Africa

Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels in the thought some might soon go to the crown jewel of emerging consumer markets: China.

African economies see reasons for optimism despite crises

The world's biggest insurers are expanding in Africa, looking to tap growth promised by a rising population and middle class, but climate change could complicate their quest for profits.

The monkeypox outbreak has spread to 30 countries in less than a month.

East Africa endured a harrowing drought in 2017 but early humanitarian action averted a famine in Somalia.

A documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches has accused food giant Mondelez International, which owns the Cadbury brand, of forcing children as young as ten years old to work long hours on cocoa farms in Ghana.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

Nigeria's armed forces said they had killed 537 "armed bandits and other criminal elements" in the region

Fifty passengers have been rescued, while the search continues for 15 missing.

In the provinces of Tigray, Amhara and Afar, an estimated 9.4 million people "are now in critical need of food assistance."

It said all travellers entering the country will be tested for the new variant.

The Duke of Cambridge also cited Africa's human population in his 2017 speech at the Tusk Conservation Awards.

The total number of infections is also likely to be an under-estimate, given insufficient testing capacity in Africa.

Many students have been released only after spending weeks or months in captivity. Dozens are still being held.

The Asia-Pacific Region will be the worst hit in absolute terms, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the losses.

Since the start of August, more than 90 people have died in attacks in the north and northeast of the country.

Previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in South Africa, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The armed forces were sending 2,500 soldiers to help the overwhelmed police.

The strike has provoked international outrage, with the United States calling it a "reprehensible act".

The most dramatic scenes happened six years ago, when many asylum-seekers streamed out of Syria

During that eruption, the victims were mostly sick or elderly abandoned to their fate.

Evidence from the Mekong region has shown that once artemisinin resistance becomes prevalent, resistance to the partner drug often follows, resulting in ACT treatment failure.

Rescue teams had focused on efforts to remove sand around the ship, which was dredged up to a depth of 18 metres (59 feet).

Canal traffic has been disrupted several times in the past, notably during the Arab-Israeli wars of the second half of the 20th century.

The average fatality rate from Ebola is around 50 percent but this can rise to 90 percent for some epidemics, according to the WHO.

With more than 1.3 million people infected, South Africa has recorded more cases than any other country on the continent and has also suffered more deaths, with 37,105 registered.

Two giraffes in Arica were discovered to be from a condition called skeletal dysplasia.

The ministry says the elephants are being sold "due to drought and increase in elephant numbers coupled with human-elephant conflict incidences."

The violence has also spread into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a regional military coalition to fight the militants.

The battle took place near Niaki, 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of central town Mopti, the armed forces said in a statement.