VIDEO: Drought threat looms over Kenya region

The Middle East’s driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers’ livelihoods blighted, UN experts and climatologists say.

>With about a year to go before the next general election, a worrying trend in intra-party politics has emerged in the country, whereby internal wrangles and differences among leaders are increasingly leading to violent skirmishes between members of rival factions.

>Seventy-two-year-old Walter Bgoya has a passion for conserving and protecting Dar es Salaam’s architectural heritage, which is now on the brink of being wiped out by greedy real estate developers.

Boko Haram's threat to region grows after Cameroon kidnappings

The United Nations has warned that more than 15 million people in Ethiopia will be in need of food aid by the beginning of 2016 because of a severe drought.

>Top lady golfer Angel Eaton will be the major  attraction when the Kenya Ladies Open roars into life on Saturday in Nairobi.

The BBC's Taurai Maduna finds out how the drought is affecting the sugar industry in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.

>Security has been heightened in different parts of the country following reports of a planned terrorist attack using a vehicle laden with improvised explosive devices.

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Christians in Kenya and Tanzania Under Threat as Islamist Groups Widen ...
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Concern is growing for the Christian populations of Kenya and Tanzania, as jihadists are widening their sphere of influence across East Africa, a leading charity for persecuted Christians has warned. Release International has identified Iraq as the worst place ...
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