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We Want Stiffer Sentences — Malawi Media Women Demand Life Sentences for Rapists
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Female professionals working in media and communications in Malawi have staged demonstrations in two different cities to protest against growing incidences of rape, particularly of young children.
Donning purple outfits while carrying placards with messages condemning rape, the women under...
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Majority of the Used Cars Exported to Africa From Rich Countries Are ‘Dangerous and Dirty’ — UN Report
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Millions of highly polluting used cars from rich countries are being "dumped" on developing nations, according to a UN report.
Between 2015 and 2018, some 14 million older, poor quality vehicles were exported from Europe, Japan and the US.
Four out...
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How The Mokomokai Heads Of The Maori Tribesmen Became Valuable Trade Items During The 19th Century
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The brain and eyes were removed from the severed heads, with all orifices sealed with flax fibre and gum. The head was then boiled or steamed in an oven before being smoked over an open fire and dried in...
People & Politics
Mali Swears In Bah Ndaw As New Civilian Leader
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Mali's new president Bah Ndaw has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government until...
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Troublesome South African Baboon Evicted For Organizing Gang To Raid Homes
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Kataza is an urban baboon who was captured and put in a local prison for organizing a band of baboons to join him in raiding 15 homes in Kommetjie, on Cape Town's southern peninsula in South Africa.
People & Politics
A Leading University In China Now Teaches Ethiopia’s Amharic Language As A Full Course
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A leading university in China — Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) — has started to offer Ethiopia's widely spoken Amharic language as a full course at degree level, in the latest effort to improve ties between the two countries.
The...
People & Politics
Zambia’s Namwali Serpell Wins UK’s Top Prize For Science Fiction
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Zambia's Namwali Serpell has won the UK’s top prize for science fiction, the Arthur C Clarke award, for her first novel "The Old Drift".
The Zambian author’s first novel — a mix of historical fiction, magical realism and sci-fi —...
Society & Culture
For The First Time, Married Women In Botswana Can Own Land Alongside Their Husbands
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Married women in Botswana can for the first time be allocated state land even if their husbands already have an allocation of their own, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.
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Madam Yoko: The African Queen Who Took Her Own Life After Betraying Her People to the British
Madam Yoko, also known as Soma, was a prominent Sierra Leonean leader and a key figure in the 19th century who at the and of her life was alienated by her own people for betraying her own kind by aligning with the British.