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1. Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu

   Crowds thronged Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival.

2. South Africa starts extensive vaccine campagin against FMD in cattle

   South Africa on Wednesday rolled out a 10‑year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle as a fast‑spreading foot‑and‑mouth outbreak hits herds and squeezes key export markets.

3. China to scrap tariffs for most of Africa from 1 May, says Xi Jinping

   It's another hurdle lowered for more Chinese-African trade: Beijing announced on Saturday that it would scrap tariffs for imports from 53 African countries. Eswatini is the only one not on the list as it maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, whose sovereignty China challenges.

4. Kenyans mourn one of last Mau Mau rebellion leaders

   Mourners attended the funeral of one of the last leaders of Kenya's Mau Mau resistance movement in Ngorika near the Aberdare mountains. Christopher Njora Muronyo died at the age of 106, still carrying three bullets in his body from his time as a rebel against the British in the 1950s.

5. Chad: French tourist's death "a tragic accident" according to another traveller

   A French tourist, identified as Paul Ferreri, who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead "after a fall", Chad's tourism minister told AFP on Friday. His death was a "tragic accident" according to another French tourist.