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Airline news Fatoumata Manjang 17 year-old author of The Viviane Diary, which is ‘an intricate literary web of romance, tragic loss, hip hop, superstition, peer pressure and greed’. Fatoumata Manjang is a very self-assured young lady. When we meet at the Brussels Airlines Lounge at Zaventem Airport, she greets me […]

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Freetown City Guide Population (Sierra Leone): 6,295,000Currency: LeoneAverage temp. (Jul-Aug): 25ºCCountry code for Ivory Coast: +232 GETTING AROUND The most efficient way to Aberdeen in the west of the capital is by hovercraft, run by Diamond Airlines Hovercraft Services. It costs SLL 150,000 (€32) and takes 20 minutes. You can also catch a ferry […]

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A loan in the dark Although ranked as one of the world’s poorest countries by the United Nations, Sierra Leone is in the process of creating an entrepreneurial middle class using microfinance schemes to promote local economic development. Mariama Jalloh used to keep all her money in a drawer by […]

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Knowledge is Power As educational initiatives spring up all over Africa, Daniel Kalinaki looks at the impact they are having and what they still have to achieve It’s a bright Monday morning in Busia, eastern Uganda, and Philemon Ouma is on his way to school. Although the 15-year-old is only in primary […]

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West African women’s choir and the latest luxury lodges NEW OPENINGS Sasaab CampSamburu National Game Reserve, Kenya Northern Kenya, in particular the culturally rich Samburu Heartland, is home to some of Africa’s most impressive wildlife and dramatic scenery. Against the dramatic backdrop of volcanic mountains the landscape is rugged with […]

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The Essential Guide to Africa. Updated 2020. Douala & Yaoundé Okumo Angwa takes a tour of the two most prominent cities in Cameroon and gets in touch with the local culture COUNTRY CODE FOR CAMEROON +237 CAMEROONPopulation: 18,060,382Currency: CFA FrancAverage temperature (Mar-Apr): 24ºC Often referred to as “Africa in miniature” owing to its […]

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Some like it HOT Chilli peppers are used around the world to add flavor and kick to culinary dishes, but in some parts of Africa they’re used in more interesting ways, as Alan Duncan discovers As conversations go, few can be weirder than the one I overheard while dining at […]

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Positive goals Rather than basking in his success as many footballers do, Mohamed Kallon is putting his efforts into positive initiatives in his homeland of Sierra Leone. Mohamed Kallon has stayed in some of the swankiest apartments the high-rolling hangouts of Italy, Monaco and the Middle East have to offer. […]

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African Browser Dates for your diary, music for the masses, comics from the Ivory Coast and the luxury eco-lodges. NEW OPENINGS Campi ya Kanzi, Chyulu Hills, Kenya Meaning ‘camp of hidden treasures’ in Kishwahili, the recently opened Campi ya Kanzi wears those treasures on its sleeve. The tented stone cottages […]

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