The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back
A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought...
Why smartphones are no longer driving the search for ‘blue gold’
Cobalt is one of those metals that define the modern world.
Historically it was used to colour glass or ceramics. The Egyptians were using cobalt...
The Kenyan dance parties where men are banned
The team behind a new event in Nairobi argues all-women’s dance parties can create safe nightlife spaces for women.
On a warm evening in a...
The man behind the festival that ‘united the African Diaspora’
Last week saw 20,000 people of African descent gather on the beaches of Portimao, Portugal.
They were there for Afro Nation - billed as the...
‘My parents told everyone I was dead’
In 1980 a baby girl was given up for adoption for being the wrong colour - she was mixed-race, her parents were white, and...
