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Countries Mali junta cracks down on hookahs Dakar – The authorities in Mali have begun a crackdown on hookah smoking after giving a grace period to... Read more 17 Feb, 2023
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World China’s population shrinks for first time in more than 60 years Beijing – China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed... Read more 17 Jan, 2023
Countries Shunned by youth, Morocco cosmetic oil craft faces uncertain future Essaouira – Morocco’s argan oil is highly prized by the cosmetics industry, yet it is now mostly produced by... Read more 3 Jan, 2023
Countries SA skipper Sibusiso Sizatu seeks win for diversity in race to Brazil Cape Town – The first time he saw the ocean, Sibusiso Sizatu thought that, with all that water, it... Read more 26 Dec, 2022
Countries DRC town set to ‘disappear’ as mines expand Kolwezi – “We’re screwed,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a plot of rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine... Read more 19 Nov, 2022
Cameroon Cameroon to finally call time on ‘sachet whisky’ drinking Yaoundé – After a tiring day, Guy Bertrand pulls his taxi into a side street in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde,... Read more 12 Nov, 2022