Several African countries are due to benefit from a nearly $2 billion programme from the World Bank aimed at helping developing countries deal with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, thousands of people across Nigeria have been stranded away from home as states across the country shut their borders in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus; unease is also ramped up as police are accused of abusing their powers. And finally, poorer communities in Rwanda face yet more hardship to come as the

Videos have been circulating on social media showing officers beating people for violating India's coronavirus lockdown. The opposition has called on Modi to stop police from using violence to enforce the measures.

After an Ukrainian advertising magnate was found dead in the home of former Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, police detained the politician on murder charges. Kozhara and his wife claim the businessman committed suicide.

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Ogun state Police command has paraded a fake lawyer and three fake Immigration officers in the state.

The Attorney General of Kano State said Police and other security agencies in the state will be in better position to explain the reason for the banishment and detention ofva deposed Emir, including that of Kano.

A police officer was killed after two suicide bombers launched an attack outside the US embassy in Tunis on Friday. Togo and Cameroon become the latest countries in Africa to confirm coronavirus cases. And we meet a businesswoman who has launched an all-female taxi company in the DRC.

The authorities said they believe at least seven people must have participated in the theft at the Green Vault museum. Two of the perpetrators must have been small in order to break into the Jewel Room, they said.

A lawyer for former Brazil striker Ronaldinho Gaucho said his client will remain in Paraguay to help police with their enquiries into why he entered the country in possession of an adulterated Paraguayan passport.

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