MILITARY: Boko Haram 'bomb factory discovered' by Nigerian troops.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's military said on Friday that it had uncovered a Boko Haram bomb-making factory in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi after soldiers retook the town from the insurgents. Islamist fighters captured the town in Yobe state in August last year as the group seized swathes of territory in the...

South African court rules appeal against Pistorius can go ahead

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Johannesburg (AFP) - A South Africa court dismissed Friday an attempt by Oscar Pistorius's lawyers to stop an appeal that could see the fallen Paralympian hero spend significantly more time behind bars for killing his model girlfriend. Pistorius's defence had sought to block prosecutors from appealing the double-amputee athlete's culpable homicide conviction in...