Coronavirus: Africa braces for impact 'like nothing we have seen'
With ventilators scarce and social distancing a luxury, COVID-19 cases are rising on the continent. But some hope lessons from Ebola have left governments better prepared
Chasing the locust swarms devastating Somaliland
Reporting from the ground on the worst locust outbreak to hit the Horn of Africa in 25 years
Locusts Stealing Lives: Fears of farmers, herders in Somaliland as a plague looms
Billions of desert locusts have swept across east Africa, threatening the livelihoods of more than 20 million people. Now a second wave is coming.
Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys, income to China
Growing demand for a gelatin derived from donkey skins which is used in Chinese medicine has fuelled a surge in donkey thefts
'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen
'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much harder here.'
Locust swarms in East Africa: here's what you need to know
Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are being ravaged by the worst locust outbreak in decades
Somalia executes two men by firing squad for girl's gang rape and murder
The killing triggered demonstrations calling for authorities to enforce a law to secure justice in the east African nation, where rape victims are stigmatized
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people
Ugandan medics deploy AI to stop women dying after childbirth
The gadget transmits patients' data such as respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure to a desktop or mobile platform - algorithms detect at-risk cases and alert doctors
Climate change linked to African locust invasion
Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa in the worst outbreak in a quarter of a century, says the United Nations