Tim McDonnell
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The largest-ever study of stroke patients in Africa reveals a high rate of a particularly risky type of brain incident. What's the problem? And what's the solution?
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What the Netflix show gets right — and wrong — about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ghana in 1961.
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Herders have let their livestock roam. Farmers are furious over damage to their crops. Tensions have led to thousands of deaths. Will a government ban on grazing end the violence?
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The tubers are essential to the country's economy and culture, but their quality keeps declining. Now, researchers have found a way to mass produce good seed yams — and it could save the industry.
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Coffee is Uganda's most valuable industry, but climate change could cut production by half by 2050. Small farmers there are already feeling the effects, as they document in these photos.
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In Nigeria, government has warned that it will demolish shanties on prime waterfront property. Now thousands of people are homeless.