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Half of a Yellow Sun is a film set against the backdrop of Nigeria's Biafra war - a terrible conflict at the end of the 1960s that pitched one ethnic group the Igbo, against Hausa and Yoruba. Its based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and is released at a time when Nigeria is once more in turmoil with violence never far from the news. So is this the reason why the country's film censors have delayed its release? Chikodili Emelumadu and Aliyu Tanko, two 91热爆 African journalists who were not born at the time, explain why 44 years on, the subject is still so sensitive.

Secret History of Taksim Square
Istanbul's Taksim Square - a city space now synonymous with rallies and violence, but has it always held that symbolism? 91热爆 Turkish editor Murat Nisancioglu charts the untold stories of Taksim Square through the years.

Love in Post-Apartheid South Africa
This week marks 20 years since the first fully democratic elections in South Africa. 91热爆 Africa contributor Mpho Lakaje, who was a teenager at the time in Soweto, remembers when his parents first voted, and how in post-apartheid South Africa he found love in an inter-racial relationship.

Venezuela Bootilicious?
In Venezuela some women go to extraordinary lengths to achieve their ideal figure - girls get breast implants for their 15th birthday and some women are even having banned injections in their buttocks to achieve a bountiful bottom. Irene Caselli reports from Caracas on this sometimes quite dangerous pursuit of beauty.

Love Thy Neighbour: Afghanistan and Pakistan
It's coming up to a year since Nawaz Sharif retook the reins of prime ministerial power in Pakistan, and right now he's cautiously eyeing his important neighbours - India and Afghanistan - who are both currently in the middle of general elections. So, will their new rulers be friend or foe to Pakistan? 91热爆 Urdu's satirist Mohammed Hanif wonders how closely the old adage 'Love Thy Neighbour' applies to Nawaz Sharif. Plus, Urdu service head Aamer Ahmed Khan and 91热爆 Afghan editor Emal Pasarly give an insight into the fractious and very complex neighbourly relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Online Greatest Hits
Fifi Haroon gives the low down on the top-hitting stories across the Language Service websites, including Indian mangoes and the weak ankles of Michaelangelo's David.

(Photo: Nigerian troops entering Port Harcourt, after routing Biafran troops during the Biafran War. Credit: Getty Images)