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SA rapper mourns daughter, 9, killed in car crash

South African rapper Shebeshxt is mourning the death of his nine-year-old daughter…

Danai Nesta Kupemba Danai Nesta Kupemba

Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma for young Nigerians

Nigerian graduate Olotu Olanrewaju is facing a choice between remaining in the…

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Ghana chef accused of faking Guinness World Records award

A Ghanaian chef who claimed to have broken the world record for…

Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land

Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa stares vacantly out of his one remaining eye as…

I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it

When I was 25, I was working in real estate in New York. I…

Patrick Labossiere Patrick Labossiere

I heard people sneer at me – and my mummy guilt turned to anger

When I took my daughter to work I was criticised, just as…

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I woke up from a Covid coma with newborn twins

In March 2020, I was healthy and enjoying being 24 weeks pregnant…

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I survived a plane crash without a scratch

I didn’t hear the others screaming. I felt as if I was…

Allicia Rolle Allicia Rolle

Olympic fencer and model champions body positivity

Not many athletes have switched from competing for Germany to Kenya, but…

Kelvin Kimathi Kelvin Kimathi

Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72

Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and…

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