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Gold is now Burkina Faso鈥檚 most valuable export, but it鈥檚 come at a price. Last month the government announced the closure of small mines in the northern province of Sahel following a deadly attack by Islamic extremists. 91热爆 Africa's Lalla Sy has been following the story from neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Remembering Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar, one of India鈥檚 earliest and most famous film actors, died this week at the age of 98. We hear some of the many reasons why he was so special from Vandana at 91热爆 Delhi, who has admired Dilip Kumar all her life.

Ukrainian heels
High heels and marching soldiers - not a natural pairing perhaps, and one that directed outrage towards Ukraine's Ministry of Defence. 91热爆 Ukrainian's Irena Taranyuk shares the story.

Afghan resistance
Stories of territorial gains by the Taliban have been extensively covered by 91热爆 Uzbek, which has a big audience among ethnic Uzbeks in northern Afghanistan. Firuz Rahimi is from Jowzjan province, where news outlets have reported that women are joining militias to resist the Taliban.

Cuba's Jewish community
91热爆 Mundo's Jose Carlos Cueta is Cuban, but only discovered by chance that the island had a small Jewish community. He got digging, and traces its history from Christopher Columbus in 1492, to its peak after the First World War and its presence today.

Image: Gold panning in a Burkina Faso artisan mine, 2006
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