Zambia Calls in the Air Force to Combat Pests
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Zambia has ordered the national Air Force into action to fight pests that have invaded maize crops and threatened vital food supplies. The Air Force is transporting pesticides across the country so that fields can be…
Kenya Plants Tougher Trees to Hold Back Desert
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Faced with growing degradation that is swallowing large swaths of land in arid and semiarid areas, Kenya is working to stop the encroachment of the desert and add trees suited to the…
Côte d’Ivoire Signs New Constitution Into Law
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Côte d’Ivoire adopted a new Constitution, with hopes it will support the nation’s emergence as one of Africa’s rising economic stars after years of violent upheaval.
In October 2016, voters overwhelmingly endorsed the…
Habib Bourguiba Tunisia’s ‘Supreme Fighter’
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Habib Bourguiba was Tunisia’s first president and remains a towering figure in the country’s history. But like so many great leaders throughout world history, Bourguiba’s desire to stay in office led to his downfall.
Wearing…
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The alkaline water in this lake is so caustic it can burn animals that have not adapted to it.
More than 2 million lesser flamingos build nests here on small islands.
The lake’s temperature can reach 41 degrees Celsius.
This…
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Diminished but dangerous. That’s the current state of the extremist group al-Shabaab. Whereas it once controlled more than half of Somalia’s territory and a population of about 5 million people, today its…
Somalia Writes New Chapter in Its History
Today is a truly historic day for Somalia, its resilient people, and all our brotherly neighbors and valuable partners. To you all, I say Somalia and Somalis have turned a new leaf, and we are writing a new chapter in our history. This…
Pokémon Craze has Lagos Scrambling
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Nintendo’s hit mobile game Pokémon Go may be best suited for tree-lined neighborhoods and public parks, but many in busy Lagos, Nigeria, are braving big-city chaos to play.
“Here it’s like Mad Max,” said Timi…
Ghana Academy Promotes Dreams of Learning, Football
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Patience Kum strides across the training pitch of the Right to Dream (RtD) Academy, a football center of excellence nestled in the Ghanaian countryside, and welcomes visitors with an assured handshake.
The…
Family Finds Photographer’s Chronicle of Benin’s History
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Termites had nibbled their way through the dust-covered boxes containing photographer Cosme Dossa’s life’s work at his family home in Benin’s capital, Porto-Novo. Despite such conditions, 15,000 negatives were…