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State Security Raids Nigerian Currency Dealers
Currency dealers were accused of exchanging naira at a rate lower than 400 naira to $1. Nigerian intelligence agents...
India Medical Centre Offers To Treat Tanzania’s Tallest Man
Mr Elias is said to be the tallest man in Tanzania. An Indian medical centre has offered to assist a Tanzanian man who...
Super Falcons Go For Eighth Title In Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
A first ever continental title is the goal for Cameroon when the women's Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday...
Zimbabwe Activist ‘beaten With Iron Bars’
Banks have limited the number of people they serve and how much money they can withdraw. A leading organiser of today's...
Journalists Urged To Work Together On Election Day For Safety
Journalists billed to cover this year's elections for various media house are being advised to work as a team for their...
If Wenger Is Outdated, Then Mourinho Is A ‘tactical Dinosaur’
If Wenger is outdated, then Mourinho is a 'tactical dinosaur' “Eight years without silverware, that's failure. He's a...
Tunisian Victims of Abuse Speak On TV In Reconciliation Move
Tunisians who suffered abuse under decades of authoritarian rule are to air their grievances live on TV. Thursday...
Tanzanian Man ‘too Tall’ For Surgery
Doctors in Tanzania have told a man that they can't treat him, because he is too tall. Baraka Elias, who is 7ft 4in...
Obama Urges Trump To Stand Up To Russia
US President Barack Obama has urged his successor Donald Trump to stand up to Russia if it deviates from US "values and...
Zambia FA May Face Legal Conflict Over Anti-Discrimination Proposals
The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) has proposed changes to its constitution which contradict the country's laws...
Japan PM To Be First Foreign Leader To Meet Trump
Japan's PM is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last...
HIV-Positive Man Who Had Sex With 104 People Faces Sentence
A verdict is expected this week in the case of a man arrested in Malawi after he told a BBC reporter he had had sex...
Buhari Stands Ground Despite Oil Attacks
The continued attacks on pipelines are slashing Nigeria’s oil production – and hammering an economy reeling from...
Mystery Over Dutch WW2 Shipwrecks Vanished From Java Sea Bed
Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch defence...
BBC Presenter Victoria Fritz Goes Into Labour After Live Broadcast
BBC Breakfast's business presenter Victoria Fritz went into labour after coming off air, with one of her fellow...
South Africa Racist Coffin Victim ‘scared For His Life’
A black South African man who was allegedly forced into a coffin by two white farmers for trespassing says he was...
Warships Head To Kaikoura
Australian, Canadian and US warships are heading to the New Zealand town of Kaikoura to help with evacuations after a...
BBC World Service Announces Biggest Expansion ‘since the 1940s’
The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of its biggest expansion "since the 1940s", the...
Black Women Urged To Be ‘breast Aware’
Black women in England are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer as white women, according...