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Mozambique's 'Ghost' Airport

Mozambique's "ghost" airport; Afghan snow cricket in Finland; Morocco's Rif protests; Rwandan plastic bag ban; raving in Iran; Russians in Chechnya. With David Amanor.

Empty carousels, blank flight boards, echoing halls - Nacala International Airport in Mozambique cost millions and was meant to help the economies of both Mozambique and Brazil. Instead, it has proved an expensive white elephant. Amanda Rossi of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Brasil went to Nacala to find out more.

Snow Cricket
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Afghan journalist Merwais Miakhail is a big cricket fan. So he was very excited on a recent trip to Finland to be invited to take part in a match - in the snow.. It was so enjoyable that he wonders if 'snow cricket' deserves a future as a winter sport!

Morocco's Rif protests
Silya is a well-known singer in Morocco and a key activist from the Rif region. Her latest song is dedicated to the many people who've been detained since protests began just over a year ago, following the death of a fish vendor. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Monitoring's Amira Fathalla tells us more.

Bag it!
Rwanda banned plastic bags nine years ago. There have been reports of bag smuggling, and apparently, a mayor was sacked when the President saw a bag blowing down a street in his town. Prudent Nsengiyumva of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Great Lakes has just returned from Rwanda, so how clean are the streets?

Raving in Tehran
As part of our youth culture series, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Persian's Feranak Amidi remembers her party days in the late 90s, when Tehran discovered rave music.

Russians in Chechnya
Twenty years ago a quarter of the population of Chechnya were Russians. Now they comprise less than two percent. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Russian's Nina Nazarova travelled to Chechnya to find out what two Chechen wars have done to the republic, and particularly its Russian population.

Image: Mozambique's "ghost" airport
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