War against Boko Haram has new ground zero
BAGA (Nigeria): The road to Baga is littered with burnt-out cars, winding through terrain that has proved fertile ground for radical ideologies to take root. On the cusp of the Sahara, it traces a route through the

New museum honours Afrobeat creator
IN the 1970s, Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat music became the anti-establishment soundtrack of Africa, an anthem for those railing against the many despotic regimes that gripped the continent.

Return of diamond mining
LYING in Sierra Leone’s mineral-rich eastern belt, the diamond mines were once at the heart of the country’s decade-long civil war. Six hours from the capital, Freetown, burned-out houses are testament to the brutal conflict that coined the term ‘blood diamonds’ as warring