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Extreme Gardening to Help Tackle Malaria
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A study shows getting rid of certain flowers can help curb the mosquito population by cutting off their food supply.
Plus, there's been an angry response to the arrest of a Tanzanian lawmaker, Halima Mdee accused of insulting President John Magufuli and the Burkina Faso woman challenging centuries of musical tradition.
(Photo: The Prosopis juliflora shrub, which occupies millions of hectares of Africa, Credit: Malaria Journal)
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