In Africa this week, the continent's leading cotton producer, Mali, faces sanctions imposed by ECOWAS, putting the industry at risk; more than 100,000 children in western Kenya have received the world's first vaccine against malaria, which has so far proven effective in reducing admissions and symptoms; growing peanuts is a mainstay activity in the north-western region of the Central African Republic, but increased insecurity has made it hard for farmers to get a fair price for their crop.

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