Wednesday 31st December
In the South of Chad, a pilot project has started to encourage refugees from the conflict in the Central African Republic to integrate more with the local community. It's estimated a large proportion of the 58,000 people displaced by conflict in the north of CAR will not be able to return home any time soon, so the UNHCR has decided to support them to set up more permanent lives in the host country. Celeste Hicks travelled to the refugee camps near Gore in the south of Chad and sent this report.
Tuesday 30th December
In Chad, it's estimated that 7000 to 10,000 young people are involved in armed conflict. Children's welfare organisations say not enough is being done to remove youngsters from such situations, and that there may still be some under-18s in the national army. But do children who've been involved in armed conflict get any support to recover from their ordeals? Celeste Hicks sent this report from N'Djamena, the name of the first young man to speak has been changed.
Monday 29th December
Chimpanzees may be some of mankind's closest relatives but it's the activities of human beings that have turned them into one of the most endangered species in the world. They are hunted for their meat, and their habitat is being destroyed to accomodate villages and towns. Now authorities in Kenya are collaborating with wildlife conservationists in an ambitious programme increase their numbers. Our reporter, Wanyama wa Chebusiri has been speaking to Martin Mulama of the only Chimpanzee sanctuary in the country, Olpejeta game reserve.
Tuesday 23rd December
A new fashion is centre stage in Egypt with men have stepping out from beating the drum to become the star performers as belly dancers. Before now only women did it, but tourists now want to see men doing it as well. So men in Egypt are obliging them - Ranyah Sabry went to find out more.
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Thursday 18th December
It's almost a year since hundreds died in violence in Kenya following elections last December. Mathare, a sprawling slum in the capital Nairobi, was where some of the heaviest fighting took place. Shocking images were taken of battles between rival machete-wielding gangs and soldiers. But a photography and arts youth project is now using those images, as well as documenting daily life, to encourage peace and bring the divided community together. Our reporter Peter Martell went to Mathare hear more.
Wednesday 17th December
The authorities in Sierra Leone have banned all land sale transactions in the country. The issue of land sale and distribution has often been chaotic, sometimes leading to violent confrontations and even deaths. The ban, which affects not only state land, but also private land, has angered the country's bar association. As of now, people cannot trade even in their own property. The BBC's Lansana Fofana reports from Freetown.
Monday 15th December
Knowing that one may never have children, especially if one wants to, is never easy,especially in places where childlessness carries a stigma of sorts. Cameroon is no exception. A traditional ceremony believed to enable barren women to give birth has just taken place in the village of Awing. The women go though some rites at the village lake which they consider hosts a god. Randy Jo Sa'ah has just visited Awing in Northwestern Cameroon and filed this report.
Tuesday 9th December
Awilo hosts a radio show in Cameroon - in pidgin - and he's not afraid to let loose about all the ills he and his listeners perceive. Pidgin is spoken and understood by most Cameroonians - French and English speaking. Network Africa's very own Veronique Edwards on a visit home recently spoke to the man seff.
Tuesday 2nd December
Gays and Lesbians seem not to have a place in many African societies. Homosexuality is banned outright in countries such as Nigeria and Uganda. And in Burundi new legislation which stipulates fines or sentences for same sex partners was recently approved by the national assembly and this week the Senate was scheduled to approve it before it becomes law. The process has opened a controversial debate in Burundi about homosexuality. So what's life like for gays and lesbians in the country? Our correspondent Prime Ndikumagenge has been finding out in Bujumbura.
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