Sensors on Italian tomato plants tell farmers how much water they need. The technology could help farmers adapt to a warmer world. “We have managed to save 30–50 percent of the water,” says researcher Michela Janni.
SwedenTorrential rains are expected to hit East Africa as an unusually strong El Niño takes hold. Kenyan smallholder farmer Alfred Omondi Odong’ is among those preparing for the heavy rains. It is understandable that people are worried, because the rains could cause destruction, he says.
WorldTen more African countries are at risk from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Neighboring Uganda has confirmed three new cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to five.
WorldExplosions followed a fire that broke out at an arms depot in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Tuesday evening. At least 13 people were killed and another 57 were injured.
WorldAt least 171 bodies have been found in what are said to be two mass graves in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WorldAfter the offensive of recent days, the M23 militia group says it is retreating from the important city of Uvira in eastern Congo-Kinshasa.
WorldThousands of people are fleeing eastern Congo-Kinshasa to seek safety in Burundi following new advances by the M23 militia group.
WorldLarge parts of Burundi have been without electricity since Monday, which has left the capital Bujumbura paralyzed.
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