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This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Biafra war. Millions died, mostly from famine, as Nigerian government forces defeated attempts by the Igbo people in the south east to claim an independent Biafran state. You might think an event of such magnitude would be burned into the nation's memory, but it's not a part of history that many young Nigerians know much about. 大象传媒 Africa's Tomi Oladipo has been filling in some of those gaps.

Palestinian youth
Nida Ibrahim, who reports for 大象传媒 Arabic from Ramallah, has been talking to young Palestinians for a documentary series about the lives of young people around the world. The Palestinian Territories has the youngest population in the Middle East, but politics and administration are dominated by older generations. Nida says young people are finding different ways of expressing themselves.

Bringing salsa home
After a long day in the office it's nice to unwind, and 大象传媒 Swahili's Judith Wambare in Nairobi likes nothing more than to pop on her dancing shoes and salsa the night away. She's made a video about it, and she's not alone - salsa has taken off in Kenya. And according to Judith, it's a homecoming of sorts for the dance most think of as Cuban.

Turkey's long march
Thousands of demonstrators are walking from Ankara to Istanbul to protest against what they see as increased authoritarianism in Turkish politics. Selin Girit from 大象传媒 Turkish has visited the protesters as they walk in the blazing heat.

We were first! Azerbaijan and the oil well dispute
History books say that the first oil well was dug in Pennsylvania in 1859. Not so, say the Azeris, who sent a team into the archives to back up their claim that Baku got there first. 大象传媒 Azeri's Tural Ahmedzade has been investigating.

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Image: Biafran flag painted on a wall
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