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The Mystery of Tanzania's Kidnapped Rappers

Tanzanian rappers, Kathmandu's car-honking ban, Turkish denouncers, Indonesia's motherless villages and Senegalese seductresses. With Zuhura Yunus.

Tanzanians have been mystified by the recent kidnapping and reappearance of two rappers. Who was behind the abductions? Why are musicians being singled out? Sammy Awami has been following the story for 91热爆 Swahili.

Kathmandu bans horn-honking
Horn-honking reaches deafening proportions on Nepali New Year, 14th April. So will a new honking ban for drivers in Kathmandu return the city to a quieter, more bucolic soundscape? 91热爆 Nepali's Surendra Phuyal considers the question.

Turkish online surveillance
Social media is being used by Turkish citizens to spy on and denounce people suspected of anti-government sentiments. Tweets and Facebook posts are enough to lose someone their job or land them in court. Pinar Sevinclidr of 91热爆 Monitoring talks us through some recent cases.

Indonesia's 'motherless' generation
91热爆 Indonesian's Rohmatin Bonasir has been finding out what happens to children left behind by migrant worker mothers. Millions of Indonesian women work abroad, and mothers and children pay a high price.

Senegalese seductresses
91热爆 Afrique's Leone Ouedraogo, who's from Burkino Faso, is spending time in Dakar in Senegal. Which seemed an excellent opportunity to find out if Senegalese women really are the best wives and expert seductresses everyone at home had always told her they were.

And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web.

Image: Rapper Roma giving a press conference after being released by kidnappers
Credit: 91热爆/Sammy Awami

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