UNICEF has warned that obesityhas skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by "unethical" marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among those aged five to 19.

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies finance.yahoo.com/news/lab-grown…

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies. #VisionUpdates newvision.co.ug/category/world…

#BREAKING South Sudan opposition calls for mobilisation of forces for 'regime change' AFP News Agency

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مع أن الماس يوصف بالجوهرة الأبدية، فإن المداخيل منه تنحسر وتكاد تزول، نظراً إلى أنها عرضة لمنافسة من الأحجار الاصطناعية تضعف الأسعار واقتصادات بلدان جنوب القارة الإفريقية مثل بوتسوانا التي بنت ازدهارها على هذه الأحجار الكريمة. u.afp.com/SP7s #فرانس_برس ✍️

#BREAKING Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce withdrawal from International Criminal Court.

South Africa have forfeited a World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho for fielding an ineligible player on March 21.

A massive fire that has scorched through more than a third of Namibia's best-known national park has been contained.

UN says at least 22 have been killed in Madagascar Gen Z protests.

#BREAKING Madagascar president sacks government following deadly protests AFP News Agency

#BREAKING DR Congo ex-president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for 'treason'

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Madagascar's besieged President Andry Rajoelina has twice pushed back his long-awaited national address, deepening uncertainty over his whereabouts after days of protests calling for his resignation.

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting a planned opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation's spiralling political crisis.

Madagascar's National Assembly votes to impeach president

#BREAKING Madagascar's elite military unit says taking power after president impeached

Madagascar presidency condemns 'attempted coup', says Rajoelina 'remains in office'

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dead in India: Indian police

French forces' infamous 1944 massacre of African WWII troops demanding pay in #Senegal was "premeditated" and "covered up", with previous death tolls vastly underestimated, according to a paper submitted to the Senegalese president, an exclusive copy of which was obtained by AFP News Agency