Rwandan Court sentences Paul Rusesabagina to 25 years - a podcast by BBC World Service

A Rwandan court has sentenced 'Hotel Rwanda hero', Paul Rusesabagina, to 25 years in prison for terrorism-related charges. A report from Human Rights Watch highlights crimes perpetrated a year ago on women inmates at a jail in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Also - Why did a swarm of angry bees kill sixty-three penguins near Cape Town?. A Nigerian journalist raises awareness around sickle cell disease with a book named 'How to live with Sickle Cell'. And - We hear from Sudanese artist MaMan who is on a mission to bring Afrobeats to his country.

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