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There are over 3,000 tribes in Africa, all with diverse cultures and histories. And each of them deserves to be recognised and appreciated. Three hundred and seventy thousand members of the Karamojong ...

In the autumn of 1969, Col. Moammar Gadhafi led a small band of military officers in the overthrow of then-King Idris. It was virtually a bloodless coup, and it did more than just upset the country's ...

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The oldest of the men suddenly ducks down in the tall grasses and signals everyone following to do the same. We crouch, fall silent, wait. Thirty seconds later, still doubled over, he springs into ...

A Shabbat service is underway at the Ghihon Hebrew Research synagogue in the Jikwoyi suburb of Nigeria’s federal capital territory. Fourteen year-old Kadmiel Izungu Abor heads there with his family.

Aubrey Masango was born in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. Educated at St Johns College in Johannesburg and later went to the University of Pretoria to study to be a teacher. He was bored. He decided to ...