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Tunisia's former president dies in exile
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali led Tunisia for 23 years before stepping down in January 2011 amid an unprecedented wave of street protests.
Tunisia's former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who was forced to flee the country during the popular uprising in early 2011 which triggered the Arab spring, has died in exile in Saudi Arabia.
A former goalkeeper for Nigeria women's national team, is given a lifeline by football bosses who promise to pay for her cancer treatment.
And a Ghanaian highlife band Santrofi has a track extolling the virtues of hard work in their debut album.
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