Africa
Is Namibia going to elect its first female leader?
If things work out as Namibia’s long-time governing party hopes, the country will be electing its first female head of...
Sixteen missing after Red Sea tourist boat sinks
Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in...
Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, aid chief warns
War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid a proliferation of armed...
Pageant queens and daring dancers: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Hector Vivas / Getty Images On...
Children shot dead after joining pot-banging protests in Mozambique
The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique's capital, Maputo, were strikingly young - children shedding tears as they bade...
How Kenya’s evangelical president has fallen out with churches
William Ruto, who became Kenya’s president two years ago riding on the crest of the Christian vote, has been visibly...
The former president seeking to lead Ghana once more
John Dramani Mahama has been Ghana's president once before - and now he is back for another punt at the...
From political outsider to Ghana’s ‘Mr Digital’
Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command - and in December he could make history...
Pop stars and pop art: Africa’s top shots
LEGNAN KOULA / EPA Angelo Djessan works on a mural at the Graff Ivoire graffiti festival in Ivory Coast on...
The grandma who has become an accidental fashion icon
A grandmother in rural Zambia has become an accidental style icon and internet sensation - after agreeing to play dress-up...
