Morocco banned from 2017, 2019 African Cups

The country had refused to host the 2015 football event due to fears over the spread of Ebola.

Equatorial Guinea had stepped in as hosts after Morocco's refusal [Getty Images]

Morocco have been banned from the next two African Nations Cup tournaments as punishment for withdrawing from hosting the 2015 event over fears of the spread of the Ebola virus.
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has also been fined $1m and ordered to pay $9.12m in damages to the Confederation of African Football and their partners, CAF said in a statement.

US: Boko Haram group small but flush with cash

Intelligence officials say group is flush with cash and weapons, but only has between 4,000-6,000 "hardcore" fighters.

Nigerian soldiers display a captured Boko Haram armoured vehicle [File: EPA]

Boko Haram is flush with cash and weapons after a string of battlefield advances, but the fighting group could face a tougher fight with Nigeria's neighbours, US intelligence officials have said.
In an assessment of the group, whose five-year uprising has included massacres and kidnappings and spread from Nigeria into neighboring states, the officials said they did not believe it posed a major threat to Nigeria's oilfields in the south.

Ex-minister poised to win New Delhi poll

Aam Aadmi Party's Kejriwal looking to complete comeback and deliver first blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Most polls say Kejriwal's anti-corruption party is set to push Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party into second place [Reuters]

Voters have started going to the polls in India's capital, with former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal looking to complete a surprise comeback and deliver the first major blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Kenya MP shot dead in Nairobi

George Muchai was killed along with two bodyguards and his driver in an early-morning shooting.

Police said Muchai was returning home after meeting family members in a restaurant when the attack took place [AFP]

A Kenyan politician has been shot dead by gunmen, along with two body guards and his driver, officials said.

Student who doubles as prostitute exposed by male customer

This university student must have been silly to send her nude photos to a man she has never met as he turned around to release the photos to the public.

A student of one of the private universities in Nigeria is currently looking for where to hide her face in shame after her nude photos were leaked by a man.

North Korea test fires 'ultra-precision' rocket

Leader Kim Jong-un observes "successful" test on warship ahead of annual US-South Korea military exercises.

Kim Jong-un (L) reportedly called for the production of "more tactical guided weapons of high precision" [Reuters]

North Korea has test-fired a new "ultra-precision" rocket to be deployed across its navy in the latest evidence that Pyongyang is stepping up its development of missile technology.

UK court says spies' internet surveillance was unlawful

Landmark British court ruling says mass surveillance of UK residents gathered by NSA contravened EU human rights norms.

But the judges said that now, since details of the practices were known, they were within the law [AP]

UK spies had acted illegally when they collected data on British residents' online communications that was gathered by the US National Security Agency, a British court has ruled in a landmark judgment against Britain's security services.