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Egypt replants mangrove 'treasure' to fight climate change impacts
On Egypt's Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to boost biodiversity, protect coastlines and fight climate change and its impacts. - 'Punch above their weight' - Mangroves also have a powerful impact in combating climate change.
The Cuban priestesses defying religious patriarchy
First, they defied the male dominion over the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion by being secretly ordained. Experts say about 70 percent of Cubans are followers of Santeria.
Springbok Rhule's 'special bond' with Leyds key to La Rochelle life
Raymond Rhule says having a "special bond" with fellow Springbok Dillyn Leyds has allowed the pair to blossom at La Rochelle, before Saturday's French Top 14 trip to Bayonne. Scrum-half Cobus Reinach, who won the 2019 World Cup alongside Kolbe, has returned to training with champions Montpellier after a serious shoulder injury before Saturday's re-run of June's Top 14 final with a trip to Castres.
Diamond millionaire hopes to rock Lesotho vote
Sitting at the desk of a grand office in Lesotho's capital of Maseru, Sam Matekane doesn't attempt to hide his ambition. He does not want to state his worth, but his affluence is on display at his office on the 6th floor of a building in the centre of Maseru, a sleepy city of 350,000 people.
At 34, Burkina's new junta chief is world's youngest leader
Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown, even in his native Burkina Faso. - Military career - Traore was born in Bondokuy, in western Burkina Faso, and studied geology in Ouagadougou before joining the army in 2010.
Kenya lobby groups protest lifting of ban on GM crops
Activists and agriculture lobby groups on Thursday urged Kenya's government to reverse its decision to lift a long-standing ban on genetically modified crops as the country struggles with a crippling drought.
'Gold dust': Liberians queue for rice
In the Clara Town suburb of Liberia's capital Monrovia, Aminata Kanneh stands sweating under the hot midday sun, queueing in a 100-metre-long line to buy rice. Liberia also faced fuel shortages earlier this year with prices spiking and motorists forced to wait in long queues outside gas stations.
Nearly 200 dead in Niger floods
Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said on Thursday, describing the toll as one of the highest on record.
Libya PM defends undersea gas deal with Turkey
Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has defended a deal signed earlier this week with Turkey over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, which angered European nations.
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