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A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason, and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car, making demands.
- by Tony Wright
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Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time
The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.
- by Elian Peltier
Severe drought turns to severe floods killing hundreds in East Africa
Thousands of homes have been washed away or are marooned, farms are submerged, livestock drowned, aid agencies said. El Nino is being blamed.
- by Humphrey Malalo
Killer diseases threaten 60 million who missed vital vaccines during COVID-19 pandemic
“Zero-dose children” account for nearly half of all child deaths from vaccine-preventable illnesses, as advocates warn that pandemic disruption to early years vaccination programs threatens a global health crisis.
- by Stephanie Nolen
‘Blade Runner’ killer Oscar Pistorius granted parole
Pistorius will be freed in early January, 10 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
- by Reuters
‘Blade Runner’ killer Oscar Pistorius could be paroled on Friday
The South African former Olympic athlete convicted of shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013 will find out if he will be released after spending almost a decade in prison.
- by Gerald Imray
‘It is time’: Summit agrees on global fund to compensate Africans for slavery
Centuries after the end of the slave trade, people of African descent around the world continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialised attacks”.
- by Francis Kokutse
No excuses for ‘abhorrent acts of violence’ committed by Britain, King tells Kenya
Despite Charles’ own desire for a formal apology for the wrongs committed in colonial times, he was advised it could create a slew of legal problems.
- by Victoria Ward