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Foutanga Sissoko: The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’

One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic…

Brigitte Scheffer, BBC Brigitte Scheffer, BBC

The mission to save the biggest frog on earth

When Cedrick Fogwan had his first encounter with the goliath frog he was impressed by its mighty proportions. Growing to…

Helen Briggs Helen Briggs

Patrice Lumumba: Belgium finally returns golden tooth of Congolese freedom fighter

A gold-crowned tooth is all that remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Shot dead by a firing squad…

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