Explore published stories from Costa dos Esqueletos, Kunene, Namíbia and nearby.
On Namibia’s northern coast, fog, a cold current and powerful surf help explain a history of shipwrecks. The park also holds desert-adapted life, an extraordinary 1942 rescue, and the memories of communities erased by the notion of an “empty” wilderness.
1,897 km · Ruwa
In September 1994, dozens of pupils at a Zimbabwean school reported lights, an object, and figures near their playground. This dossier traces the recess, early interviews, a rocket reentry two days earlier, and later hypotheses while distinguishing testimony from physical proof.
2,843 km · Muecate
Between January and February 2021, a sequence of deaths struck the Muhamade family in Muecate district, Mozambique’s Nampula province. Hunger, possible poisoning and other causes were debated; samples were collected and a commission announced, but a conclusive result does not appear in the public sources located.
4,246 km · Makeni
In 2025, BBC Africa Eye filmed men who said they could supply human body parts for alleged rituals and followed a police operation. This dossier traces the cases of Papayo and Fatmata Conteh, separates recorded offers from unproven networks, and asks why families still lack answers.