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    “Machete wielders” are terrorising parts of Uganda. But why?

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    May 13, 2022
    Some suspect politics behind the brutal and baffling attacks. Walking to work one morning last year, Monday Semwanga noticed a large, slightly wet piece ...
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    The climate crisis tinderbox in northern Cameroon

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    Amid growing resource scarcities, dozens have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by fighting triggered by a cow drowning. Last August, two ...
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    Can indigenous African languages help with children’s speech therapy?

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    Lake Victoria locals blame companies for mysterious mass fish die-offs

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    May 11, 2022
    Governments blame a range of factors for tonnes of dead fish washing up. Local fisherman and environment officers blame polluting industries. Richard Wandukwa, a ...
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    Museveni’s plan to jail rivals for even longer and how it might backfire

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    We cannot keep leaving women with disabilities behind in leadership

    By Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame
    May 4, 2022
    I know first-hand the difference that having women at the table can make. “Women hold up half the sky, but they usually do not ...
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    No one knows if crime in Malawi is rising or falling, not even the police

    By Tyler Holmes
    May 3, 2022
    Because the police either don’t collect or release reliable crime statistics, citizens are in the dark. In 2020, Malawi was featured in the New ...
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    Nigeria’s official language is English. Why do its citizens have to prove it? 

    By Muhammed Akinyemi
    April 29, 2022
    The UK  requires Nigerians to take an English test to study or immigrate there. Critics say it must be cancelled or at least reformed.  ...
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    Mauritius: How did the pyramids of Plaine Magnien get there?

    By Jacques Achilles (For bird)
    April 6, 2022
    From bored labourers to ancient gods, many theories abound about the pyramids’ origin, sparking a debate about colonial history. It’s a sunny Saturday morning ...
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  • Moise Muhindo Kisuba builds a guitar at his workshop in Kirumba, south Lubero territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Behind him, Egide Kasereka Kighoma, an apprentice, works on a drum on July 15, 2021. Credit: Zita Amwanga/Global Press Journal.
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    The guitar maker of the eastern Congo

    By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
    April 1, 2022
    Moïse Muhindo Kisuba believes affordable instruments and training can break a cycle of violence that has claimed thousands of lives. Moïse Muhindo Kisuba sits ...
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