
Nicole Thea's husband Global Boga says he's saving lives in her name
Global Boga says he’s "back and stronger" after launching a foundation in his late wife's name.
1970-01-01 08:00

Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist
Quobna Cugoano was captured by slavers aged 13 but later played a big part in the UK abolition movement.
1970-01-01 08:00

At least 12 die in inferno at petrol station in southern Russia
Fire engulfs an area of 500 sq m (5,380 sq ft) in Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan.
1970-01-01 08:00

Period poverty: In Africa, women are being priced out of buying sanitary ware
BBC research reveals that women in Africa spend up to 13% of their income on menstrual products.
1970-01-01 08:00

Uganda paternity testing causes huge controversy
There are reports of a surge in men wanting to know if they are the biological fathers of their children.
1970-01-01 08:00

First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana's coast
Archaeologists in Ghana say they have found the 17th Century remains of the long-lost Fort Kormantine.
1970-01-01 08:00

Ghana minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported a robbery. Why was she arrested?
A Ghanaian minister allegedly lost $1m cash, handbags and jewels from her house.
1970-01-01 08:00

Empathy was George’s great strength, he radiated it
You always walked away from him liking the human race more - writes friend and colleague Allan Little.
1970-01-01 08:00

Laid-off Twitter Africa team 'ghosted' without severance pay or benefits, former employees say
Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk's acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN.
1970-01-01 08:00

Ghanaian children taken from home over false trafficking claims
Ghanaian children wrongly labelled as trafficked are being taken from their homes, BBC Africa Eye finds.
1970-01-01 08:00

Ghana's batmen hunting for pandemic clues
Scientists want to understand exactly how pathogens can jump species and what the next threat may be.
1970-01-01 08:00

Belize declared free from malaria by health chiefs
Belize is the second country in Central America to eradicate malaria in the past five years.
1970-01-01 08:00