Doing Your Bit: Making concrete out of cassavas

Striking doctors in Kenya hold out as talks with the government lead nowhere after more than six weeks of industrial action.

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, dozens of South Africans have set up a protest camp outside the Constitutional Court. They are demanding reparations for human rights abuses suffered under white minority rule.

For many months, the weather all over Nigeria has been relatively hot. Many citizens have complained About the sun during the day, not being able to sleep at night, and wearing skimpy clothes during the day as the sun shone as though it was its last. GuardianTV spoke with Nigerians and professionals about their experiences and how to survive during the heatwave.

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The devaluation of the naira against the dollar has plunged Nigerians into a deep socio-economic depression. The price of basic foodstuffs can double or even triple in the same day.

Authorities in Kenya say at least 171 people have been killed and more than 190,000 displaced by catastrophic flooding. DW's Felix Maringa spoke with those affected, some still searching for their loved ones.