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The second in our 5-part series on humanitarian issues in eastern Chad, RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto speaks to Younis Hassan Issa and his wife Halima, Chadians who fled to Darfur after the Janjaweed attacks in their border towns in 2006. After 12 years in a refugee camp, they are adjusting to living in their own country-- again.

The first in our 5-part series on humanitarian issues in eastern Chad, RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto speaks to Darfuri residents of Djabal camp, located just outside of Goz Beida town, near the border with Sudan. Many have been in the refugee camp since 2003, when they fled the violence inflicted by the Janjaweed in Darfur. While many went to vote for their representative at the well-organized camp, their struggles still haunt those who have hopes of returning home.

The first in our 5-part series on humanitarian issues in eastern Chad, RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto speaks to Darfuri residents of Djabal camp, located just outside of Goz Beida town, near the border with Sudan. Many have been in the refugee camp since 2003, when they fled the violence inflicted by the Janjaweed in Darfur. While many went to vote for their representative at the well-organized camp, their struggles still haunt those who have hopes of returning home.

After World War two, Germany has tried to atone for the crimes of the past and ensure that the atrocities which took place under the Nazi regime would never happen again. One form of remembrance of the past has been through memorial cobblestones. Yet for the first time since the end of the war, a far-right party is once again sitting in the German parliament. One head of the AfD party has suggested to have these memoirs removed. But German citizens stand by those particular stones as correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Berlin.

In Tunisia, long-considered one of the more secular Arabic-speaking countries, just as many fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as those who do not. But every year, during this period, there are reported violations of personal freedom against those who choose not to fast. Alessandra Bajec has this report from Tunis.

Emmanuelle Landais, Lou Garçon, and Mariama Thiam look at the elevated rate of infanticide in Senegal in the first of a two part series from Dakar.

Emmanuelle Landais, Lou Garçon, and Mariama Thiam look at the elevated rate of infanticide in Senegal in the first of a two part series from Dakar.

Today is International Day against Child Labour. Over in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, there are a growing number of students dropping out of school who end up working in the largest market in east Africa: the Kongowea Market.

Market officials believe about 30 percent of those working there are under-aged children.

According to the Kenyan constitution, the legal working age is 18. Local authorities are increasingly urging that action be taken to rescue these children.

From Mombasa our correspondent Joseph Jira files this report.

Many of India's tribal languages face a bleak future. One such language is Gondi, spoken by nearly three million indigenous people across six central Indian states. This indigenous group is trying to reclaim their language as an identity by working on their own dictionary and a functional standard script.

The initiative is paying off. The unique language that is connected with the aspirations of the largest forest-dwelling tribal group in the country, is making headway in resurrecting itself.

Correspondent Murali Krishnan has this report.

As South Africans gear up to celebrate centenary celebrations in honour of the late Nelson Mandela, the French Metis Festival has been giving a platform to South African artists, like renowned jazz singer Thandiswa Mazwai. The 42-year-old singing sensation, renowned for her funky hair partly shaved on both sides and braids, sat down to talk to our correspondent Esther Thwadi-Yimbu about her latest album called Belede. In this second part series, Mazwai opens up about the last moments of the apartheid.