Yusupha Mbye: Left paralysed after being shot by ex-Gambian President’s security personnel
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Mo Farah: Decorated UK Olympic star was trafficked from Djibouti
Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child…
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Ayopo Ogunleye: The father raising five sets of twins alone
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He bought me like a chicken in the market
Al-Husseina Amadou never forgets the day she was sold. Like her parents,…
Patrice Lumumba: Belgium finally returns golden tooth of Congolese freedom fighter
A gold-crowned tooth is all that remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero…
Man playing roles of both parents to twins after wife died post-delivery
Forty-two-year-old Edmund Tetteh Akrofi lost his wife almost a year ago after…
My father taught me these three lessons
My father stands out as a very unique and consistent character in…
The last generation of facial scar bearers in Nigeria
Facial scarification was once popular across Nigeria. Deep cuts, usually on both…
