African football has a new president for the first time in 29 years after Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad won a surprise victory in Thursday's election.

Each time Suriya Muse Iftin thought she was finally leaving an overcrowded Kenya refugee camp, her hopes were dashed.

"Never waste a good crisis" is a motto for Dr. Okechukwu "Okey" Enelamah, the Nigerian minister of industry, trade and investment.

A climate phenomenon known as the "Indian Nino" is causing frequent and intense droughts in parts of East Africa.