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Sophie Mongalvy

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MTN’s fine must be doubled to $10-billion: Nigerian lawmaker

The telecommunications giant should pay twice the penalty fees for unregistered phone lines, says Nigeria’s House of Representatives.

Niger’s Alphadi pushes African fashion to global scene

Niger is better known for its poverty, not fashion. But out of this dusty and arid nation has emerged a man as colourful as his creations, Alphadi.

More UN troops planned as Ivorian peace bid fails

More UN troops planned as Ivorian peace bid fails

The UN has ordered more troops to Côte d’Ivoire as African leaders admitted they had failed to get Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power.

Take a chance on ABBA at new museum

Fans of legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can dance down memory lane when the world’s first ABBA museum opens in Stockholm in 2009, featuring the quartet’s costumes, instruments…

Baghdad to Stockholm: Iraqi exodus for a better life

The fatigue shows in his eyes and his jittery legs betray his nerves: Mohamed sits in a Swedish cafe six weeks after fleeing the bombs and death threats that have become a part…

A year after tsunami, Swedes feel close link to Thailand

As the wounds of Swedes, traumatised by the Asian tsunami that cost them more lives than any other Western nation, slowly heal, many feel they will have special links with…

‘Prickly pears’ return to Asmara

Rigged like American youth with caps glued to their heads and baggy trousers like rappers, the young Eritreans from the diaspora returning to Eritrea in their thousands each…