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Cyclone Idai: Mozambique president says 1,000 feared dead
Zimbabwe and Malawi have also been badly affected
Hear the latest on the destruction caused by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa.
France's President Emmanuel Macron offers a 3 billion US dollar investment in loans and grants to East Africa.
And meet the 8-year-old Nigerian boy who's just become a chess champion in New York.
(Photo: People on roofs and trees in Beira in Mozambique. Credit: AFP)
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