Tanzania’s Magufuli deploys military amid cashew nut crisis
Craig TaylorPresident John Magufuli ordered officers to buy the crop from farmers at government-approved prices. BBC News – Africa
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Death toll passes 200
A vaccination programme is being hampered by armed rebel groups, health officials warn. BBC News – Africa
Family tragedy of Somalia’s Mogadishu hotel owners
The owner of a hotel dies in bomb blasts, three years after his father was killed in a similar attack. BBC News – Africa
Hundreds of Buffaloes Drown in Chobe River
Botswanian authorities estimate that around 400 Buffaloes were drowned after being chased into the Chobe river near the border with Namibia. Reports indicate that the herd was unusually large and when chased by Lions the ensuing panic probably contributed to the deaths. Apparently, events like this are not that uncommon but are rarely on this scale. The…
Further Unrest in Northern Cameroon as Pupils are Kidnapped from Bamenda School
Cameroon is not the most stable of African states of late with several secessionist rebellions springing up in the largely English Speaking Northern regions and the latest atrocity involves the kidnapping of around 80 children and teachers from a school in the major city of Bamenda. The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday…
‘How I became friends with an octopus’
A diver in South Africa says he “visited this incredible animal for almost a year.” BBC News – Africa