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A Kenyan company is offering loans to farmers where the interest rates charged are linked to the quality of the soil, providing an incentive for soil preservation.

Leading Kenyan cartoonist Celeste Wamiru shares her story and experiences.

A US man has shot down a drone which was hovering over his back garden.

A widely used location-tracking system can be intercepted or fooled with fake data, claims a security researcher.

A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection in a pioneering trial described as a "potential game-changer".

Busy seamstresses and tinsel for Obama

The US dentist who killed a lion in Zimbabwe should be extradited to face charges, the country's environment minister says.

Spammers are exploiting the Ashley Madison hack by posting links that offer stolen data but lead to booby-trapped web pages and scams.

Following attacks by Boko Haram militants, MPs in Chad vote to reinstate the death penalty for acts of terrorism six months after it was abolished.

The US has been spying on Japanese cabinet officials, banks and companies, including the Mitsubishi group, Wikileaks says.