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African innovators tackle coronavirus with drones and phones

A Rwandan police drone fitted with a megaphone speaker flies in a residential neighbourhood to enforce a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kigali, Rwanda April 15, 2020. Picture taken April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RC286G9T8FTO

A Rwandan police drone fitted with a megaphone speaker to help enforce lockdown measures. Image: REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

Thin Lei Win
Food Security Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Nellie Peyton
Journalist, Reuters Foundation
Farai Mataishe
Correspondent, Thomson Reuters
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