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Nelson Mandela's birthday cake at Robben Island

Mandela at 90

BBC World Service's groundbreaking live international broadcast from the prison on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years.
A farmer in Burkina Faso harvesting rice

EU aid for Africa

The European Commission backs a plan to give its unspent farm subsidies as aid to African farmers. Will this be as beneficial as it sounds?

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