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Oldest chimp from renown Guinean group dies
Oldest chimp from renown Guinean group dies
by  AFP

Guinea's oldest chimpanzee and one of the last members of a globally famous endangered community has died in solitude around the age of 71, the environment ministry said. Fana had been showing signs of exhaustion over the past few months, the environment ministry said on Facebook Tuesday.

Ex-Nigeria and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel retires
Ex-Nigeria and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel retires
by  AFP

Former Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel announced his retirement after a long and decorated career on Tuesday, saying "all good things must come to an end". In his retirement post Mikel wrote: "There is a saying that 'all good things must come to an end', and for my professional football career, that day is today."

Guinean ex-dictator jailed on eve of 2009 massacre trial
Guinean ex-dictator jailed on eve of 2009 massacre trial
by  AFP

Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and several co-defendants were sent to prison Tuesday, a day before their trial opens for the 2009 stadium massacre, their lawyers said. The prosecutor had "our six clients taken to the central house (prison) where they will apparently be held until the end of the (trial)", Salifou Beavogui, one of the lawyers, told journalists outside the court.

Morocco king invited to Algiers summit despite tensions
Morocco king invited to Algiers summit despite tensions
by  AFP

Morocco said Algeria on Tuesday invited its King Mohammed VI to attend an Arab League summit in Algiers in November, at a time of tensions between the North African neighbours. The foreign ministry in Rabat said visiting Algerian Justice Minister Abderrachid Tabi had delivered a letter to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita inviting the king to the November 1-2 summit.

Heavy floods ravage West Africa farmlands
Heavy floods ravage West Africa farmlands
by  AFP

Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed farmland across the north of the country. In northern Nigeria, Kabiru Alassan, a 19-year old farmer, said flood waters washed sand from the roads and covered his rice fields.