In South Africa, where the Black majority was excluded from the economy for generations, the annual Durban July event is a chance to celebrate luxury and high society.
By John Eligon and Joao Silva
The tiny African nation was eliminated from the World Cup by one of soccer’s biggest powers, Argentina, but there was still plenty to celebrate.
By Saikou Jammeh, Andre Amaral and Carmen Abd Ali
The Central African nation remembers the end of a murderous campaign against ethnic Tutsis that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
By Zane Irwin
Cape Verde, a tiny African archipelago, was thrilled to qualify for the World Cup, let alone take on the defending champions. But its fans feel confident.
By Saikou Jammeh and Carmen Abd Ali
Congo lost, 2-1, to England on Wednesday, after spending most of the game winning.
By Ruth Maclean
Safe interment is critical to containing the deadly disease, but in recent days around one Congolese town, that was not always being done.
By Finbarr O’Reilly
Frontline Congolese workers who conduct safe burials are key to containing what experts fear could become the worst ever Ebola outbreak. They risk not just infection, but the anger of terrified communities.
By Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi
Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, reports from a city where Red Cross workers carrying out burials in the Ebola outbreak have come under attack.
By Declan Walsh, Estelle Caswell, Coleman Lowndes, Thomas Vollkommer and Arlette Bashizi
Cape Verdeans were ecstatic when their country qualified for the World Cup. Their joy has now been supercharged by what seemed unthinkable before the tournament: a spot in the knockouts.
By Mitch Smith and Madaleine Rubin
A threat to all undocumented foreigners to leave the country by Tuesday has led many to set up street camps as they try to get out.
By John Eligon and Joao Silva
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