These are the stories published in The Guardian by Diego Menjíbar: 

- The secret bond that helped to captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists: Barely known to each other before they were abducted by the brutal al-Shabaab militants, a friendship forged in adversity helped them and their children find safety

- Young, old, refugees and returnees: thousands fleeing violence cross border into South Sudan: Makeshift hospitals and informal settlements deal with daily influx of those escaping the war in neighbouring Sudan.

- In photos: Milk and sacrifice: a rare glimpse into a Maasai rite of passage: In June, thousands of Maasai gathered in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania to celebrate Enkipaata, the first of three rites of passage every Maasai man must go through.

- ‘I am their voice now’: the Tanzanian rapper with a mission to spread pride in his own colour: K-Zungu, an up and coming singeli artist with albinism, says he was lucky to have a protective family because so many with the condition in Africa have not been so fortunate

- No more isolation: the school helping deaf children in Equatorial Guinea – in pictures: Although legally the government should provide education for children whose needs cannot be met in mainstream schools, there are currently no state-run educational centres for the deaf. La Fe, with more than 100 students, is one of just three in the country, run either as private initiatives or by a charity