VIDEO: A guide to the land of 68 languages

After a coup is launched against Burundi's president, BBC News takes a 50-second look at the country's recent past.

Ahead of elections in Guinea, Ivory Coast and Tanzania, BBC Africa gives you the political lay of the land in this bite-sized video.

Valley Fontaine, BBC London journalist and editor of www.valleyfontaine.com, breaks down the four main styles available to women with afro hair.

A group of women in Uganda made headlines by stripping before government ministers in a protest over land rights.

Nomsa Maseko reports on the Cape Town residents still fighting to get their land back, 20 years after the end of apartheid.

Nigeria's battle to save hundreds of local languages

Indigenous Languages Are Fundamental to Development
AllAfrica.com
This week Zimbabwe joined Ghana and Tanzania in revealing bold plans to remove English as a medium of instruction in schools. The change in language policy, particularly in Ghana and Tanzania, has been up for discussion for some time but has never ...

Language Magazine
Tonal Languages Use Both Sides of the Brain
Language Magazine
523016973 Language learning and processing is usually dominated by the left side of the brain, which is adept at tasks that involve logic and analytical thinking. However, in a recent study that mapped brain information flow while processing intelligible ...

Evidence discovered by a BBC investigation shows child labour is being used on land owned by the Catholic Church.