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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 best foot forward for Go-Go music in Washington. It's about to go on tour to Nigeria too.

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 'Breakfast Jam' has revived break dance styles to educate and empower young people by bringing them together through hip-hop to promote positive change.

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 with host Jessie Wingard.

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 edition of Pulse with host Jessie Wingard.

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 different. Eva de Vries visits two brave young business men with albinism in Nairobi.

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 together in a safe space where they can play football, organize activities, become leaders and discuss issues that matter for girls.

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 Yiga went to meet some young people living with HIV in Uganda.

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 this jam-packed edition of Pulse with host Jessie Wingard.

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 declared Mugabe’s birthday to be a public holiday.From Harare DW's Privilege Musvanhiri starts by telling me what he makes of that announcement

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.

Many of Africa’s problems are associated with bad governance. But one organisation, Clean Africa is trying to bring a change. For the past few years, its been organizing debates on Good Governance in various universities here in Germany so that the participants can get a clear picture of the continent. Jane Ayeko, who volunteers for the organisation, with the details from Stuttgart.

On Pulse this week, we meet Sarah Letio from Uganda also known as the queen of shea butter, young men and women in northern Ghana venture into modelling despite it being regarded as taboo and some of the reactions on social media after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe steps down.

In Ghana the fashion industry is growing, and more and more models from the north of the country are trying to break into the business. The community there is predominantly Muslim and so choosing to be a model is regarded as taboo. But because of the promise of money and stardom, it's not holding the young people back.

Due to high unemployment among young people in Uganda, 27 year old Sandra Letio has lived by the old English adage of when the going gets tough the tough get going. After continuous frustrations and stress because she failed to get a job, Sandra decided to set up her own business, manufacturing Shea butter products, and thus create her own employment opportunity.

In Pulse this week, Uganda urges its youth to go back to the earth and embrace agriculture. African youth at the climate conference COP23 in Bonn fight for climate action. And Germany's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy hosts a kind of speed dating for African start-ups. All that right here on Pulse with host Eunice Wanjiru.

Many young Africans have lots of creativity, zeal and great business ideas. Germany on the other hand has lots of money. So Germany's Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy decided to bring both sides together. The ministry hosted the first Start-up-Night! Africa. A kind of speed dating for businesses.

We take a look at the taboo topic of sex. Get on the phone to a sex education hotline. Try to debunk some of the myths surrounding menstruation. And…'too posh to push’ - we find out why women in Uganda are opting for caesarean deliveries when their babies are born. All that and more with host Jessie Wingard.

In Senegal, sex remains a largely taboo subject – but it’s now possible to get accurate medical advice, anonymously and without judgment over the phone. Callers can get informed answers to questions about contraception, sexuality, pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases from experienced midwives at a newly opened specialized call centre.

On this week's pulse, we take a look at the aftermath of Kenya’s election re-run after opposition leader Raila Odinga called it a sham, disability is not inability as we meet a British woman based in Uganda who is helping inspire disabled persons through music and dance and Go-go funk music lives on. Do stay tuned.

DW's Chrispin Mwakideu takes a look at the aftermath of Kenya’s election re-run after opposition leader Raila Odinga refuses to recognise President Uhuru Kenyatta as winner.

Twenty jam-packed minutes of fun, mind-stimulating information and music: Each week, Pulse brings you the latest in youth culture from around the world.

Disability is not inability; we meet a Ugandan based British woman who is helping inspire disabled persons through music and dance.

Popular Go-go funk music remains alive in Washington DC as one band prepares to take their music back to its origins in Africa.

On this week's Pulse, we meet a young German based Ghanaian actress touring the world addressing social issues facing Europe and Africa, a young student at Makerere University in Uganda is making a positive impact in his community using a mobile app and we take a look at youth unemployment in Liberia. All this, right here on Pulse. Take a listen.

Gifty Wiafe is in Ghana, doing a theater performance as part of her world tour dubbed “It’s in the Blood”. She is addressing issues facing contemporary Germany and Ghana as well as other parts of the world.

23 year old Bazil Mwota, a Makerere University student, is making a positive impact on his community through the agroduuka app. This app will be an avenue to connect buyers to producers without the need for third parties.

