Africa
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To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why‘A source of inspiration to all freedom-loving peoples’: that’s what Nelson Mandela called the Cuban revolutionary leader. And with good reason
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Jacob Zuma gains reprieve despite calls for his resignationSouth Africa’s president will travel to Fidel Castro’s funeral – an indication that he has seen off challenge to his leadership from within ANC ranks
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Dead or alive? Why the world’s most-wanted terrorist has been killed at least three timesMokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as Marlboro Man, was reported dead after a French strike in Libya this month. But it’s not the first time …
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Insider's guide to Ouagadougou: singed chicken, potholes, but no plastic bagsFrom the sounds of the great Rood Wooko market to worries about a vigilante defence group, journalist Jérôme William Bationo offers a local’s lowdown of Burkina Faso’s colourful capital city
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2016 sets new record for asylum seekers reaching Italy by boatCentral Mediterranean is once again the main migrant route into Europe, partly due to the chaos of civil war in Libya
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The Guardian view on Fidel Castro: man of historyEditorial: Situate the Cuban leader in the political and intellectual setting of 20th-century Latin American anti-colonialism rather than seeing him through the eyes of 21st century
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Dictator or liberator? Castro’s Cuba reflects his mixed legacyLetters: Given that Castro’s Cuba is strongly associated with abuses of human rights, it doesn’t make sense for the political left to praise him
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Southern Africa cries for help as El Niño and climate change savage maize harvestOnly half of $600m promised in aid has come
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British pilot, 71, missing again in vintage air rally across AfricaAdventurer fails to turn up in Kenya after previously flying into trouble in Ethiopia and vanishing in Sudan
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Madagascar drought: 330,000 people 'one step from famine', UN warnsFood and Agriculture Organisation says 330,000 people are on verge of ‘a food security catastrophe’ following sustained drought that has decimated crops
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Born a Crime: Trevor Noah charts his rise from South Africa's townshipsThe Daily Show host’s new book reveals how he bridged the race gap to become one of the country’s brightest exports
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Tens of thousands of children at risk of starvation in Nigeria crisisYears of Boko Haram insurgency have left large swaths of farmland inaccessible and many roads unnavigable by aid convoys
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British government insists intervention in Libya 'undoubtedly' saved livesResponse to damning report by MPs insists action against Gaddafi was ‘entirely appropriate’, but committee chair warns lessons have not been learned
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Kidnapped Australian surgeon Ken Elliott declared Burkina Faso citizenWhereabouts of the doctor, missing for two years, remain unknown and country says he has been naturalised Burkinabe
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Migrant girl, 4, reunited with her mother on Italian island after twist of fateOumoh, one of 15 asylum seekers rescued from Mediterranean in November, was recognised by a fellow refugee who saw a photo on police officer’s phone
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Nigeria army denies killing 150 at Biafra demonstrationsAuthorities dismiss Amnesty International claim of excessive police force and troops killing secessionist backers at rallies
'Fear has faded': Gambian election could finally end dictator's grip on power