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A Ghanaian ex-pro footballer with a new goal
In this 15th clip of the Surprising Europe series, we meet Abu from Ghana. After a career as a professional footballer in the Netherlands and Belgium, he wants to start a football academy in his fatherland.RNW Africa on Facebook
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Article: With a radio ban, Mugabe sharpens the old enemy's weapon
Even 33 years after Zimbabwean independence, President Mugabe remains a harsh critic of the white colonial government’s system.
Article: African refugees of Libyan war hunger-strike at World Social Forum
At last week’s World Social Forum, 50 refugees from Tunisia’s Choucha refugee camp made it to the country’s capital to demand recognition of their legal status.
Video: NEW AFRICAN BALLET STAR
This week Ikenna questions how South Africa is "defending democracy" in the Central African Republic. He gets a glimpse into the world of Kenyan cyclist extraordinaire David Kinjah.
Article: Laid-off Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe workers hard up for compensation
While former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) employees went to the Labour Court in Harare last week hoping for a ruling in favour of the finalization of their retrenchment packages, the country’s public and private sectors continu
Video: Job-seeking in Amsterdam, not easy without papers
In this tenth clip from the Surprising Europe video series, we pick up on Ssuuna Golooba’s story. The Ugandan journalist, now living in Amsterdam for some time, is desperate to find work.
Article: Kigali, when Bosco Ntaganda turned himself in
News broke last week that Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed 'The Terminator', turned himself in at the US embassy in Kigali.
Article: Churches launch peace project to curb Zimbabwe’s election violence
Churches in Zimbabwe have launched a peace campaign, as part of efforts to curb the violence that flares up at election times in Zimbabwe. By Nomalanga Moyo as published by our partner SW Radio Africa
Article: Registering births in Ivory Coast, now possible via SMS
Approximately 66 percent of births in sub-Saharan Africa go unregistered, reports UNICEF. In Ivory Coast, however, mobile technology is offering an innovative way to bring that statistic down and make every birth count.
Article: Cameroonian farmers find justice in Fair Fruit
When the government took their land and leased it to an international company, farmers in Njombe, a small town in Cameroon’s coastal Littoral Region, learned a life lesson of making lemonade out of lemons – or rather, dried frui
Article: Zimbabwe’s roller coaster to democracy: new ride, old track
Many Zimbabweans expected the constitutional referendum to usher in a return to rule of law and democracy. But our blogger sees a different tale unfolding. By Thomas Madhuku, Harare
