‘Mass abduction’ at Nigeria school
Craig TaylorScores of girls are abducted in an attack on a girls’ school in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, parents say. BBC News – Africa
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Nigeria attacks leave ‘135 dead’
A senator from north-east Nigeria tells the BBC that 135 civilians have been killed by gunmen there since Wednesday. BBC News – Africa
Kenya poaching drive hits officials
Kenya’s government suspends five officials from the wildlife service, amid growing alarm over the poaching of elephants and rhinos. BBC News – Africa
Pistorius on defensive over alarm
The prosecutor presses Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial to clarify evidence his home alarm was turned off the night he shot his girlfriend. BBC News – Africa
Pistorius anguish at Reeva photo
Oscar Pistorius breaks down as he is shown a graphic photo of his dead girlfriend on the first day of cross-examination at his murder trial. BBC News – Africa
Pistorius recounts moment of killing
At his murder trial, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius describes the moment he fired the shots which killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. BBC News – Africa