BBC Africa
Madagascar's illegal sapphire mines
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- Madagascar's illegal sapphire mines
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Indris - the largest lemurs - are native to Madagascar but their existence is threatened by illegal sapphire mining. Since late last year more than 40,000 miners have descended on the island.
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- Aar Maanta, the Somali-British singer making music with refugees
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- 7 years ago
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- Winnie Mandela makes a damning statement on the ANC's legacy
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Emmanuel Adebayor opens up about his career, his family and himself
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- When former slave Martha Ricks met Queen Victoria
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- When former slave Martha Ann Erskine Ricks fulfilled her dream of meeting Queen Victoria, sailing from Liberia to England in 1892, she took with her a special gift for the monarch.
Here is her story, in her own words, read by her descendant Florence Dennis-Huskin.
Images of Martha are courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Animation by Jenny Anderson.
Producer: Penny Dale
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- Nwankwo Kanu - Nigeria and Arsenal legend puts his heart into healthcare
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Nigeria and Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu inspired millions across Africa as a player. Now he wants to make a difference off the pitch, by improving healthcare on the continent.
He was talking to the BBC as part of the Where Are They Now? series, looking at ex-Premier League players from Africa.
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- Salif Diao - former Senegal and Liverpool midfielder passes it forward to the next generation
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Former Senegal midfielder had to spend 10 days sleeping rough under a stadium while awaiting his trial with his first club.
The ex-Liverpool and Stoke player now runs his own academy which trains Senegalese children in football, but only if they stay in school.He's been talking to BBC Africa as part of the Where Are They Now? series, looking at ex-Premier League players from Africa.
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- Peter Ndlovu - catching up with Africa's first black Premier League footballer - BBC Africa
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Former Zimbabwe footballer Peter Ndlovu has said he would be prepared to give his national shirt to President Robert Mugabe.
The former Coventry City striker was the first black African player to play in the English Premier League.
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- El Hadji Diouf - Senegal and Liverpool's controversial football legend
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Controversial Senegal football legend El Hadji Diouf says he's fitter than ever and enjoying life away from the pitch, advising the president on how to bring through the next generation of sport stars.
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- The South African men turning the tide of violence against women
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ilhan Omar interview: "It was the young people that believed in my ideas"
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ilhan Omar speaks to the BBC about her experience getting elected as State Representative for Minnesota, and responds to Donald Trump's comments about the Somali community in her home state.
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- Uganda's enterprising paper bag lady
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- When the Ugandan government banned plastic bags, Rusia Orikiriza was a young student, but she spotted a business opportunity.
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- Using plastic bottles to build refugee homes
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Tatah Birka was born in a mud-brick house in a refugee camp. Now he is using plastic bottles to build stronger homes for refugees in Algeria.
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- Where are Sierra Leone's missing Ebola millions?
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Nearly three years after Ebola hit Sierra Leone, millions of dollars in funds raised to fight the deadly virus have still not been accounted for.
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- Ronke Aderinoye - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ronke Aderinoye is a Nigerian farmer. She is on a mission to turn round Nigeria’s economy through agriculture.
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- Edna Adan Ismail - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Edna Adan Ismail has cashed in her life savings to build the first maternity hospital in Somaliland.
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- 'Weakness is a choice' - Meet the disabled bodybuilder changing perceptions
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Caleb Mutombo doesn’t fit the stereotype of a bodybuilder. He was born severely disabled and weighs less than 40kg. Despite that, he now competes in South Africa and hopes to inspire other people to follow him into the sport.
Video Journalists: Christian Parkinson and Late Lawson
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- Nina Steele - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Nina Steele is from Ivory Coast. She is trying to empower childless women and men.
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- POWER WOMEN: Phyllis Wakiaga's 5 Lessons for Life
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Phyllis Wakiaga, CEO of the Kenyan Association of Manufacturers and BBC Africa Power Woman, shares her tips on success in life and business as part of our Women of Africa series, Power Women.
Watch the full interview online:
- English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38098231
- Swahili: http://www.bbc.com/swahili/habari-38129419
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- Latasha Ngwube - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Latasha Ngwube is a lifestyle and fashion journalist. She has launched a dedicated website to fashion, lifestyle and empowerment of the African curvy women.
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- Esenam Nyador - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Esenam Nyador is a taxi driver in Ghana. She is a social work graduate and is also taking a masters degree.
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- POWER WOMEN: Lucy Quist's Top 5 Life Lessons
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- "Laugh a lot! It makes us more successful." Lucy Quist, CEO of Airtel Ghana, shares her five lessons for life as part of our new Women of Africa series, Power Women.
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- POWER WOMEN: 5 life lessons from Zambian CEO Mizinga Melu
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Zambia's Mizinga Melu, CEO of Barclays Africa Regional Management in Johannesburg, shares her five lessons for life.
Part of the BBC's new series Power Women, profiling some of Africa's top female CEOs and managing directors.
Watch the full interview: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37951029
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- Shirley Chisholm - first black woman to run for US president
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to US congress, and the first to seek the presidential nomination.
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- Theresa Kachindamoto - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Theresa Kachindamoto is the senior chief of Dedza district Central Malawi.
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- Mary Njoku - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Nigerian actress and film producer Mary Njoku aims to be "bigger and better" as she continues her career.
