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Officially the Republic of Liberia, is a countryon the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. Liberia has a population of around 5 million. Liberia's official language is English.

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Elderly people clap their hands as they sing outside South Africa's Constitutional Court in South Africa.

South Africa's apartheid victims demand reparations

South Africa's apartheid victims demand reparations

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, dozens of protesters have set up camp in Johannesburg, demanding reparations.
PoliticsMay 1, 2024
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Locals afraid as UN peacekeepers leave DRC

Locals afraid as UN peacekeepers leave DRC

After more than 20 years, the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO has started leaving DR Congo.
ConflictsApril 30, 202401:27 min
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Why Burkina Faso is muzzling foreign media

Why Burkina Faso is muzzling foreign media

Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended more international media, including DW.
Press FreedomApril 29, 2024
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Mozambique’s teenage inventor and his big drone dreams

Mozambique’s teenage inventor and his big drone dreams

Cleiton Michaque, a 17-year-old Mozambican inventor, has made his own drone out of carbon fiber.
TechnologyApril 29, 202401:30 min
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Congo President Tshisekedi: 'I want to give peace a chance'

Congo President Tshisekedi: 'I want to give peace a chance'

Felix Tshisekedi spoke with DW about Congo-Rwanda relations, Congo's first female PM and German business opportunities.
PoliticsApril 29, 2024
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Is South Africa suffering from an epidemic of gun violence?

Is South Africa suffering from an epidemic of gun violence?

South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates. What role does gun violence play in that and why?
CrimeApril 29, 202403:37 min
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Is the Commonwealth still important to Africa?

Young Africans see few benefits to being part the international organization that grew out of the British Empire.
PoliticsApril 25, 2024
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Ghana's cocoa farmers lament low earnings amid high prices

Though global cocoa prices have soared to a record high in April, farmers in Ghana are struggling to make ends meet.
BusinessApril 22, 2024
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Kenya's doctors' strike: Is there an end in sight?

Kenyan doctors have been on strike for five weeks, but President William Ruto says his government is out of money.
HealthApril 18, 2024
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Genocide: Rwanda's village of reconciliation and unity

In the Rwandan village of Mbyo, Tutsi who survived the genocide now live together with rehabilitated Hutu perpetrators.
SocietyApril 15, 2024
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Sudan's war: A year on, no hope for a cease-fire

In the year since war broke out in Sudan, fighting has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
ConflictsApril 14, 2024
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Nigeria's Chibok girls: What happened in April 2014?

Ten years ago, 276 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. The kidnappings still resonate today.
ConflictsApril 14, 2024