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Around 50 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst, officials have said.
Kenya Red Cross's Michael Aiyabei says consistent heavy rain over the last week is likely to have caused the dam to break its bank
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Join #WorldServicePresents to celebrate the remarkable work of journalists, ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Friday.
You can livestream many of the live events here bbc.in/3Wl5WYq
Adnan El-Bursh reported on the Gaza war living in a tent, eating one meal a day, and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe.
Warning: This video contains images some viewers may find disturbing.
#WorldServicePresents his full YouTube doc bbc.in/44oRmkn
🇸🇱 'He took my child, he said, to buy sweets and biscuits for her. It was a lie.'
Sierra Leone's president took the bold step of declaring a national emergency over rape and sexual violence in 2019.
Five years on, #BBCAfricaEye explores whether victims are getting justice.
“We do not deserve to be a bargaining card.”
Amin Salam, Lebanon’s Economy Minister, says his country has earned the right to be more peaceful and stable.
BBC HARDtalk asks what the government is doing to prevent further escalation in the region
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⚽⚽⚽ Wonderful to talk about my dad with Matt Pintus for the excellent BBC World Service Sporting Witness podcast
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On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans.
eliza lomas visits whale temples and a whale cemetery to learn how worshippers’ lives are entwined with the sea
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Malini has lots of regrets about her parenting and raising her family in a multigenerational home in India - but her daughter Raji remembers things differently.
Hear their story on #DearDaughter
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Is turbulence on flights injuring more flyers?
Prof Paul Williams explains how global warming is leading to more air turbulence and recommends always keeping your seatbelt fastened
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🏃 Take The Bridge: Night running in New York
🍷 Meet the London Marathon's 'wine guy'
🐶How did a dog help canoeist Esti Olivier overcome depression on the road to Paris 2024?
Download the all new #BBCSportshour podcast with Caroline Barker 🔊👇
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Have relationships in South Africa recovered from apartheid?
Mpho Lakaje talks to two people from either side of the political divide: former freedom fighter Sandie Swana and apartheid-era policeman Lourens Groenewald #AfricaDaily
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In 1815 Sarah Baartman, an indigenous South African woman, died after years of performing in European 'freak' shows.
It took nearly 200 years for her remains to be returned home.
Matt Pintus discovers how one woman's poem helped bring it about
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Brenda Fassie was one of South Africa's biggest pop stars in the 1980s and 90s and was once called the 'Madonna of the townships'.
Twenty years after her death Yvonne Chaka Chaka shares her memories of Brenda
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