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Could dieting mosquitoes stop malaria spreading?

New research suggests mosquitoes appetites could be reduced to stop them biting humans. Thousands of journeys disrupted at Nairobi's main airport due to a strike. And a special report on security and the Ebola outbreak in the D.R. Congo.

(Picture: A mosquito biting a human. Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 6 Mar 201919:06GMT
BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

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