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The once young man behind the African Union
The African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. But how did the preeminent network uniting 54 African states begin? A better question might be with whom did it begin. In this edition of Africa in
This woman means business: Cynthia Jadot, DRC shopowner
Thirty-year-old Cynthia Jadot is the woman behind Valancy. The store in Goma, in the DRC province of North Kivu, has done well, appealing to men and women with a penchant for quality clothes imported fromRNW Africa on Facebook
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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: Despite unstable grounds, Mt Elgon landslide survivors return
Out of despair, frustration and loyalty to their ancestral land, some villagers have begun to move back to landslide-prone areas along the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda.
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
Video: Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy sings for reconciliation
Alpha Blondy doesn’t shy away from politics in his reggae songs. The legendary Ivorian musician has been especially vocal about the need for reconciliation after the conflict in his native country.
Article: Ntaganda at ICC, while his loyalists seek asylum in DRC
As war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda appears today at the International Criminal Court, fighters still loyal to him seek asylum in the DR Congo. By Taylor Toeka Kakala, Goma, with additional reporting by Aimable Twahirwa, Kigali
