Spanish side agree four-year shirt sponsorship deal
Barcelona players will have “DR Congo – Heart of Africa” emblazoned on the back of their training shirts from the start of next season, after the top Spanish football team…
Is it legal for US to deport foreign criminals to the continent?
Getty Images Military planes have been used to fly migrants from the US, including to Honduras in January The US administration has turned to the African continent as another destination…
Africa’s week in pictures: 25
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: FAREED KOTB / ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGES Bathers float on salt lakes in the Siwa Oasis,…
‘I felt an unspoken pressure to smile’
Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images During a meeting at her office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, 24-year-old Faith suddenly became nervous – reluctant to…
First Ugandan national joins women’s rugby league team in York
Fiona Callow BBC News, Yorkshire Craig Hawkhead Photography Peace Lekuru moved from Uganda to Yorkshire to join York Valkyrie A female rugby player has made history as the first Ugandan…
BBC Africa Eye’s secret filming exposes the ‘madams’ of Maai Mahiu
Njeri Mwangi BBC Africa Eye in Maai Mahiu Tamasin Ford BBC Africa Eye BBC Nyambura (left) and Cheptoo (right) told undercover investigators how they exposed children to prostitution in Maai…
Tanzania’s Aisha Masaka boosted by social media during injury-hit season
Masaka’s position as an East African trailblazer in English football has increased her profile back in her homeland, something she is keen to capitalise on to promote the women’s game.…
Nigeria’s female basketball players promised $100,000 cash award and apartment
Members of Nigeria’s national female basketball team are to receive a cash reward of $100,000 (£75,000) each following their victory at the Fiba Women’s AfroBasket Championship over the weekend in…
Ghanaian artist Shatta Wale’s Lamborghini surrendered over alleged linked to US fraud
Ghanaian authorities have taken possession of a luxury car allegedly linked to proceeds of crime from popular musician Charles Nii Armah, better known as Shatta Wale, following a request from…
Ghana helicopter crash kills minister of defence
Thomas Naadi BBC News in Accra Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News in London Ghana Armed Forces + Ministry of Science Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah (l) and Environment, Science and…




