Luxury shoes made in Ghana
Fred Deegbe was standing outside a shop window five years ago, marveling at the shiny pair of wing-tip…
Pop art condoms saving lives
The Center for African Family Studies in Nairobi has teamed up with Kenyan artist Michael Soi to create…
African playwright’s big break
James Ebo Whyte on the life-changing events that helped shape the successful writer, director, and producer he is…
‘Uncle Ebo’ revives Ghanaian theater
African Voices meets James Ebo Whyte a passionate storyteller with a series of successful plays to his credit.
Nigeria: Blast kills scores at bus station
At least 71 people were killed in a blast at a bus station in Nigeria on Monday, a…
Pistorius trial: Nel continues relentless grilling
Oscar Pistorius was back on the stand, facing more relentless cross-examination as the prosecution challenges his account of…
‘I lost my fingers, made new ones’
A South African carpenter lost his fingers in an accident -- now he's making mechanical fingers and hands…
Libyan PM steps down after attack
Libya's newly appointed Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni stepped down from his post on Sunday after an attack on…
Social media reacts to Pistorius trial
Isa Soares reports on the social media reaction to the Oscar Pistorius trial.
Kenya double in London Marathon
World record-holder Wilson Kipsang completed a Kenyan double at the London Marathon Sunday as home hope Mo Farah…
2 Brotherhood members killed as unrest sweeps Egypt
Unrest and dissension rolled across Egypt on Friday as authorities killed two Muslim Brotherhood members during a gunfight…
Pistorius accused of lies, cover up
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel accuses Oscar Pistorius -- on trial for the murder of his girlfriend -- of "trying…
Kenyan aid workers rescued in Somalia
Two Kenyan aid workers who had been held by the al Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab since 2011 have…
Pistorius at mercy of ‘bull dog?’
He's known as the "bull dog" in South Africa's legal circles, and just two days in to Gerrie…
Africa’s tastiest street food
Here are your photos of the tastiest -- and most unusual -- African street food.