Africa Eye

BBC Africa Eye uncovered an illegal network that lures women to India from Africa, where they are then forced into sex work to satisfy the demands of the many African men living in Delhi. The women are mostly from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania and Rwanda. One woman, Grace, who was trafficked from Kenya, agreed to go undercover.

Africa Eye investigates the impact of the deadly coronavirus in Mathare, one of Kenya's poorest slums. As the pandemic looms, heavy-handed policing leads to violence and a series of tragic deaths. Reporting from Mathare's corona frontline, local journalist Elijah Kanyi asks: is the cure deadlier than the virus?

An underworld of quack doctors and conmen have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and making money selling fake coronavirus cures. Investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas goes undercover in Ghana, exposing a Covid-19 scam said to be worth thousands of dollars.

There are increasing fears for food security in East Africa, with mounting evidence of a new wave of desert locusts. Earlier in the year, billions of the insects destroyed crops across the region, with the UN warning a second generation would be even more destructive. Now, despite international efforts, those fears appear to be coming to pass. When the first wave hit, Albert Lemasulani gave up his life to fight the swarms, leaving his family, his goats and his newborn son behind to try and prevent a plague.

In Somalia, two young doctors are in the fight of their lives. As the coronavirus begins to claim its first victims, they volunteer in the capital's only designated Covid-19 ward. Despite their bravery, people are dying because the hospital lacks vital medical equipment. Officially, fewer than 100 Somalis have been killed by Covid-19. But BBC Africa Eye goes to one of the city's main cemeteries, where the gravediggers tell a different story.

An Africa Eye undercover investigation reveals that some staff in Ghana's hospitals have been selling vital PPE for personal profit. More than 2,000 medical workers in Ghana have been infected by coronavirus since the outbreak began. The country has faced a severe lack of essential protective equipment like face shields, masks and suits. Our investigation shows how some medical workers are profiteering at the expense of their colleagues.

An explosion in Lagos, Nigeria rocked the city to its core. 23 people were killed, and a girls' boarding school totally destroyed.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the country's state-owned oil firm, said the blast in March occurred as a result of a truck that hit gas cylinders near one of its petroleum pipelines.