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- Memory Banda - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Memory Banda is a gender rights activist who fights against the age-old custom in Malawi of sending girls to so-called "initiation camps" after they start their first period. The camps aim is to teach girls their "duties as wives" and how to please a man sexually.
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- Graduated at 60 | African Women You Need to Know: Safiyo Jama Gayre
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Sixty-year-old Safiyo Jama Gayre has graduated from Puntland State University in Somalia – making history as the institution’s oldest female graduate. Safiyo believes it is never too late to start learning and wants to help survivors of rape and sexual assault in Somalia.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Botswana at 50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Taonere Banda - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Taonere Banda has made history by becoming Malawi's first Paralympic athlete, competing in the women's T12-13 1500m in Rio.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Queen Njinga Mbande - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Queen Njinga Mbande lived from 1583 to 1663. She was the monarch of the Mbundu people and ruled a region which is in present-day Angola.
Digital producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Fabienne St Louis - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- For most athletes, competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of their career. But for one triathlete from Mauritius, her participation in the Games was extra special.
Digital producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Nigeria's Johnny Drille on his love of folk music
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Johnny Drille hails from Edo state in south-east Nigeria. The musician gained recognition through a TV talent show called Project Fame and instead of playing the main staples - like Afrobeats, Neo-Soul, Naija Pop, RnB or Juju - he has branched out into folk music.
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- Nawal Al Hawsawi - African Women You Need to Know
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Nawal Al Hawsawi qualified as a pilot against all odds and is currently a campaigner against racism and domestic violence in Saudi-Arabia. It hasn't been easy for her.
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- Kenyan bus driver who helps disabled people get to work
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- A matatu driver in Kenya is helping people with physical disabilities get to work.
Many of the drivers of the private buses will not take disabled passengers.
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- The police officer who won Nigeria's first Olympic gold
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Chioma Ajunwa won Nigeria's first ever Olympic gold in the long jump in 1996. She is also a police officer in Lagos, and she thinks more needs to be done to bring Olympic success to her country.
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- Paralyzed screenwriter: I write scripts using my tongue
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Tanzanian - Wakonta Kapunda became paralyzed - after a car accident when she was graduating in Tanzania. She now uses her tongue to write scripts, respond to phone calls and send texts.
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- Senegalese women's basketball - Representing in Rio
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The Lionesses are the only African team to qualify for the women's basketball tournament in Rio, can they beat Team USA?
Produced by Mark Sedgwick.
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- This is what fish biscuits taste like
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- 8 years ago
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- These are quite literally biscuits partly made from desiccated fish and they might just be part of a solution to a pressing problem -malnutrition. Watch BBC Africa’s Sophie Ikenye having a bite.
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- Tattoos; growing popularity in Tunisia
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- 8 years ago
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- There have long been mixed views over getting inked, and in a Muslim country like Tunisia, the controversies are still there. BUT with the a rise in demand for body art, the country has also seen a rise in tattoo artists challenging the status quo.
Reporter: Rana Jawad - Tunis.
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- 5 tips for young farmers
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Dimakatso Nono Sekhoto left her job in finance to work as a farmer in South Africa. Watch her 5 tips for young farmers.
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- Kenya's ice hockey team dreams of the Winter Olympics
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- 8 years ago
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- There may only be one rink in the whole of East Africa, but could Kenya be the first African country to send an ice hockey team to the Winter Olympics? Produced by Mark Sedgwick
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- Leaving city life to go farming
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Leaving city life in the US to go farming in Ghana. Watch Emmanuel's story.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- African Women You Need to Know - Tanzania's make-up star
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- This week's African Woman You Need to Know - Tanzania's make-up star "obsessed with adornment" produced by Louise Smith
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- BBC Africa Experts: Growing Fear in Tanzania?
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Tanzania has so far managed to avoid the kind of large-scale attacks by Islamist militants which have hit other countries in East Africa.But there are now growing fears over the threat they may pose. BBC Africa Security correspondent Tomi Oladipo explains why.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Modou Barrow - Swansea City
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- 8 years ago
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- Gambian winger Modou Barrow has signed a new contract at Swansea City ahead of the new Premier League campaign.
The 23-year-old is now committed to the club until June 2019. He's currently on pre-season tour of the US with the club.
BBC Africa’s Stanley Kwenda caught up with him in Swansea.
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- BBC Africa Experts: Ethiopia and Eritrea’s border fight
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- 8 years ago
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- Tens of thousands died when Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a war over their disputed border in 1998-2000. Now tensions are rising again, just as Eritrea marks 25 years of independence from its powerful neighbour Ethiopia. BBC Africa Security correspondent Tomi Oladipo examines.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- BBC Africa Experts: Piracy
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- 8 years ago
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- The most dangerous waters in the world are no longer off the coast of Somalia, but off Nigeria, in the Gulf of Guinea. Our Security correspondent, Tomi Oladipo explains why.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Nigerian artist Ndidi Emefiele speaks to BBC Africa
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Nigerian visual artist Ndidi Emefiele uses recycled materials to explore the issue of gender inequality in Nigerian society. Her ongoing series Rainbow, depicts women in sunglasses constructed from used CDs, that shift in colour according to the light. BBC Africa caught with her during her ongoing exhibition at London's African Art Gallery.
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- Muhammad Ali's love affair with Africa
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- 8 years ago
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