Hand-me-downs account for the majority of outfits in Sierra Leone where seven out of 10 people live on less than $2 a day.
Arise Africa Fashion Week has been so successful in Lagos that organisers are planning to make it a major fixture on the global fashion calendar.
Jihadists blame country’s woes on secular state and say they have al-Qaeda’s support in their fight.
Kabir Sokoto, the man accused of the attack on a Nigerian church that killed 37 people on Christmas Day, has escaped from police custody.
Youssou N’Dour is putting his music career on hold so he can enter politics ahead of the presidential elections in his native Senegal next year.
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/ 25 November 2011
Not so long ago thousands of Angolans were fleeing for Portugal. Now the tables have turned.
Friend of Jermaine Jackson, mystic who ‘cures’ Aids and autocratic leader of winter sun destination, Yahya Jammeh expected to win again.
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/ 11 November 2011
The US army provided counter-insurgency training to Nigerian troops battling a rise in attacks by Islamist militants, the Nigerian military reveals.