Africa
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Congolese fighters convicted of raping young girls in landmark caseKavumu in east Congo known as the ‘rape capital of the world’, where sexual violence crimes are ignored
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Egyptian pop singer sent to prison for video that 'incited debauchery'Shyma, 21, sentenced to two years over video in which she appeared in her underwear and suggestively ate a banana
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Chaotic capitalism: the human sculptures of Nigeria's sprawling Balogun marketIt is one of the biggest street markets in the world, a sprawling, dazzling city within a city that is frequented by tens of thousands of people every day. Photographer Lorenzo Vitturi reveals how he captured Balogun’s vivid drama for his book, Money Must Be Made
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Dying to get clean: is ibogaine the answer to heroin addiction?Ibogaine is a drug harvested from the roots of a plant found in Gabon. When all else fails, some heroin addicts have used it to conquer their cravings. But is it effective and are the serious risks it carries worth it? Alex Hannaford reports
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Cameroon MP injured by flying debris in parliament amid anglophone crisisBudget debate disrupted by vuvuzela horns as resentment grows among English-speaking minority over discrimination
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Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old tombs in LuxorCountry hopes find will boost tourism industry, which has been suffering since 2011 uprising
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Islamist attack kills at least 15 UN peacekeepers and five soldiers in DRCAntónio Guterres, UN secretary general, described the attack by an Islamist extremist group as a ‘war crime’
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Women in sub-Saharan Africa forced into sex to pay hospital bills, study saysPatients too poor to settle medical debts are chained to drainpipes, starved and abused in health centres across parts of Africa and Asia, report reveals
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Malawi suffers blackouts as drought exposes 98% reliance on hydro powerShire river, which generates almost all of the country’s power, has fallen to critical levels, leaving major cities struggling
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Giulio Regeni murder: Cambridge tutor agrees to speak to Italian investigatorsMaha Abdelrahman to be questioned amid accusations the university failed to keep Regeni safe in Egypt
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Weaving tales: Barber Shop Chronicles and theatre's wave of black hair showsInua Ellams’ hit play bounces between barbers around the world, taking audiences into a male world of rituals and politics, while women share their own hair stories in My Fro and Me
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African apiarists know all about healthy beesLetters: Tim Evans says that UK beekeepers should swap their frame hives for top-bar hives if they want to avoid chemical interventions and sugar feeding;ln
The day the lights went out: the terrible toll of Malawi's power cuts