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Zambia’s Catherine Phiri is the new WBC female bantamweight champion after defeating now ex champion, Mexican Yazmin “Rusita” Rivas. Phiri becomes the first female Zambian and...
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A report by Survival International has revealed that Bayaka children in the Republic of Congo are being paid in glue to sniff and alcohol, in return...
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Transparency International has released its annual corruption index, which shows that corruption remains one of the most significant challenges for over 40 countries in the sub-Saharan...
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Malawi convicts four found with eight suspected albino bones
Four people in Malawi have been convicted after pleading guilty to the charge of Prohibition of sale of body or tissue, in contravention of the Anatomy...

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Arthur Chatora

Stories By Arthur Chatora

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