Kate Thomas Archive
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Jul 03, 2009
A new generation of performers use revolution rap in the cry for change as they follow a tradition of musical activism in Guinea Bissau. Read Article Hip-hop's collective call to arms
Jul 10, 2009
Drug trafficking through Guinea Bissau and other countries in West Africa has fallen dramatically in the past few months. Read Article From narco-state to empty state sent back
Jul 22, 2009
The remoteness of The Hague has left many in the ex-president's home country in the dark about the case. Read Article Taylor's trial lacks impact in Africa
Jul 30, 2009
The Nigerian military steps up its response to a radical Islamist group, sending soldiers in armoured personnel carriers into the city of Maiduguri. Read Article Nigeria steps up fight against rebels
Aug 01, 2009
The leader of a radical Islamist sect responsible for days of violence in northern Nigeria has been shot dead in police custody. Read Article Leader of Nigerian sect killed in custody
Oct 12, 2009
A clinic in Senegal is one of the first in the world to bring together herbal healers, psychics and conventional doctors. Read Article Hospital revives faith in traditional healers
Jan 16, 2010
When Senegal's president, Abdoulaye Wade, returned from his holiday to France in September 2007, local newspapers carried the headline "Welcome to Hell". Read Article Welcome back to Hell
Apr 18, 2010
Lovetta Conto talks about the jewellery she makes out of bullet casings from the Liberian civil war. Read Article The art of war
Nov 08, 2010
The dilemma of the emigrant, driven by poverty to seek an often elusive better life in the West, is the theme of a new album from Senegal. Read Article 'Yes We Can' album explores African diaspora
