they set out with a simple m...

Across Africa, millions of donkeys are being stolen and brutally slaughtered to meet China’s insatiable demand for their skins. And, as Jill Starley-Grainger reports, it’s having a devasting effect on the people who rely on them to survive. When people talk about animal crime in Africa, most...

Stuck between warring locals and a locked down Europe, African migrants are facing exploitation, harassment and murder in Libya. By Zachary Ochieng. The Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing civil war in Libya have exacerbated the challenges faced by the country’s 600,000 mostly sub-Saharan and Asia...