Namibia: Meet one of Africa鈥檚 youngest MPs
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According to a new report from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, women make up less than one in four of the 12 thousand or so parliamentarians in Africa. The 麻豆社鈥檚 Nomsa Maseko has met one of the continent鈥檚 youngest politicians, Emma Theofelus from Namibia.
Plus, Armed men launched an assault on a prison in Owerri in Nigeria鈥檚 Imo State, in the latest in a wave of attacks against police in the region.
And Ghana鈥檚 Mzvee talks to DJ Edu about how the pressures of fame forced her to take a break from music.
(Photo: The Tintenpalast Goverment Building in Windhoek, Namibia; Credit: Hoberman/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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