Nigeria frees Russian cargo plane

Senegal frees a Russian ship after its owner pays a $1.2m (£720,000) fine for fishing illegally in Senegal's waters, a government minister tells the BBC.

British investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold just before take-off, the BBC has learned.

Russia's security chief says a "terror act" brought down the Russian Airbus plane in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.

A UK spy plane sent to help search for more than 200 girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria develops a technical fault, and is forced to land in Senegal for repairs.

Rescue teams resumed their recovery operation in the mountains on Thursday
The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday appeared to want to "destroy the plane", French officials said. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit. He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out. Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot...

 Ilala District Court yesterday acquitted four officials of Ilala Municipal Council who were being charged with several counts, including occasioning Sh1.7 billion loss to the government.

Court frees two alleged fraudsters
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THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted an official with National Microfinance Bank (NMB), Zabron Abel Mwankupili and a customer with the bank, Josepoh Mirambo Xavery, on charges of defrauding the Bank of over 155m/-.

Cameroon says its military has freed a German hostage kidnapped in Nigeria by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake is released on bail of £1m ($1.6m) in London after his arrest on Saturday.