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In Guinea Conakry, a group of farmers and traders have called for a ban on imports of Irish potatoes, first introduced by Europeans, saying those produced in Guinea are of high quality and easier to store than those that are imported.

RFI correspondent Karim Kamara caught up with one of the farmers on his Irish potato farm about 270km from Conakry.

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The Head of Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), James Verdier, has accused the government of President George Weah of undermining the fight against corruption.

Corruption is said to be one of the root causes that lead to the outbreak of the 14 years civil crisis in that West African Nation in 1990. An estimated 250,000 people died in that conflict.

Weah became President after two unsuccessful bids against former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, promising to end corruption.

One year into the Weah administration, our Correspondent Darlington Porkpa reports from Monrovia.

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In Guinea conakry, a group of farmers and traders have called for the banning of the importation of Irish potatoes into the country, saying

Irish potatoes produced in Guinea are edible and EASIER to store than those imported from Europe.

Karim Kamara caught up with one of the farmers on his Irish potato farm about 270km from Conakry.

Click on the play button above to hear listen to his report.

Ethiopia's political landscape has changed since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April 2018 – particularly in the east of the country, in the Somali Regional State, or Ogaden.

The once powerful president Abdi Mohamed Omar, aka “Abdi Illey”, was removed last August with the help of the federal security forces. The former majority Tigrayan leadership in Addis Ababa used to be a strong support for his regime of terror.

Now there is a new president, Mustafa Muhumed, whose first priority will have to be providing justice for the people.

Click the play button above to listen this report by Vincent Dublange.

Two engineers from Europe have decided to start their search for low tech in Africa in Senegal this month, teaching workshops to share concepts and solutions based on creative inventions and life hacks.

Low tech, or low technology often involves repurposing old techniques to meet modern needs, such as solar-powered hearing aids, using bike power to charge phones and desert fridges.Click on the 'play' button above to hear Emmanuelle Landais's report from Dakar.

World War I ended 100 years ago. But its effects linger on in north-eastern France, in the form of environmental pollution.

Several years ago, researchers discovered that ammunition destruction operations, carried out near Verdun after the war, have left the topsoil contaminated.

A discovery that’s particularly affected farmers.

Claire Rush has this second report from the rural village of Houdelaucourt-sur-Othain

France’s northern and north-eastern regions were devastated by World War I. So much so, that after the armistice the government declared large swathes of it a “red zone” – off-limits for habitation and agriculture.

The former battlefield of Verdun is part of this zone.

It was there that some 300,000 soldiers were killed in just 10 months in 1916.

And a century later, it is still littered with unexploded ammunition. A public safety issue that brings regional mine-clearing experts and forest rangers to the site every day.

Correspondent Claire Rush has this first report from the Red Zone near Verdun.

Nearly 700 Palestinians in East Jerusalem may soon face house eviction procedures. This after the Israeli High Court rejected their appeal which argued against the method of transfer of ownership of a plot of land to the right-wing settlers group Ateret Cohanim.

Critics say Ateret Cohanim explicitly works to change the demographics of East Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority.

The plot of land in question was the site of a Jewish neighbourhood up until 1938, but its inhabitants were removed during the height of a Palestinian revolt against British mandate policies.

Under Israeli law only Jews can reclaim properties lost in the 1948 conflict, but the same law does not apply to Palestinians.

Correspondent Ibrahim Husseini reports from Silwan:

A project by India’s National Highways Authority to build a massive road across an urban forest in Gurgaon, a suburb next to the national capital, has residents up in arms. They say it will disrupt the area’s rich biodiversity.

The Aravali biodiversity park is a forest, stretching over 380 acres, showcasing abundant flora. It is also a pristine habitat for hundreds of species of birds and animals like civet cats and jackals.

When the highway authority and the Gurgaon Metropolitan Development Authority proposed to build a 2 kilometer highway through the park recently, it led to protests and anger.

In an effort to combat ocean pollution and climate change, a local group named plastic revolution in the Lamu area of Coastal Kenya, have constructed a traditional dhow sailing boat made entirely from plastic trash collected from the country’s beaches and towns.