UK spy plane to Nigeria breaks down

Nigeria says it has released a Russian plane carrying French military helicopters following "clarification" from the French government.

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...

South Africa's opposition leader Helen Zille is handed the "spy tapes" which she hopes will lead to corruption charges being reinstated against President Zuma.

A UK-based company sold surveillance technology to Uganda where it was used to crush political opponents of the president and gather information for blackmail, according to documents seen by BBC Newsnight.

Surveillance drones are to be used by the United Nations in Mali's northern desert region where armed groups remain active.

In a bid to curb crime in the country, the government through the ministry of Home Affairs is finalising talks with some companies to install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in various cities in the country.

The dismissal of Algeria's secretive head of intelligence, Mohamed Mediene, is one of the biggest political shake-ups in the North African country's recent memory, writes the BBC's Rana Jawad.

A UK court dismisses a bid to extradite Rwanda's spy chief to Spain to stand trial for his alleged role in massacres after the 1994 genocide.

Demonstrators gather outside the British High Commission in Rwanda to protest at the arrest of intelligence chief Karenzi Karake in London.