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DR Congo Ebola deaths pass 1,000
The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of…
‘No sex without fighting’ – tackling toxic masculinity in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has some of highest rates of sexual…
Surviving death row after being tricked into drug trafficking
I moved to Johannesburg as an adult without children in the first…
Mandela prison drawing auctioned for $112,575
A drawing by South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela of the…
Biodiversity heroes: The teenagers saving Madagascar’s wildlife
The island nation of Madagascar has a dubious accolade: it is the…
Lion Mama: The woman who fought off her daughter’s rapists
Nokubonga Qampi became known as the "Lion Mama" in South Africa after…
Ugandan man becomes a lawyer to win family land back
A Ugandan man, who was only six years old when his father…
Meet Mariam Nabatanzi, Uganda’s mother of 42 children
Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married…
The African Eskimo: A Togolese boy’s remarkable odyssey to the Arctic
Tété-Michel Kpomassie, grew up in West Africa but he was obsessed with…
Cyril Ramaphosa – South African union leader, mine boss, president
A lover of fast cars, vintage wine, trout fishing and game farming,…