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Five years ago this month, football riots in Port Said in Egypt left 74 dead. Since then a crowd ban has been enforced and almost all games are played to empty stadiums. Mohamed Qoutb, a sports journalist with 91热爆 Arabic in Cairo, has witnessed the effect the ban has had on the game.

I'll have mine raw...
For social gatherings and family get-togethers in Ethiopia, one ingredient popular with all generations is raw meat. 91热爆 Africa's Emmanuel Igunza, who's from Kenya, has been trying raw delicacies for himself in his adopted hometown Addis Ababa.

Making carnival 'PC'
With Brazil's carnival season approaching, it's time for partygoers to cut loose, have a dance and perhaps get involved in a bit of transgression. But this year there have been calls for more political correctness, especially when it comes to marchinhas, the songs sung during the famous street parades. Neli Pereira from 91热爆 Brasil explains.

Mother Tongue
International Mother Tongue day gave 91热爆 Urdu's Zafar Syed the opportunity to visit a remote mountain village in northern Pakistan with its own language. Only 400 people currently speak it, and despite being a keen linguist, and coming from the same region, even Zafar couldn't get his tongue around it.

Somali nicknames
Somali MPs elected a new president earlier this month - Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known as Farmajo or 'Mr Cheese'. Nicknames are very common among Somalis - so what's the meaning? An insult, a compliment, or perhaps something even simpler? We spoke to 91热爆 Swahili's Abdinoor Aden in Nairobi to find out.

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Image: A girl sits in the empty stands during an Egyptian league football match in Cairo
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