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Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts 19 Feb 2020 - 06:21 pm
A soldier of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) gestures after spraying locust swarms with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. AFP / Sumy Sadurni
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads 18 Feb 2020 - 08:44 pm
A desert locust is seen feeding on a plantation in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Kenyan farmers find sweet spot with nutritious, drought-hardy crop 18 Feb 2020 - 08:42 pm
Workers produce sweet potato products at a processing factory in Maua, Meru County, Kenya, January 26, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Caroline Wambui
Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan 18 Feb 2020 - 07:21 pm
Samburu men attempt to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts flying over a grazing land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya January 17, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Congo's irksome 'sheep-jumps' jam traffic, confound president 18 Feb 2020 - 01:58 pm
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Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies 17 Feb 2020 - 04:17 pm
A worker from Burundian
South Sudan rebels reject president's peace compromise 16 Feb 2020 - 11:41 am
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a meeting on the cutting of the number of states from 32 to 10, at the State House in Juba, South Sudan February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Over 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves 15 Feb 2020 - 03:50 pm
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South Sudan cuts number of states from 32 to 10, unlocking peace process 15 Feb 2020 - 02:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Juba, South Sudan December 17, 2019.REUTERS/Jok Solomun
Namibia's first lady pledges to give all her wealth to charity 13 Feb 2020 - 10:59 pm
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Somalia executes two men by firing squad for girl's gang rape and murder 12 Feb 2020 - 09:18 pm
A general view shows people walking along a street in Galkayo, a city divided between the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Galmudug, in central Somalia, April 21, 2015. Picture taken April 21, 2015. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Slavery not a crime for almost half the countries in the world 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm
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Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya's longest serving leader Moi 11 Feb 2020 - 12:27 pm
 Military officers prepare the coffin of late former Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi draped in the national flag during a memorial service at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi
Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe 10 Feb 2020 - 09:43 pm
A Villager inspects her failing maize crop in rural Bindura near Harare, Zimbabwe, March 1, 2019. Reuters / Philimon Bulawayo
Africa holds 'silence the guns' summit as new conflicts grow 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Prime Ministers of Ethiopia and Sudan Abiy Ahmed and Abdalla Hamdok attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa. M?nasse Wond?mu Ha?lu / Anadolu Agency
Fighting in southwest Cameroon disrupts voting 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
A woman casts her ballot during the general and municipal elections in Yaounde on February 9, 2020. AFP
Route cuts intended to make South African Airways sustainable: Rescue team 09 Feb 2020 - 12:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers board a South African Airways plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Gambia's labouring farmers show why premature births may boom in a warmer world 07 Feb 2020 - 09:07 pm
Farmer Jankey Drammeh works in a communal vegetable garden in the village of Jali, Gambia, January 23, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton