VIDEO: Plight of Zimbabwe tobacco growers

The number of small-scale tobacco growers in Zimbabwe has risen by 80% since President Robert Mugabe's controversial farm seizures in 2000, but a lack of investment is holding farmers back.

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11 years ago

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VIDEO: UK ban on drug khat worries growers

As a ban comes into force in the UK on Tuesday on the drug khat, the BBC's Anne Soy reports on concern about the economic impact of the move amongst Kenya's khat farmers.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: The plight of Niger's child brides

The BBC has been to Niger, which has the highest rate of child marriage in the world with nearly 80% of girls there married by the age of 18.

 

9 years ago

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VIDEO: Plight of Togo's trafficked children

Laeila Adjovi reports on the children of Togo who are trafficked or used as child labour.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: Film features plight of African park

The lethal realities of life in Virunga National Park are the subject of a British documentary which has just had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: Can Malawi end tobacco addiction?

Nomsa Maseko reports on the political will and investment needed to kick-start new farming initiatives in Malawi.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Malawi: Kicking the tobacco habit

There's a big push to diversify the Malawian economy, where 70% of exports come from tobacco, because the rate of smoking is falling worldwide.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: Zimbabwe's platinum opportunity

Can Zimbabwe profit given South Africa's mining woes?

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: What happened to Zimbabwe's dollars?

Nomsa Maseko visits Harare and finds people making a living from Zimbabwe's former currency.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Zimbabwe 'liberating' for singer

Singer and songwriter Netsayi Chigwendere on performing at The Harare International Festival of the Arts.

 

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