Quick quick Nollywood style
After India‘s Bollywood, Nigeria produces the most movies on the planet per year. However, producers have big business drama: only one in ten DVDs is sold legally as piracy runs rampant
"Where’s the damn key?“ The meter is ticking on the set of “Behind Closed Doors II,” the sequel of a major Nigerian box office hit. Director Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen paces restlessly back and...[Lesen]
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Somali Militants' Al Shabaab bizarre propaganda campaign
The messages were mostly texted, in broken English: "welcome to islam o unbeliever. i am abu mansur al'amrica from america. I am a member of al shabaab in somalia..."
Barigye Ba-Hoku has...[Lesen]
Manola's story
Manola Rajaonarison thought she was going to Lebanon to work as a housekeeper. That’s what the agency said. What she didn’t know was that she would repeatedly be humiliated and abused
Standing at the window of the third-story apartment in Beirut, all Manola Rajaonarison could see outside were gigantic apartment blocks. In her hand, she held a piece of paper with her father’s...[Lesen]
Flickers of hope
Plagued by civil war, terrorism and poverty, Somalia and its capital Mogadishu are often described as hell on earth. A handful of courageous citizens is trying to make a change
It was 2 a.m. when the black SUV of Fasul Abdullah Mohammed, al Qaida’s most important man in Africa, began to roll through the streets of Mogadishu. Mohammed was the mastermind behind the terror...[Lesen]
