Driving beyond South Africa's Limpopo province, into the village of Chivadini, people and grassland are scarce. But the oldest living organisms in Africa -- baobab trees -- are abundant.

Nigerian student Monica Osagie secretly taped her lecturer demanding sex for better marks. She speaks exclusively to CNN about blowing the whistle.

Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition complained of voting irregularities following Sunday's long-awaited presidential elections.

Suicide is illegal in Nigeria and survivors often find themselves in jail at the most vulnerable moment of their lives. CNN's Stephanie Busari reports.

The African leader has gripped the continent's imagination because of the heady pace of change his appointment has engineered.

Last year Ifeanyi Ugokwe was arrested and locked up for weeks. His crime: he tried to take his own life.