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The World Food Programme's (WFP) Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, speaking from Rome during a UN briefing says that "27 million people have been affected by the El Nino-induced drought" in South Africa adding that almost four million children are suffering from "acute malnutrition". SOUNDBITE
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive of QatarEnergy signs a deal with Shun-Chin Lee, Chairman of the CPC Corporation Taiwan for Qatar to supply the Taiwan-headquartered CPC with natural gas for 27 years. Qatar will supply four million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the cost of the agreement. IMAGES
Night strikes and flares are seen on the northern Gaza Strip from Gaza City on the 27th day of war between Israel and Hamas. IMAGES
More than 187,500 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since Hamas's surprise assault on Israel on Saturday sparked massive air strikes on the territory, the United Nations says. SOUNDBITE
Images of the Mbankolo district, on the north-western outskirts of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, following the collapse of a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses. The landslide was caused by torrential rain on the evening of 8 October. At least 27 people have been killed in the collapse. IMAGES