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Swahili is first native African language to get Twitter recognition after protests
After many years of being referred to as Indonesian, social networking site Twitter has finally recognized Swahili as a language and offers a translation of the popular East and Southern African language....
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Controversial South Africa-based pastor in trouble over witchcraft prophecy
Self-styled Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is based in South Africa has reported himself to the police in Pretoria after a week of being wanted over a witchcraft prophecy he made in his church in...
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The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France
The French-speaking West African nation of Togo was pivotal during the transatlantic slave trade as Portuguese slave traders sought the human merchandise at the small fort of Porto Seguro, in the town...
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VaDoma, the Zimbabwean ostrich tribe with rare ‘two-toed’ population
The vaDoma tribe, also known as Doma or Dema, is the only hunter-gatherer tribe in Zimbabwe living in the Kanyemba region around the basins of a tributary of the Zambezi River Valley. They speak the Dema...
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This is the only African city among the most polluted cities in the world
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a list of the world’s most polluted cities based on the amount of particulate matter under 2.5 micrograms found in every cubic meter of air. Data...
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This unappreciated Senegalese soldier helped France secure Congo in 1880
The world knows little about Sergeant Malamine Camara, a soldier in the French colonial army who was key in securing the Congo Basin (present-day Congo Brazzaville) for France against Belgian invasion....
