Voting begins in Tanzania general elections

Tanzanians began voting on Wednesday morning to elect their president and members of parliament. The outgoing head of state John Magufuli, nicknamed the “bulldozer”, faces main opponent Tundu Lissu, who has been able to reinvigorate the opposition, largely stifled during the last five-years. On the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, the situation had become clearly tense…

Hard-hit Ethiopian farmers battle locust invasion

“I have nothing left to feed my nine children.” Ethiopia’s farmers battle worst locust invasion in 25 years. Ethiopia’s worst locust invasion in 25 years has devastated the country’s farmland, threatening food supplies and the livelihoods of millions of people, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The insects damaged about 200,000 hectares…