The show is part of a burst of female-driven television and film production across Africa in which writers, producers and actors are openly asserting female sexuality and challenging traditional gender roles.

Here’s what else is happening

Germany stabbing: A German court convicted a Syrian asylum seeker of manslaughter in a stabbing last year that touched off nationalist and neo-Nazi rioting in the eastern city of Chemnitz and revealed the strength of an anti-immigrant backlash.

Qantas: The Australian airline is preparing test runs of what could become the world’s longest flights: 19 hours nonstop to Sydney from New York and London.

Sperm donors: Scores of people born through artificial insemination have learned that the fertility doctors who performed the procedures secretly used their own sperm.

U.S. 2020: There are signs of a disconnect between support for former Vice President Joe Biden in polls and excitement for his campaign on the ground in Iowa.

From Opinion: The Yellowstone National Park supervolcano — an 8 out of 8 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index — has erupted three times over the past 2.1 million years, most recently 640,000 years ago. A Yellowstone eruption, unlikely but not impossible, in addition to covering large areas of the U.S. in darkness, could spread aerosols globally and sink global temperatures and rainfall totals for years.

Greener fashion: François-Henri Pinault, the chief executive of Kering, plans to unveil details of a Fashion Pact today that he is to present to world leaders at the Group of 7 summit this weekend. The agreement outlines group commitments focused on climate, biodiversity and oceans, and it includes high-end brands like Chanel and Prada.