Across Africa | In DRCongo, blasts kill 11 at rally in Bukavu

In this week’s Across Africa: at least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured in explosions at a rally called by M23 rebels in the captrued eastern congolese city of Bukavu, Ghana’s defence capabilities are being boosted by a €50 million EU military package. In Benin, the fall armyworm is devastating thousands of hectares of maize, the country’s main food crop. To combat this threat, a digital solution is turning smartphones into detection tools.