The India fishermen using cheap smartphones to map the coast

Indian fishermen are using cheap smartphones to map the coastline and stop encroachment.

South Africa crime: Can the country be compared to a 'war zone'?

Recent data shows that the national murder rate in South Africa is going up.

Zimbabwe's cholera emergency: 'Stench of sewage' in Harare

Amidst a collapse in public services, water supplies have become contaminated with untreated sewage.

Money wives: The Nigerian girls sold to repay debts

Young girls are sold to men as old as 90 in the custom still practised in Nigeria's Becheve community.

Wilmington: A community cut off after 'terrifying' storm

The city of Wilmington for a while became an island encircled by deluge of Florence.