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Immersed in the pan-African struggle, Amilcar Cabral led Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde toward independence from the Portuguese colonial authorities, but was assassinated before he could achieve this goal.
Njinga Mbande was a diplomat and a military chief from the 17th century in the territory which is now known as Angola. Her primary enemy was the colonial power which was taking over her kingdom and her people. She fought the Portuguese through military actions and diplomacy until her death at 82.
After the crash of Germanwings flight 4U 9525, and similar events like it, it's understandable if our fears of flying should rise. Many airlines offer courses to help people with their fears.
Germany is grappling with increasing numbers of refugees. Fleeing repression and mistreatment in their home countries, many asylum-seekers end up in state-sponsored homes, awaiting answers to whether they will be allowed to stay in Germany. DW reporter Carla Bleiker visited one such home outside the German city of Essen. Her report on what life is like there is presented by Sonya Diehn.
If we want to keep up with global demands for food, we will need more grain. But environmentalists say it's got to be sustainable. Researchers are testing high-tech farm sensors that will identify parasites-infected plants, and where to plant what.
Farmers often see themselves as the salt of the earth. It goes pretty much without saying that not many are on YouTube, presenting videos about what they do. That's because they're on Kuhtube! Well, at least in the northern German state of Lower Saxony, that is. DW takes you to one such farm in Grasberg for this report.
The Italian first moved to Germany because of love, and later fell for a run-down building housing a swimming pool that he was able to buy from the city of Hamburg. He's fixed it up to make it both a home and his studio. (He's also covered over the pool.)
One of the biggest hurdles for development in Mozambique is the spread of HIV. About 1.6 million people in the country are living with HIV. The illness has left half a million children parentless. An NGO in the province of Mopeia is working with these children.
Since Francois Hollande and the Socialists took power in May, satirists have been missing the flamboyance and glamour of former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni. But the couple were in the news again week, when a statue to the former first lady was unveiled in a suburb of Paris.
Italian handbag designer Carla Braccialini has her job in her genes: her family’s business was founded back in 1954. Today the company has her to thank for its reputation as a purveyor of women’s handbags with a twist. Braccialini produces for big-name fashion labels like Vivienne Westwood, and her new, limited-edition bag based on a design by Leonardo da Vinci goes on sale this month.
In this edition: handbags by Carla Braccialina, Scottish artist David Mach, dog sledding in Norway, photographer Michael Lange, Germany's Banksy and florist Thierry Boutémy