It’s official, African food is one of the hottest new food trends in London at the moment. Thanks to young cooks like Zoe Adjonyoh whose father is Ghanaian and mother is Irish. Zoe runs a restaurant in Brixton and has just published a cookbook, entitled Zoe's Ghana kitchen. Emma Wallis caught up with her at a trendy café in east London’s hipster central.

What does the future hold for young South Sudanese refugees in Uganda? A young Ghanian-Irish cook brings African Cuisine to London and her customers cannot get enough of it and the Queen of everything Beyonce goes bilingual on a new remix of Mi-Gente, the global hit single by J Balvin and Willy William. All that and much more in this weeks edition of pulse with your host Jane Nyingi

On this week's Pulse we’ll look at some of the consequences of online hacking in Uganda, what the youth in Liberia hope for in the country's presidential elections and a summit in London is scheduled to address the issue of menstruation particularly in low income families in the UK.

"Period poverty" not only affects girls and women in developing countries but also those in the UK. It is when a woman doesn't have enough money to afford adequate sanitary protection for her monthly period. Campaigners in the UK are gearing up for a period summit on the 14th October where they aim to push the issue in to the open. One of those campaigners is a 17 year old schoolgirl from London.

In Uganda, celebrities use various social media platforms to expand their fan base and conduct business. But now, the social media dream has turned sour because the rich and famous have been suffering from a spate of account hacking. Local celebrities who have fallen victim to this scam say hacking negatively affects their brand.

In Pulse this week, a team of volunteers in Ghana have embarked on a reading clinic encouraging children to read aloud. The young members of the Rohingya community in Pakistan are a ticking time bomb waiting to explode as their people face trouble in Myanmar and a look at what’s being going on on the social media front.

In Pulse this week, a team of volunteers in Ghana have embarked on a reading clinic encouraging children to read aloud. The young members of the Rohingya community in Pakistan are a ticking time bomb waiting to explode as their people face trouble in Myanmar and a look at what’s being going on on the social media front.

This year to mark "Founders Day" on September 21st a team of volunteers embarked on a reading clinic and book drive event in Tamale, Ghana.  The League of Young Female Leaders gathered a group of volunteers who read aloud to children, and got them discussing books, literature and education. Reading aloud to children improves their sense of imagination and helps them learn to read for themselves.

The recent wave of violence in Myanmar reminds the Pakistani Rohingya community of the reasons they left their homelands back in the sixties. Now younger generations, born in Pakistan, are angry about what is happening to Rohingyas in Myanmar. Our correspondent went along to meet them and find out what impact the events in Myanmar and Bangladesh is having on them in Pakistan.

In this week's Pulse, Mentorship clubs are being formed in schools, in rural Ghana, to help young girls boost their confidence. A closer look at microchip implants in Sweden and DW's Wanjiku Mwaura tells us about her trip to eastern Germany and her impressions of the mood in the country prior to the elections.

Many young girls living in rural communities in Ghana appear to have low confidence in themselves. In academia for instance, educationists say lack of self-esteem amongst girls has affected their performance. To break this cycle, Portia Derry and Angela Seidu are mentoring younger girls in schools by forming mentorship clubs which seek to advance the status of girls from low income communities.

The touring arm of the Sydney Film Festival has just concluded the screening of nine films that showcase the best of Australian and international movies in some selected 19 regions. This year, the films screened include the multi Award-winning movie Ali’s Wedding, described as a Muslim Romantic Comedy, as well a documentary of the late pop star Whitney Houston titled “Why can I be me”.

As HIV cases continue to reduce in most parts of the world, in Chile the infection rate has increased especially among the young people. According to the government figures, there are about 65,000 people living with HIV in the country, with 41,000 already diagnosed with the virus

Today on Pulse, we focus on Chile which is battling with high HIV cases especially among the young people, we get to hear from Passy Mubalama on risks and challenges of being a young female blogger and activist in DRC, also you will get to know about the ongoing Sydney Film Festival all that plus some great music from Davido, Eddy Kenzo, Jason Derulo, and much more with your host Jane Nyingi.

Pulse this week takes us to Ghana where one out five girls is married off before she reaches 18, we hear from an Oxford University student what young people make of Brexit and can rock 'n' roll ease the tension in the Korean Peninsula? These stories plus some good music to spice things up.

This week on Pulse; The Sierra Leonean community in London pays tribute to the mudslide victims of Freetown. In Kenya, political rivals Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta differ on the repeat of presidential election, and does poverty have a color? We head to South Africa to find out.