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Kenya's environment court blocked Wednesday the construction of a coal power station in the Lamu archipelago, a $2 billion project that faced years of resistance from conservationists and local communities. SOUNDBITE
In the salty desert of South Africa engineer Christoph Weber is testing the limits of the Audi e-tron prototype. Under the most adverse conditions, the electronic SUV has to master different challenges. Is the car able to cool down the interieur from 68° to 22° Celsius without air conditioning and has the battery the power to accelerate up to 200km/h under such extreme heat?
Is shale gas an energy game-changer or a dangerous fossil fuel? This week we examine some strikingly different standpoints on what is a potential energy of the future.
British runner Russ Cook jogs with supporters who have joined him for the final leg of his 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES
Images show exteriors of a Coptic monastery in Cullinan, South Africa, where three Eygptian Coptic Orthodox monks were reported to have been murdered. IMAGES
South Africa's ruling ANC suspends the country's former president Jacob Zuma from the party. "The NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC President Jacob Zuma in line with Rule 25.60," says ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. SOUNDBITE