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Elderly women of Cameroon's Indigenous Baka people are taking desperate steps to preserve their culture and way of life amid displacement by logging, mining and modern development. They continue building traditional Mongulu huts, now also embraced by a local school to remind children of their cultureal roots. Join Josey Mahachi as she talks to experts about this cultural preservation effort.

Some 3,600 prisoners, including 63 women, await execution in Nigeria. Despite calls from civil society and the National Human Rights Commission, the death penalty remains for crimes like murder, treason, and under Sharia law, rape and witchcraft. Why has Nigeria not abolished it? Join human rights activist Gloria Mabeiam Ballason and DW correspondent Ben Adam Shemang to explore this issue.

Zambia is grappling with its worst drought in 60 years, severely affecting water levels in the Kariba Dam, which supplies hydroelectric power. Citizens face over 21 hours of daily power rationing. National power utility ZESCO has proposed emergency tariff hikes of between 50% and 156% — raising concerns about the crisis' impact on the economy and poverty alleviation.