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Poba: "J'ai fait de mon handicap une force"
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Poba: "J'ai fait de mon handicap une force"

Dorcas Poba est une artiste peintre de la RDC qui, dès sa naissance, a démontré sa force de caractère et son talent malgré le fait qu'elle soit née avec un seul bras. Par Firmain Eric Mbadinga Originaire de la République démocratique du Congo, Dorcas Poba ne veut pas paraitre comme étant différen...

Wole Soyinka: At 90, still an African literary icon for the ages
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Wole Soyinka: At 90, still an African literary icon for the ages

The first black author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature turns into a nonagenarian but retains his zest for life, his incisive worldview, and a passion for discourse that keeps him as relevant today as he was over the decades Back in 1986, at the pinnacle of his triumph as the first black man...

Kenya police under probe over mutilated bodies found in dumpsite
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Kenya police under probe over mutilated bodies found in dumpsite

The severely mutilated bodies had visible marks of torture, according to the country's police watchdog. Kenya's police watchdog said it is investigating whether there is any police involvement in the gruesome discovery of mutilated bodies dumped in a Nairobi rubbish tip. The Independent Police Ov...

Sierra Leone makes arrests over suspected bombing plot
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Sierra Leone makes arrests over suspected bombing plot

The arrests followed several months of surveillance, the government said. Sierra Leone's security forces arrested seven people in connection with a suspected bomb plot, while seizing TNT explosives, drugs and other materials, according to a government statement received by AFP on Saturday. The in...