EAST AFRICAN LEADERS URGE BURUNDI TO POSTPONE ELECTION

Elections in Burundi should be delayed by at least a month and a half and all violence must stop, East African leaders said Sunday after a regional summit on the crisis. "The summit, concerned at the impasse in Burundi, strongly calls for a long postponement of the elections not less than a month and a half," the East African Community (EAC) said in a statement read out by its secretary general Richard Sezibera after the meeting of regional leaders...

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AfRICA’S FOOD SECURITY THREATENED BY DEADLY MAIZE DESEASE

More than 150 participants are meeting  in Nairobi for an international conference to share knowledge on the latest diagnostics and screening methods for the maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease, and assess ways of curbing its spread across Africa to help mitigate its effects, particularly large-scale crop losses for smallholders and seed companies. The conference is timely because quality seed is the pillar of agriculture in Africa and...

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