Clair MacDougall

What happened to all the girls who fought in Liberia’s brutal civil war and are now grown-ups? How do they get on with their lives?

The rise in Ghana’s gated communities shows a trend for urban Africans to live in smaller family units, away from their extended families.

African countries made it clear at an oil conference in Accra, Ghana that foreign oil companies would be under mounting pressure.

The ministry of education in Burkina Faso agreed to meet some of the demands of striking teachers after thousands of pupils demonstrated.