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The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
How one young woman fled war in Somalia to grow up in Kenya's massive refugee camp
The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.
In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war
On April 6th 1994 the genocide in Rwanda began. Journalist Lindsey Hilsum lived through it
How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
The woman forced to bear the children of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero
"Battle Bus" was a sculpture in memory of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa
Apartheid South Africa's outspoken critic Bishop Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The day that South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was freed
After Apartheid, South Africans tried to come to terms with their brutal past.
In 1998, al-Qaeda killed more than 200 people in attacks on US embassies in East Africa.
In January 1999, a combined rebel force invaded the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.
Hundreds of doomsday cult members were found murdered in Uganda in March 2000
Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai fought to save forests and protect human rights
How a Kenyan woman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, first raised orphaned baby African elephants
How a conservationist tried to protect Congo's rainforest during the country's civil war.
When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets
In 2000, Zamfara became the first Nigerian state to implement full Sharia law
Twenty years ago underwater excavations began which unearthed a 2000 year old palace.
Survivors relive the tragedy of the arms dump explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, 2002
How the timber industry fuelled a brutal civil war in West Africa.
