Africa

The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10 full days.

There has been a public outcry about the government's frequent borrowing, but Mr Buhari - in a presentation to parliament - said that Nigeria’s debt level was still within sustainable limits.

Human Rights Watch says the compulsory testing and expulsion of pregnant students has denied tens of thousands of girls their right to education.

The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism".

Former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has offered to host Guinea's deposed leader Alpha Conde in his villa in Senegal's seaside capital Dakar.