The challenge of having an intersex child
Eight years ago, Peter Maingi and his wife walked into a hospital expecting their second child. They had been told from the scans that it...
Meet Joyce Muramba, Kenya’s mangrove mama
Along the coast of Watamu, north of Mombasa, a narrow wooden boardwalk meanders through a dense forest of mangrove trees. Rising from the water,...
Reporters Diary: Villagers learn new technique to fight climate change
Beyond the ‘home of heroes’ that is Eldoret Town in South-Eastern Kenya lies Elgeyo-Marakwet County close to 100 kilometres away.
It is characterized by rolling...
Zimbabweans say economy is worse than ever
Dadirai Tsvakai and her family have taken to combining dinner and breakfast - a meal they now eat just after midnight if they are...
Reporters Diary: Fighting the jigger parasite
In the Western part of Kenya, in Bungoma county lies Siritanyi village.
It is in this area that we meet an aged, frail-looking Mama Taphrosa...
South Africa: What’s in store for the upcoming elections?
It has been twenty-five years since Nelson Mandela - the icon of South Africa’s liberation movement - cast his ballot in the country’s first...
The Flying Dodo: insights from a Beer Hunter
Any beer drinker will tell you that the first thing that gets them is the sweat on the bottle. Moving past that, the act...
Khadjou Sambe’s Olympic dream inspires Senegal’s next wave of female surfers
The setting sun casts a gold light over the water as Khadjou Sambe and her student stare into the horizon, waiting patiently for the...
Senegal’s surf schools: Making waves along the peninsula
If you stand along Dakar’s coastline and gaze past the Mosque of la Divinite, the rolling waves of the Atlantic are rarely a solitary...
Sirleaf ends 12 year reign. What legacy does she leave behind?
Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic, has a new president.
Former football star George Weah was sworn in to the presidency on Monday 22 January 2018, taking...