Natasha Booty
Writer and Sub Editor at BBC
I write and edit for @BBCNews @BBCWorld @BBCAfrica. Views mine.
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aol.com | Natasha Booty
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:From the BBC in Africa this week:Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her motherRemembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literatureCould Nigeria's careful ethnic balancing act be under threat?
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bbc.com | Natasha Booty
Paint, parades and power: Africa's top shotsA selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERSIt's time for football on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, where these men play on sand near the beach. MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERSFarm workers harvest apricots in northern Egypt on Sunday, which is not a day of rest in the Muslim-majority country.
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bbc.co.uk | Natasha Booty
Many campaigners would like to see the German government buy back ancestral lands now in the hands of the German-speaking community, and return them to the Ovaherero and Nama descendants. This was paid in the form of livestock and amounted to 12,000 cows - which is estimated by German-American historian Thomas Craemer to be somewhere between $1.2m and $8.8m in today's money, and which he argues should be added to the reparations bill.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Thomas Naadi |Natasha Booty
Ghana protesters accuse president of power grab after chief justice's suspensionThomas Naadi & Natasha BootyTHOMAS NAADI / BBCOpposition supporters say it is an attack on democracyHundreds of opposition protesters dressed in red and black have condemned a decision by Ghana's president to suspend the country's chief justice, and are demanding that she be reinstated with immediate effect.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Natasha Booty |Will Ross
New post for Togo leader could see him rule for lifeNatasha Booty & Will RossAFPFaure Gnassingbé's family has ruled Togo for 58 years and his new role has no term limitsThe Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as "President of the Council of Ministers" - a new post which is the highest office in the government's executive branch and has no official term limits. This follows constitutional reform that ended presidential elections, and introduced a parliamentary system.
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Zambia says it has acted to halt the "systematic theft" of medical donations, after the US announced it was pulling the plug on $50m of health-sector funding to the country. Malaria, HIV and TB treatment will become scarcer as a result of the US' decision: https://t.co/Y7aPivYFld
Hundreds of opposition protesters in Accra have condemned a decision by Ghana's president to suspend the country's chief justice, and are demanding that she be reinstated with immediate effect. It's also become a row about how the constitution works: https://t.co/8NkTa4L5bQ
A new title given to the leader of Togo could see him rule for life. Faure Gnassingbé took an oath today becoming "President of the Council of Ministers" - it has no official term limits, and is the highest office in the government's executive branch https://t.co/mXmjVrEMz9