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A passenger plane is forced to abandon plans to land in Dire Dawa after flying into a swarm of insects.

The trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body the IAAF, is delayed until June.

After a tentative truce failed, the warring sides meet for talks brokered by Russia and Turkey.

Police in Ghana suspend an officer and investigate the violence that left a fan injured by a rubber bullet as the football association also launches an inquest.

The rugby team's first black captain on his work off the pitch since their World Cup win.