Tamasin Ford

When gunmen opened fire at a beach in Ivory Coast, a mother ran and hid. She told the BBC’s Tamasin Ford that if her baby had started crying, the attackers would have found her.

Ivory Coast is the world’s largest cocoa producer but until recently it was virtually impossible to buy chocolate in the country. Now a small number of chocolatiers are trying to change that.

Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast face a collapse in prices and tell the BBC they are not being paid for their crop

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history in Liberia but was also accused of corruption, writes Tamasin Ford.

Older women fight back against the double whammy of ageism and sexism in the workplace.

Corruption and the legacy of a brutal rebellion in the north halts the prosecution of perpetrators.

Sierra Leonean Tyson Conteh investigates if his girlfriend died after having her genitals mutilated.

BBC Africa Eye speaks to more than 30 witnesses about a network of abuse that continued for decades.

The first person to blow the whistle on the abuse at the megapastor's church was his young daughter.

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has faced challenges in her climate change mission but won over many women.