AfricaLink’s most inspiring stories of 2012

A man using a cell phone on the street in Liberia. (Photo: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA dpa)

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Listen to the most inspiring stories from AfricaLink in 2012 – a Rwandan self-made millionaire farmer who plays music to his animals, a Ugandan with space ambitions and a Nigerian urine-powered generator.

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Date 27.12.2012
Author Chrispin Mwakideu / scs
Editor Susan Houlton
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World Bank pledges aid for Great Lakes region 22.05.2013

On a trip to Africa's Great Lakes region, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced 1 billion dollars would be made available for development projects. Meanwhile fighting has resumed in eastern DRC.

Foto: DW correspondent Abu-Bakarr Jalloh

Not all Sierra Leoneans enjoy economic growth benefits 22.05.2013

Sierra Leone has one of the world's fastest growing economies, according to an International Monetary Fund report. But the post-civil war boom has not yet brought benefits for everyone.

Employees of the Daily Monitor newspaper with their mouths taped shut, take part in a protest against the closure of their premises by the Uganda government, outside their offices in the capital Kampala. (Photo:REUTERS/James Akena/DW)

Ugandan police shut down media houses, silence radio stations 21.05.2013

Ugandan journalists say their right to protect the identity of their sources is under siege, as police halt work at a number of newspapers and radio stations, demanding the release of a controversial letter.

Date 27.12.2012
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