Focus on Africa - 22/11/2015
A pastry chef at the hotel siege in Mali on how he survived by playing dead; the first African woman to command a navy vessel; plus more news and sports from across Africa.
A pastry chef at the Radisson Blu hotel siege in Mali on how he survived by playing dead; voters in Egypt's parliamentary elections on their hopes for the future; the children learning Mandarin on the Zambian copper belt; Zimasa Mabela on becoming the first African woman to command a navy vessel; Tanzania鈥檚 youngest MP, 24-year-old Halima Mdee; renewed calls for an independent Biafra; plus the latest news and sports updates from across Africa.
Photo: Zimasa Mabela. Photo credit: 麻豆社
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