This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
At least nine health workers were killed by gunmen in two separate shootings as they administered polio vaccinations in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday.
It's back to business in Mali's northern town of Gao, after a year under Sharia law. Meanwhile, the region of Kidal is still at the heart of the fighting. Islamist rebels are reportedly hiding out in remote caves in the Ifoghas mountains. Finally, the Africa Cup of Nations football competition heads towards its zenith as Nigeria face Burkina Faso in the latter's first final ever.
Favourites Ivory Coast were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday with a 2-1 defeat against Nigeria, who move on to the semi-finals. Nigeria will play Mali, who beat hosts South Africa.
The Hague Civil Court on Wednesday rejected a suit against Royal Dutch Shell brought by a group of Nigerian farmers over an oil leak, saying that only local subsidiary Shell Nigeria was responsible and ordering the latter to compensate one farmer.
Striker Victor Moses secured Nigeria a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Tuesday after leading his team to a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia with goals in the 80th and 90th minutes of the match.
French forces hurry into key northern cities of Mali. But are jihadists and Tuareg rebels on the run, or digging in for a fight on their home turf in the mountains of the north-east? François Picard’s panel takes the long view on the battle to restore Mali’s territorial integrity.
French forces hurry into key northern cities of Mali. But are jihadists and Tuareg rebels on the run, or digging in for a fight on their home turf in the mountains of the north-east? François Picard’s panel takes the long view on the battle to restore Mali’s territorial integrity.
Champions Zambia held Nigeria to a 1-1 draw at the Mbombela Stadium on Friday after goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene scored a last-gasp 85th minute penalty at the Africa Cup.
