Reporting from WEST AFRICA
Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected. Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus.
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Senegal
Despite only having seven doctors for every 100,000 people, Senegal has been widely praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC's Mayeni Jones and Naomi Scherbel-Ball look at how the country has managed to keep Covid-19 in check.
TUNISIA'S REVOLUTIONARY RAPPER, EL-GENERAL
Radio and online report from Sfax in Tunisia with an interview with the revolutionary rapper El-General, whose music became the soundtrack to the Arab Spring.
Online Article: www.dw.com/en/tunisias-young-general-sees-future-in-sharia/a-16593888
Reporting from tunisia
A series of reports for Deutsche Welle on the second anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution
PRESS FREEDOM IN TUNISIA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARAB SPRING
Radio report for Deutsche Welle's Worldlink on the state of free speech in Tunisia two year's after the revolution.
Radio reporting at the top of the programme here: www.soundcloud.com/deutsche-welle-in-english/worldlink-dec-15-2012
TUNISIA'S LAST JEWS
Jews lived in North Africa before the arrival of Christianity or Islam. On the eve of Tunisia's independence from France, there were more than 100,000 of them in the country. Half a century later, as few as 1,500 remain.
Online report: www.dw.com/en/the-last-jews-in-tunisia/a-16536946
Radio report: www.dw.com/en/most-jewish-citizens-have-left-post-revolution-tunisia/av-16545223