Boko Haram ‘plot to attack UK and US embassies foiled’

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Militant Islamists planned to attack UK and US embassies in Abuja, Nigeria's spy agency says.

Somali security forces ‘rescue sailors’ from Indian ship

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Security forces say they were able to rescue eight sailors from pirates without firing a shot.

British Rwanda ‘plot’ woman Violette Uwamahoro back in UK

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She was released last month after a court ruled her detention over 'spreading state secrets' was unwarranted.

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey to return to Sierra Leone

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Pauline Cafferkey says returning to Sierra Leone, where she caught Ebola, will bring "closure".

Price of sinning

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In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks into the culture of blind belief in destiny.

Pauline Cafferkey: Going back will give me closure

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Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who survived Ebola, is to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since contracting the disease there.

Nigeria road safety commander cut hair of female employees

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The senior commander was filmed punishing female employees by cutting off their long hair.

Indongo ‘will find out the hard way’

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Ricky Burns aims to show Julius Indongo he is far from retirement in their super-lightweight unification fight on Saturday.

Zambia police detain opposition leader Hichilema over ‘treason’

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Mr Hichilema is accused of having obstructed President Edgar Lungu's motorcade at the weekend.

Die-hard Facebooker

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Ms Nyanzi has been taken to court over calling President Yoweri Museveni "a pair of buttocks".