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Are you an aspiring journalist with a disability and based in Kenya? @BBCWorld Service Languages is offering a training program, in which participants will gain hands-on experience in journalism at the BBC.
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We asked 2,000 people to give us one word to describe Rishi Sunak.
#CPC23
ALT Word cloud of poll results showing one word to describe Rishi Sunak. 'Incompetent', 'Useless', 'Rich', 'Weak', 'Liar', 'Good' and 'Idiot' feature prominently.
Egypt's President Sisi suggested that people should accept hunger as the price of development.
With an economy in dire crisis, Egypt's rise in hunger has happened while the government prioritizes lavish vanity projects over social spending.
Egypt's Sisi Suggests People Should Accept Hunger as Price of Development
South African Government: We will show you our power by making buying alcohol illegal!
South Africans: We will show you our power by making it ourselves!
South African Retailers: We will place these random ingredients together… just because.
We've been contacted by some people making a vulva bingo game - and they need help with words for vulva and vagina from Africa (so far they've only got one from Senegal). Can you help??