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Soldier of democracy: The legacy of Ghana's ex-president Jerry Rawlings

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Ghana's former president, Jerry Rawlings, leaves behind a complicated political legacy. He died aged 73 having transitioned from being a military dictator to the father of the country's multi-party democracy. Also, Covid-19 restrictions have hit a vital trade artery between DR Congo's Goma and Rwanda's Gisenyi. And we see how motenguene, the traditional music and dance of Central African pygmies, has survived competition from imported sounds.

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