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Makoko is a floating slum in Lagos with a lawless reputation. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Pidgin’s Dan Ikpoyi has been a victim of extortion there himself, but his latest video shows a community full of life and optimism.

Fan Bingbing: a Chinese morality tale
Fan Bingbing is one of China’s most famous and best paid movie stars, but was recently charged with tax fraud and ordered to pay back $129 million to the Chinese government. Howard Zhang of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Chinese has been following the story.

Rumi: the enduring popularity of a 13th century poet
Gulsevar Rizaeva of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Uzbek fell in love with Rumi’s poetry as a teenager in Soviet Uzbekistan, and recently reported from his birthday celebrations in Konya, the Turkish city he made his home. She’s joined by the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Suhrab Sirat who’s from the poet’s birthplace – Balkh in Afghanistan.

Azerbaijan's big spenders
Azerbaijani Zamira Hajiyeva is being questioned by the UK authorities over her high spending. She owns a private jet, a London mansion and a golf club, and spent $21 million in one luxury store. So who are Azerbaijan’s super-rich, and how are they seen at home? Questions for the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Tural Ahmedzade.

My home town: Kigali
Felin Gakwaya of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Great Lakes takes us home to Rwanda's capital Kigali.

Moving to Chernobyl
Who would choose to make a new life in a region with one of the highest radiation levels in the world? Zhanna Bezpiatchuk of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Ukrainian has met some families fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine who’ve chosen to settle just outside the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Image: Makoko floating slum in Lagos
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