Africa
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ExxonMobil under investigation over lucrative Nigerian oil dealExclusive: documents obtained by the Guardian show Nigerian agency looking into 2009 lease agreement for country’s ‘Crown Jewels’ oil fields
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Premiere on a plane: how Nollywood is aiming mile-highThe world’s most prolific film industry may be beset by problems, but director Kunle Afolayan is hoping to help it take off
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Kenya passes new anti-doping law to avoid Olympic banGovernment hopes to be deemed compliant with international standards amid fears athletes will not be allowed to compete in Rio
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Family demand news of Nigerian schoolgirl who escaped Boko HaramBring Back Our Girls movement and relatives say Amina Ali Nkeki has not been seen for more than a month
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The Guardian view on Jean-Pierre Bemba: no impunity for wartime rapeEditorial: The international criminal court has handed an 18-year prison sentence to a Congolese warlord for widespread rapes committed by his soldiers
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Leopard's killing of rare African penguins sparks conservation debateSome conservationists say endangered birds at the South African reserve take priority, but others argue that locally the big cat is rarer
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Two shot dead in Pretoria as violence flares over ANC mayoral candidateRiots and looting in South African capital after party overrides choice of regional branches for election
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10 activists changing lives for disabled people around the worldDespite facing social stigma, economic exclusion and everyday physical challenges, these activists are fighting to make the world listen to the rights of disabled people
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French woman accused of drowning baby says act was as casual as shoppingFabienne Kabou, 39, who has blamed witchcraft for her acts, detailed the final hours of her 15-month-old daughter’s life on the second day of her trial
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Egyptian court quashes deal to transfer Red Sea islands to Saudi ArabiaCancellation of maritime border accord that would have ceded control of two islands is a setback for Egypt’s president
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Jean-Pierre Bemba sentenced to 18 years in prison by international criminal courtFormer DRC vice-president convicted for his part in campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic from 2002-03
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Madagascar's vanilla farmers face volatile times after poor harvestPressure from big producers, recent low yields and wild price fluctuations are making life unsustainable for the island’s small-scale growers
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Mass elephant relocation could save populations in parts of AfricaExperts in Malawi will move 500 elephants 185 miles across the country to a sanctuary that will act as a ‘reservoir’
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Cambridge University is fully committed to the inquiry into Giulio Regeni’s deathLetters: All media in Italy and elsewhere should be helping to hold to account those who are actually responsible for Giulio Regeni’s brutal murder
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Classic account of Soweto revolt in 1976Letters: Baruch Hirson’s 1979 book Year of Fire, Year of Ash, recently reissued, shows that the revolt was part of wider opposition to apartheid
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If 18-month-old girls are being gang-raped, why are the suspects still free?These are terrifying, targeted attacks against the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s smallest children – yet President Kabila’s government seems to take no action
Malaria scheme cuts child deaths during Sahel's rainy season