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Why Uganda’s iconic crested crane faces extinction

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda -…

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Meet Tapiwa Dingwiza, a Zimbabwean fashion designer inspiring the visually impaired

Zimbabwean-born fashion designer Tapiwa Dingwiza incorporates Braille into her fashion designs. She says she wants fashion to represents and celebrate…

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Kenyan crowned world’s best nurse for fighting FGM

A Kenyan nurse who campaigns against early marriage and female genital mutilation says she is "speechless" after winning a prize…

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