Image copyright US State Department Image caption To the left is the fake embassy and to the right is the real one, in very different neighbourhoods of Accra News has travelled the world that an organised gang based in Ghana ran a fake embassy selling real US visas for $6,000 …
Read More »Snatched and inducted
Image copyright (C) British Broadcasting Corporation Image caption Mr Ongwen is said to have had a volatile relationship with LRA leader Joseph Kony Snatched and inducted into a life of extreme violence while still a child, Dominic Ongwen now finds himself in another place not of his own choosing – …
Read More »‘Limping giant’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Muhammadu Buhari was the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali, editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust paper, looks at why the Nigerian president is finding it hard to please anyone. Muhammadu …
Read More »Abandoned by the army
Image copyright Getty Images Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh surprised the world on 2 December by accepting that he had lost elections to the relatively unknown Adama Barrow – though he now says he will contest the result. The BBC’s Umaru Fofana looks at the reasons why the strongman lost his 22-year …
Read More »Bola Mosuro: The Nigerian women staging a bedroom revolution
Image copyright Thinkstock It was a cultural taboo for a woman to ask for sexual gratification in Nigeria, until now. Despite being bombarded by sexually suggestive photos, explicit lyrics and raunchy dance moves in the media, many women are brought up with the socially conservative attitude that “good girls” just …
Read More »Jammeh’s U-turn over Gambia elections causes row
13 December 2016 Last updated at 16:25 GMT The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh congratulates Adama Barrow on his election victory but then decides to change his mind over the result.
Read More »Yaya Toure: Man City player accepts drink-driving charge
Toure has scored twice in five appearances for Manchester City this season Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has pleaded guilty to drink-driving, but says he had not “intentionally consumed alcohol”. The Ivory Coast player, 33, told a court he thought he was drinking diet cola from a jug at a …
Read More »Uganda’s Rwenzururu King Charles Mumbere charged with terrorism
Image caption King Charles Mumbere is accused of separatism by the government The king of a region in Uganda has been charged with terrorism at a hearing in the east of the country before a courtroom packed with royal supporters. Charles Mumbere was arrested last month after a government raid …
Read More »How an empire was lost
Media captionMikhail Gorbachev, 85, rarely gives interviews now Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the West of “provoking Russia” and said the USSR collapsed in 1991 because of “treachery”. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow was given a rare interview with him, 25 years after the USSR’s demise. Mikhail …
Read More »Home sweet home
Image copyright EbrimaSilah Image caption Mr Jammeh (L) greets then-BBC reporter Ebrima Sillah soon after he took power in a coup in 1994 In our series of letters from African journalists, Ebrima Sillah considers what the outcome of the disputed presidential elections in The Gambia mean for him and thousands …
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