Explosions at a munitions depot in the main city Bata led to more than 100 deaths.

South Africa has started Covid-19 vaccinations after a delay to the original planned rollout.

Owner Ian Warhurst says it's time for someone else to complete the quest for a land speed record.

Uganda has restricted internet access ahead of elections, but it's not the only African country to have done this.

Claims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.

Militant activity is spreading across northern Nigeria with other groups expressing allegiance to Boko Haram.

We've looked at some misleading news that's been shared about Ghana's election.

We've been looking at examples of online misinformation about the hostilities in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

There’s been a huge effort to make the world safe from landmines, but they’re still killing thousands of people each year. So why are they still causing havoc?

Ethiopia says millions took part in a nationwide scheme to tackle deforestation - how did it work?

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.

Travelling to Malta, he explains the Navy's central role in Maltese independence.

Strolling through Valletta he describes life in the Royal Navy in the 1950s and 1960s, an era when hundreds of Royal Navy ships travelled the globe, journeying between dozens of overseas bases and acting very much like the world's policemen.

He also recalls visiting the Gulf in the 1960s, and seeing creeks and towns barely large enough to hold a small warship but which are now enormous cities full of skyscrapers.

And Lord West recalls important episodes when the Royal Navy was called to intervene overseas - disastrously in Suez in 1956, but much more successfully in Kuwait in 1961 and Tanganyika in 1964.

Producer: Giles Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.