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Nothing left: Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm 19 Feb 2020 - 06:30 pm
Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi looks at the damage caused to her crops after locusts swarm descended on it in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
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
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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