Explore published stories from Makeni, Bombali, Serra Leoa and nearby.
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.
3,316 km · Atlântico Norte
In 1872, a brigantine was found without any of its ten people aboard, although it could still sail. This dossier reconstructs the voyage, survey and Gibraltar hearing, separating the physical traces from the fiction that turned the case into a legend.
3,352 km · Garanhuns
Between Olinda and Garanhuns, Jéssica, Giselly and Alexandra were murdered from 2008 to 2012. Prosecutor records, forensic identification and court rulings trace how the three defendants were found and convicted, and why the famous pastry story requires more caution than the headlines allow.
3,622 km · Lousada
Rui Pedro vanished at 11 in Lousada in 1998. An abduction conviction followed more than fifteen years later, but the courts did not establish the child’s fate. This dossier traces witnesses, appeals, unconfirmed leads, and his family’s continuing search.