Financial Markets In Free Fall

Asian stock markets have fallen sharply, following the biggest drop in United States share values for six years.

The president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency giving sweeping powers to the security forces. The opposition described the president's actions as a purge.

And we go to Western Kenya to meet Joyce Makaka, one of the first people to start farming in Kakamega county.