[Deutsche Welle] Somalian terror group, al-Shabab, has used clips of US presidential candidate Donald Trump in its propaganda film. Trump courted controversy in December when he demanded that all Muslims be barred from entering the US.
[News24Wire] Half centuries from Alex Hales (60), Joe Root (50) and Ben Stokes (74*) ensured that England were in the driving seat after Saturday's opening day of the second Test at Newlands.
[Radio Dabanga] Jebel Marra -Two children were burned to death as government troops supported by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued their attacks on villages in Darfur's East Jebel Marra today.
[Shabelle] The National Intelligence and security agency (NISA) of Somalia said it thwarted an imminent Al shabaab attack on African Union troops' base in Somali capital, Mogadishu.
[Radio Dabanga] Darfur -The UN has hired a Rwandan general to head Unamid, despite his previous role as army chief of staff at the height of a deadly, Rwandan-backed insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
[Guardian] Abuja -THE Presidency has denied insinuations and rumours that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was considering a ban on Hijab, the Muslim women's dressing symbol of modesty.
[Vanguard] The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5 metres (28 ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah, Imo.
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari says his government will do all within its powers in making the best efforts to free the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls from the captivity of the Boko Haram sect.
[News24Wire] Conservationists in Zimbabwe on Friday welcomed reports that a poacher who was part of a gang that killed two rhinos in the south of the country has been sentenced to 35 years in jail.
