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You will improve your reading comprehension and develop your vocabulary on a diverse range of topics. Each article has a set of exercises to help you understand and use the language.

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The four countries of the UK

The United Kingdom, also called the UK, is a big country of 66 million people. The UK is really four different countries – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...

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The French-speaking countries

There are more than 7000 languages in the world. The biggest number of people speak English, or Chinese or Hindi or Arabic...

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The languages of Africa

Africa is very big continent with a very long history. People have lived in African for hundreds of thousands of years, in many different groups...

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Welcome to Greater Senegambia

What? A new country in Francophone Africa? No, a very old one. Greater Senegambia describes the culture of the Joly people. They live in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia...

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A Young Ivorian Entrepreneur makes his mark

People say you make your own success. This is certainly true for the growing number of young entrepreneurs in Africa. And not just in countries like Nigeria and Tanzania...

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