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Shell 'uses sabotage claims to avoid blame for Nigeria oil spills'

Shell's persistent claims that theft and sabotage are responsible for almost all the oil spills at its operation in Nigeria could have been exaggerated, an international watchdog has found.

Jonathan Tehau celebrates a goal for Tahiti against Nigeria

Nigeria deal for Fastjet

Fastjet, the African budget airline backed by easyJet's founder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has agreed to create a low-cost airline operating within Nigeria and across Africa with Nigeria's Red 1 Airways.

10 million children work as domestic servants in slave-like conditions, says UN labour agency

As many as 10.5 million children worldwide work as domestic servants, in what can be hazardous and even slave-like conditions, the International Labour Organization said.

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In 2010 a French politician, Christiane Chocat, was sent to prison after she and her son admitted to smuggling 16 Vietnamese migrants into Britain in the back of a hired van, pictured

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In many cases, victims of trafficking – rather than the criminal bosses – are prosecuted

PR peer pays out over billionaire 'smear'

Lord Malloch-Brown, a former Labour minister, was left humiliated last night after he and the PR company he works for agreed to make an out-of-court settlement to the controversial Israeli mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz over sensational allegations of a smear campaign.

Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram

US offers $23m bounty for Islamists in Africa

Betraying new anxiety about the threat of Islamic militant groups in West Africa, Washington is for the first time offering rewards totalling $23m (£15m) for information leading to the capture of their top leaders in the region including Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, based in Nigeria.

Nigeria officially passes ban on gay marriage

Lawmakers in Nigeria have passed a bill banning gay marriage, setting prison terms of up to 14 years.

Building the future, in Africa

Our aim at the Made in Africa foundation is to encourage investment in infrastructure projects. There are opportunities here to transform both business and the lives of everyday people

Album: Samba Touré, Albala (Glitterbeat Records)

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Nigerian community marches in 'solidarity' as Greenwich leaves tributes to murdered soldier Lee Rigby

Union and St George's flags draped among flowers, along with Manchester United football shirts

The mosque in Old Kent Road, south-east London

Woolwich murder: Muslims pray for soldier Lee Rigby's family – and for peace

Near where victim was killed, an imam tells mosque-goers this act had nothing to do with their religion

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