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The World Food Programme's (WFP) Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, speaking from Rome during a UN briefing says that "27 million people have been affected by the El Nino-induced drought" in South Africa adding that almost four million children are suffering from "acute malnutrition". SOUNDBITE
Two cold fronts have hit South Africa in the past two days resulting in snowfall in Western Cape. IMAGES
Damages in the aftermath of flooding caused by torrential rain and fierce winds on South Africa's eastern coast that killed at least 22 people, local authorities said on Tuesday. Flooding hit several locations in two eastern provinces, two rare tornados were spotted, temperatures plunged and snow fell in some central regions. IMAGES
Voters line up in Cape Town to vote in the general elections which are widely believed to be one of the most contested polls in the last 30 years. IMAGES
Arrested in South Africa, Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, is set to appear in Cape Town Magistrate’s Court. Kayishema, a former police inspector, faces charges of genocide, complicity in and conspiracy to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the alleged murder of more than 2,000 Tutsis who had taken refuge in a Catholic church in Nyange, Rwanda. IMAGES
Ahead of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, the White House announces that the US pledged $55 billion in economic, health and security support for Africa over the next three years. SOUNDBITE
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