Nigeria’s naira shortage: Banks attacked in Warri and Benin City

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Two banks are reportedly set on fire by customers angered by a lack of new banknotes.

Gloria Orwoba: Kenyan senator asked to leave over ‘period stain’

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Gloria Orwoba, who campaigns against "period poverty", says she was aware her trousers were stained.

Chagos Islands: UK should pay reparations, says Human Rights Watch

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A rights group criticises the UK after people were evicted from the British territory in the 1960s.

Libya shipwreck: At least 73 migrants presumed dead

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Only seven people are known to have survived after a boat sank on its way to Europe.

Sebastien Haller: Borussia Dortmund forward on cancer diagnosis and comeback

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Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller tells BBC Sport about his testicular cancer diagnosis and comeback.

Ethiopia war in Tigray: Eritrean soldiers accused of rape despite peace deal

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A 2022 peace deal halted Ethiopia's two-year civil war. Women say it did not stop the violence.

Why do so many catfishing scams come out of West Africa?

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Nigeria and Ghana are known hubs for catfishing where users pretend to be someone they're not online as part of a romantic or financial scam.

Christian Atsu: Agent says footballer still not located after Turkey earthquake

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Footballer Christian Atsu is still missing after the Turkey earthquake on 6 February, his agent has said.

South African rapper AKA was assassinated – police

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Police say the rapper was shot dead at close range in an apparent contract killing.

South Africa: Tour bus crash kills 20 in Limpopo province

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The tour bus collided with an armoured vehicle on a bridge and then fall into the river below.