Nigeria VP cracks down on anti-robbery squad
Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the immediate overhaul of a police unit following allegations of human rights abuses.
The special anti-robbery squad, known as Sars, will be reformed and a new commissioner appointed...
Sudan boat accident: 24 schoolchildren die near River Nile
At least 24 children on their way to school and a health worker have drowned when their boat sank in northern Sudan.
More than 40 children were on the boat, whose engine failed in a...
Catholic Church: Pennsylvania priests abused thousands of children
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a grand jury report detailing sex abuse in the Catholic Church, naming over 300 accused clergymen.
The landmark grand jury investigation found more than 1,000 children had been abused...
Kenya fraud charges over Chinese-funded $3bn railway
Two senior Kenyan government officials have been charged in court with fraud over the building of a $3.2bn (£2.5bn) Chinese-funded railway line.
The two are accused of paying more than $2m in compensation to private...
Nigerian troops protest against frontline deployment
A detachment of Nigerian troops fired into the air on Sunday - at an airport in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri - to protest against their redeployment to the frontline of the conflict against...
Seattle-Tacoma plane thief ‘had full airport credentials’
A man who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport and then crashed it was an airline worker with full credentials, authorities say.
The 29-year-old had worked for Horizon Air for more than three...
Man steals plane at Seattle Airport and crashes
An airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport has crashed on a nearby island.
Authorities said the man had made "an unauthorised take-off" late on Friday local time, forcing Seattle Tacoma...
Tour de France winner held for ‘prostitute assault’
Tour de France-winning cyclist Jan Ullrich has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a prostitute in Frankfurt.
"He is in police custody," a police spokesman told AFP news agency, adding that the German national "was under...
Ryanair strike: One in six flights cancelled in pilot walkout
Ryanair pilots are striking in five European countries, forcing the cancellation of a sixth of the firm's flights during the holiday season peak.
The 24-hour walk-out involves staff in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the...
US migrants: Judge orders deportation plane turnaround
A federal judge has ordered a mother and her daughter be flown back to the United States, after learning they had been deported mid-appeal.
The two were being represented in a lawsuit by the American...