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2017-12-26

  Pulse: Best of 2017

As we wrap up 2017 Pulse takes a look back at some of our favorite stories this year. First to Uganda where we meet a group of young talented dancers who are physically challenged. A young Ghanaian cook brings African cuisine to London. And put your be...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-20

  Pulse: Breakdance Jam educates and empowers young people

Breakdance is a style of acrobatic dance originating in the mid-1970s, often performed to rap music usually by youth in the streets, and characterized by intricate footwork, spinning, headstands, tumbling, and elaborate movements. In Uganda, the 'Break...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-20

  Pulse: Running to a brighter future

This week on Pulse, a novel campaign drive in Ghana is helping fight extremism. We hit the training track with some of Kenya's top athletes of the future. And, we can finally let you in on a little secret. All that and more on this edition of Pulse wit...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-13

  Pulse: Accepting young people with albinism in Kenya

In Tanzania and some other African countries, people with albinism are still being hunted down and killed for their body parts. But just across the border in neighbouring Kenya, the situation for people living with the same condition is completely diff...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-13

  Pulse: Breakdancing breaks down stereotypes in Africa

This week on Pulse, breakdancing is more than just dance for a group of young people in Uganda. We meet African-German rapper, BTNG. And, two men in Nairobi are breaking down stereotypes for people with albinism. All that and more on this jam-packed ed...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-06

  Pulse: Fighting HIV means fighting stigma

Fighting HIV means fighting stigma — we meet some young people in Uganda living with the virus doing just that. And, forget "Bend it like Beckham" — a group of girls and young women in Kenya are using football to become empowered. All that and more on ...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-06

  Pulse: Living with HIV in Uganda

HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges. Africa accounts for almost two-thirds of all new infections. Stigma and discrimination remain barriers to having a HIV-free generation. To commemorate World AIDS day, Frank ...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-12-06

  Pulse: Empowering girls through football in Kenya

Disadvantaged women and girls from rural areas on the Kenyan Coast are being empowered through soccer as a tool to change their lives. The community-based organization 'Moving the Goalposts' is behind the initiative. MTG is all about bringing girls tog...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-11-28

  Pulse:Expectations of young Zimbabweans

It’s a new dawn in Zimbabwe, many especially the young people are now hopeful for a better future after Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency, bringing to an end Robert Mugabe’s rule. But even before the dust settles, the new government has decla...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2017-11-28

  Young Zimbabweans hope for a better future

On Pulse, this week: What young Zimbabwean think of Emmerson Mnangagwa presidency. Are many of Africa’s problems associated with bad leadership? And in Senegal, a group of women bring electricity to remote villages.
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author