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Africa
Teff stuff: how Ethiopia got its grain back
Until just recently, an Dutch agronomist held the patent for making pretty much anything out of teff flour – strangling Ethiopia's ability to sell its millenia-old grain
- by Paul Schemm
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Sex abuse
President of Sierra Leone declares rape a national emergency
Those who sexually assault minors will face life in imprison, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declared, saying that some 70 percent of victims are under age 15.
- by Clarence Roy-Macaulay
South Africa
'Breach of protocol': Western powers warn South Africa over corruption
South Africa has accused Western powers of breaching diplomatic protocol after the US and other governments wrote to the President urging him to tackle corruption.
Crime
Uganda seizes ivory and pangolin scale contraband
It's one of the largest seizures of wildlife illegal trade in the East African country.
Election
Nigeria's leader suspends chief justice three weeks before presidential election
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari sent Africa's most populous country into a constitutional crisis
Zimbabwe Crisis
Zimbabwe's violent crackdown continues with reports of rapes
Zimbabweans say abuses have not calmed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday denounced the violence as "unacceptable".
- by Farai Mutsaka
Congo's new leader sworn in with promise to release all political prisoners
"We are committed to building a modern, peaceful, democratic and caring state for every citizen," new president Felix Tshisekedi said.
- by Saleh Mwanamilongo & Cara Anna
Zimbabwe Crisis
Zimbabwe's civil servants to strike over salaries, as economic collapse deepens
The secretary of the Civil Service Apex Council said the strike will begin on Friday.
Election
EU, AU urge Congo leader to unite country after tense polls
Congo's Constitutional Court on Sunday refused runner-up Martin Fayulu's request for a recount and reaffirmed Tshisekedi's win, despite leaked data attributed to the electoral commission that showed Fayulu won.
Zimbabwe Crisis
Zimbabwe's president returns amid economic crisis, protest crackdown
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his first priority "is to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again".
- by Farai Mutsaka
Extremism
Israel link cited in deadly al-Qaeda attack on UN in Mali
The Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen group said the attack was a response to Chadian President Idriss Deby's revival of diplomatic relations with Israel.