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ADDIS ABABA- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda make a joint bid to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

Another huge diamond found in Botswana – bigger than the last

July 8, 2021April 12, 2023

A mining company in Botswana has announced the unearthing of a 1,174-carat diamond. It’s the second unveiling of a huge diamond discovery in the country in a month.

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World’s Third Largest Diamond Unearthed in Botswana

June 17, 2021April 12, 2023

ADDIS ABABA – Botswanan diamond firm Debswana has said it unearthed a 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third-largest of its kind in the world.

Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya by the hundreds of millions from Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that haven't seen such numbers in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Locust Outbreaks Threaten Food Security in Southern Africa: FAO

September 4, 2020September 8, 2020

ADDIS ABABA – Outbreaks of African Migratory Locust (AML) are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of people in southern Africa, warned UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

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Botswana to Host African Land Forces Summit 2019

June 21, 2019September 17, 2021

ADDIS ABABA – Over 40 African nations including Ethiopia are set to attend this year’s Host African Land Forces Summit 2019 in Gaborone, Botswana, the organizers said. The Botswana Ground Forces Commander, Maj. Gen. Molefi