Author Helen Oyeyemi reveals her top criteria for a great read.

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Author Helen Oyeyemi reveals her top criteria for a great read, and why the Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist has them all.

UK ‘settles rendition case’ with former Libyan dissident

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Abdul Hakim Belhaj claims MI6 helped the US kidnap him in Thailand in 2004 to return him to Tripoli.

Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace forward named Premier League player of the month

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Wilfried Zaha becomes the first Crystal Palace player to win a Premier League player of the month award since 2004.

Yaya Toure: Manchester City fans have been great to me

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Yaya Toure says it will be difficult to say goodbye to Manchester City at the end of the season because the fans have been so good to him.

Nigeria’s cattle war fuels religious tension

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What started as a cattle war between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria's middle belt has taken a religious dimension, writes the BBC's Mayeni Jones.

‘At his peak he could change games on his own’

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The part Yaya Toure played in Man City's rise and what made him so special, by his former Manchester City team-mate Frank Lampard.

Yaya Toure will stay in the Premier League after leaving Man City

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Midfielder Yaya Toure has been speaking about leaving Manchester City after eight memorable years at the club

Ebola: DR Congo confirms new outbreak in country’s north-west

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There are two confirmed cases and 17 deaths where the virus is suspected in Bikoro, officials say.

Belgium gasses chicks due to fly to Congo

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Firefighters were called in to end the birds' suffering as they were suffocating in a hot container.

Zambia university apologises for ‘half-naked’ poster

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A university library in Zambia has removed a notice telling female students to dress "modestly".