The weather at Lake Victoria is unlike any other place on earth with thunderstorms and lightning strikes killing around 5,000 people a year.
UN Security Council envoys begin four-day visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar to see firsthand the aftermath of a Myanmar military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in what the UN calls "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing".
Heavy rains were blamed for triggering the collapse in Maputo. Rescue workers continue to search for more survivors under the debris as the disaster destroyed houses.
Ethiopia is building a dam along its share of the Nile, with the backing of Sudan, but is facing fierce opposition from Egypt. Talks between the countries have stalled for months but the parties now agree to find a solution.
Over half a million Haitians have become sickened by cholera which spreads through contaminated water.
In Soweto, a flashpoint of the anti-apartheid struggle when music was widely used to bring attention to the cause, punk rock is growing in influence and popularity.
Some investors worry that the new ANC leader may not be able to bring drastic policy changes because half of the party's top decision-making body remains in hands of the old guard.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of a significant part of Russia's military in Syria, after saying the problem of Daesh in Syria has been solved "spectacularly."
Residents of Yemen's capital Sanaa say air strikes target neighbourhood near the city's International Airport and interior ministry, both under Houthi control.
Many survivors of the world's deadliest industrial disaster are still struggling to recover and are demanding that the Indian government do more to help.
The Libyan navy says there has been a renewed surge in migrants who are trying to cross the Mediterranean and enter Europe.
After three years of being held by Daesh and going trough the pang of destruction, the historic old market in Mosul is being rebuilt.
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