2019

When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 1996, they imposed an extremist version of Islamic law across the country. They tried to erase all traces of a rich pre-Islamic past and ordered the destruction of ancient statues, including the world’s tallest standing Buddhas. Those memories are still alive for millions of Afghans. And now […]

Kenyan Peter Tabichi, who has been teaching for 12 years, was recently named the best teacher in the world. The science teacher and Franciscan friar at the Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School spoke to BBC Africa about what winning the Global Teacher Prize means to him, what might make him stand out from other teachers,

As the final session of the current European Parliament wrapped up, a Slovenian MEP took the opportunity to give a musical performance. “It is our responsibility to keep Europe together. Let’s rebuild Notre-Dame and Happy Easter,” Lojze Peterle told his fellow MEPs. He then played a rendition of Ode to Joy – the EU anthem

Twenty years on from the Columbine school shooting, those who survived are still deeply impacted by what happened. Twelve students and a teacher were killed in the massacre in Colorado on 20 April 1999. It shocked the nation. Frank DeAngelis was the school principal. He begins each day by saying the names of the 13

The British supermodel says she was rejected from a recent campaign because of her “skin colour”. Naomi Campbell was speaking in Lagos, Nigeria, where she is attending the Arise Fashion week, an event that showcases diversity and the best fashion designers from across Africa. She told the BBC’s Mayeni Jones that she was baffled when

As talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban continue, women in the country are worried they will lose the rights they have come to enjoy since 2001. Zan TV is the only Afghan television channel just for women, and trains women to do all the jobs in journalism, from production to presenting. The ambition is

Released Sudanese activists describe being tortured while detained as they continue to participate in protests in Khartoum. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the Sudanese capital in one of the biggest protests so far to push Sudan’s ruling military council into accepting demands for a civilian-run government. Demonstrators packed the streets around the

You might remember the young artist, Kareem Waris Olamilekan, who went viral when he was featured in a BBC Africa video in 2018. Well, this is the artist who inspired him. Arinze Stanley Egbengwu, also from Nigeria, practices a type of art called hyper-realism, where the pictures look more like photographs than drawings. He shows

Police in Paris have fired tear gas and arrested more than 100 people as part of the latest anti-government protests by France’s yellow vest movement. A number of motorbikes have been set on fire and the protesters have been banned from the area around the Notre-Dame cathedral, which was badly damaged in a huge fire