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On Umuganda, the last Saturday of each month, communities across Rwanda close shops and work together on public projects.
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Rwanda · Africa
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The royal drummers of Burundi perform with drums carved from single tree trunks, a tradition recognised as intangible heritage.
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Burundi · Africa
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The Congo reaches depths over 220 metres, deep enough that fish in the same river have evolved in isolation.
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Congo River · Africa
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The Congo Basin holds the world's second largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon and absorbs enormous amounts of carbon.
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Congo Basin · Africa
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Close to 88 percent of Gabon is forested, and the country set aside 13 national parks in a single decree in 2002.
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Gabon · Africa
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Africa's second smallest country is two volcanic islands where cocoa once made it the world's leading exporter.
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Sao Tome and Principe · Africa
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Cameroon packs desert, mountains, rainforest and coast into one country, which is why it earned the nickname.
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Cameroon · Africa
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In 1986 a sudden release of carbon dioxide from the lake suffocated nearby villages. Degassing pipes now vent it safely.
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Lake Nyos, Cameroon · Africa
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More than one in six Africans is Nigerian, and Lagos is one of the fastest-growing cities on Earth.
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Nigeria · Africa
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Nigeria's film industry releases thousands of titles a year, second only to India in volume.
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Nigeria · Africa
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Modern Ghana took its name from the medieval Ghana Empire, though that state was located further northwest.
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Ghana · Africa
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Ga carpenters build coffins shaped like fish, aeroplanes or cocoa pods to reflect the life of the person inside.
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Teshie, Ghana · Africa
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The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is the largest church building in the world by floor area.
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Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast · Africa
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Salt-loving algae turn Lake Retba pink in strong sun, and collectors coat their skin in shea butter before wading in.
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Lac Rose, Senegal · Africa
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The House of Slaves on Goree stands as a memorial to the transatlantic trade and is visited by heads of state.
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Goree, Senegal · Africa
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The Great Mosque of Djenne is the largest mud-brick building on Earth and is replastered each year by the whole town.
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Djenne, Mali · Africa
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Timbuktu's private libraries preserved hundreds of thousands of manuscripts on astronomy, law and medicine.
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Timbuktu, Mali · Africa
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The name was chosen in 1984, combining words from two local languages to replace the colonial name Upper Volta.
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Burkina Faso · Africa
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The Tenere desert has yielded some of Africa's richest dinosaur fossil beds, including giant sauropods.
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Tenere, Niger · Africa
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Lake Chad has lost most of its surface area since the 1960s due to drought and irrigation, affecting millions.
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Lake Chad · Africa
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The Great Man-Made River pumps fossil groundwater from beneath the Sahara through thousands of kilometres of pipe.
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Libya · Africa
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Underground Berber homes in Matmata were used as film locations and are still lived in and rented to travellers.
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Matmata, Tunisia · Africa
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Carthage was one of the Mediterranean's great powers until Rome destroyed it in 146 BC, then rebuilt it as a Roman city.
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Carthage, Tunisia · Africa
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Algeria covers 2.38 million square kilometres, most of it Sahara, and became the continent's biggest country after Sudan split.
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Algeria · Africa
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