Francois Ausseill
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The battle to bring antivenoms to Africa
A shortage of snake antivenom in Africa is a "shameful failure"
Uganda vote set to extend Museveni’s 25-year rule
Ugandans started voting on Friday in polls widely predicted to return long-time leader Yoweri Museveni to power.
Kenya to vote on new constitution
Kenyans will vote on Wednesday on a proposed constitution that would rein in the president’s powers.
Burundi president hopes God, development will win votes
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza hopes his personal brand of "grassroots development" and religious fervour will win him re-election next month.
Rape leaves lifelong scars in DRC conflict zones
Recent conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Nord-Kivu province has been accompanied by an upsurge in brutal rape and often barbaric mutilations of women and…