TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's giant El Sharara oilfield has been shut down because a landlord closed a valve in protest against pollution from a pipeline crossing his land, he told Reuters.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans were told not to consume "ready to eat" processed meat on Sunday as the government linked a listeria outbreak which has killed 180 people to a sausage meat made by the country's biggest consumer foods group.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Footage of an Ethiopian parliamentary session posted online on Saturday appeared to contradict official reports of the number of votes cast to validate the state of emergency, though government officials dismissed the discrepancy as a mistake.

LILONGWE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Zambian farmers facing more extreme weather are set to get better early warning and weather information to help them cope, as part of a new grant from the Green Climate Fund.