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By Suleiman Ugbokhe In terms of usage, azézé rivals honey as a sweetening addictive to foods for consumption. Azézé, like honey, is from the wild. Whilst honey is produced by an insect - the bee - azézé is produced by human from a fruit (ulili) borne by a tree called ulili. Ulili tree Like honey, azézé can be used in garri (I think only my West African brethren understand that!), in tea, in pap , etc, as a sweetener. Azézé Production Process:  You cannot pluck the fruits. The fruits are green when they are not yet mature and turn dark at maturity at which point they fall to the ground to be picked.   The unripe (green) and ripe (dark) ulili fruits One can pick a few for direct consumption. All you have to do is to wash the fruits, peel off the tiny skin covering the fleshy part of the fruit and put the fruit in your mouth to suck the sweet flesh and discard the hard kernel upon which the flesh is built. To make the azézé, you need to collec...

Image caption Solomon Serwanjja wants to carry on Komla Dumor's legacy of changing the narrative about Africa Ugandan investigative reporter and news anchor Solomon Serwanjja has won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Serwanjja is a presenter at Uganda's NBS TV, where he hosts one of the channel's prime-time shows. He has also produced award-winning reports, including one for BBC's Africa Eye programme about  the illegal sale of prescription drugs . The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. Serwanjja is the fifth winner of the award, following in the footsteps of Waihiga Mwaura, Amina Yuguda, Didi Akinyelure and fellow Ugandan Nancy Kacungira. As part of the prize, he will spend three months at the BBC in London and travel back to the continent to report on a story there. He is a well-known journalist and his passion for investigative journalism highlighted his d...

Sha Image copyright EPA Image caption Rodrigo Janot said the "hand of God" had intervened to stop him A judge in Brazil has issued a restraining order against a former attorney general after he admitted carrying a gun inside the Supreme Court to kill one of the justices. Rodrigo Janot served as chief public prosecutor for four years until 2017. He led the prosecutions for corruption of ex-presidents Michel Temer, Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva. He has now been barred from being within 200m of members of the bench. Mr Janot is also banned from entering any tribunal building in Brazil. He made the admission in interviews ahead of the publication of his memoirs. Police have searched his home to remove his weapons, and take his gun licence away. Mr Janot - in an interview published by the O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper - said that in May 2017 he entered the federal Supreme Court building in Brasilia to kill a judge who had al...

Image copyright CARABINIERI CATANIA Image caption Police found two large cannabis plants and Indian hemp at Carmelo Chiaramonte's home A Sicilian TV chef has been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing after police found cannabis at his home, Italian media report. Carmelo Chiaramonte was caught in possession of two large marijuana plants and 1kg (35oz) of Indian hemp, police said. Cannabis-infused wine, olives, coffee and tuna were also seized from his home near Catania in eastern Sicily. The chef reportedly told police he was researching "new flavours". Mr Chiaramonte described himself as an "agro-food consultant for third millennium cuisine",  Italian newspaper La Sicilia reported . The 50-year-old chef, who lives in the village of Trecastagni, at the foot of Mount Etna, has been released pending trial. Known as a connoisseur of Sicilian cuisine, Mr Chiaramonte is a chef at the Katane Palace Hotel restaurant in Catania. Mr Chiar...

Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption Mike Pompeo is yet to publicly respond to the House Democrats' demand US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered by Democrats to turn over documents relating to the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine. In a letter, the heads of three House committees subpoenaed Mr Pompeo  to produce the documents within a week. It is the latest move in rapidly escalating impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. He is being scrutinised for allegedly pressuring Ukraine's president to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. In a separate development on Friday, the US special envoy for Ukraine negotiations, Kurt Volker, resigned, US media reported. Mr Trump has denied putting any pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call in July, when Mr Biden was leading polls to win the Democratic nomination for the White House race in 2020. Mr Trump has alleged that Mr Bi...