Many teams have fans abroad, but the bond between the north London club and ordinary Africans is on a different level. A continent expectsIf Arsenal win the Champions League final later today, expect euphoria across Africa....
Read MoreMedics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditionsWhen Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was the fourth member of...
Read MoreA group set up by Nelson Mandela known as the Elders met in Kenya to model a health emergency – and found much still needs to be done, as the subsequent Ebola outbreak has shownAbout a dozen people sat around a boardroom...
Read MoreConflict, mistrust and delayed detection could complicate response to emergency caused by Bundibugyo variantTo be around the centre of an Ebola outbreak is to become used to the smell of chlorine. At hospitals and government...
Read MoreData lays bare the extent and geographical spread of attacks in Africa’s most populous countryData from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened....
Read MoreMoreangels Mbizah has blazed a trail in Zimbabwe as the first black African woman to found a conservation organisation in the country The turning point for Moreangels Mbizah came in 2014. The conservation biologist was in Hwange...
Read MoreOne way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialismYou can kill almost anything if you’re willing to pay. Big...
Read MoreBritish aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease...
Read MoreStephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliamentA treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political...
Read MoreMauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands will be...
Read MoreAs a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fightingMist hangs low over the forested slopes...
Read MoreSocial media full of complaints about digital nomads, while waiting list for social housing gets longerEarlier this month, graffiti appeared on the promenade in Sea Point, on Cape Town’s wealthy Atlantic Seaboard:...
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