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
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
Locust swarms threaten more countries in eastern Africa - FAO
Swarms have destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of land, threatening food supplies in the worst locust invasion in 70 years
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
Serbians don masks and take to smog-filled streets to demand cleaner air
Belgrade and the capitals of Bosnia, Kosovo and North Macedonia, have been choked by dense smog for days, topping lists of the world's most polluted cities ahead of Delhi and Beijing
Tourist visa scam traps Indian migrants in abusive jobs in UAE
Migrants on tourist visas - quicker and cheaper to obtain than work permits - are wary of reporting exploitation for fear of revealing their illegal status
Kenya warns locust swarm is spreading, threatening food security
Locusts have already destroyed over 70,000 hectares of farmland in Somalia and Ethiopia in the worst invasion in 70 years
Extreme weather leaves Congo capital residents underwater
Increasingly torrential rain linked to climate change is costing lives in central Africa
More than 20 dead, many displaced after violence in Sudan's West Darfur
Up to 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced, since conflict broke out in Darfur in 2003, according to U.N. estimates
From nuns to astronauts: 10 women cracking the glass ceiling in 2019
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at which women managed firsts in their field