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Government offers ex-militants rehabilitation at prison complex, while also aiding women they traumatized ENLARGE Fatima Bukar, in white, took part in an Arabic lesson at a secret government camp in Nigeria on Aug. 21. Boko Haram held Ms. Bukar and her daughter hostage in a forest clearing for nearly five months. Usman Balami once commanded hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists in attacks on police stations and banks. Now serving time at a prison complex in northern Nigeria, he says he is a changed man.

 Leading parties in Democratic Republic of Congo's ruling coalition told President Joseph Kabila on Monday that actions by his allies had given the impression that he intends to violate the constitution by hanging onto power beyond 2016. In a letter to Kabila, seen by Reuters, the heads of the so-called G7 parties demanded immediate steps to ensure that the presidential election, scheduled for November 2016, is held on time. If held successfully, the vote would mark the country's first peaceful transition of power.

*Tukur Erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, in an interview published yesterday spoke on several issues relating to his stewardship. In the second part of the interview, Tukur speaks on his relationship with some party chieftains and gives details of the battle he had with Governor Murtala Nyako who was at that time governor of his home state, Adamawa. Excerpts:

The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, as ‘boy go slow’. PDP says the governor’s pace of governance is slow and uninspiring. The party said Ambode is not ready for governance, as he appears to be waiting for APC leader, Bola Tinubu, to help him appoint ministers.

Angel Di Maria revealed that he did not see eye to eye with Louis van Gaal Getty Angel Di Maria has revealed that his incongruity with manager Louis van Gaal was a major reason behind his decision to leave Manchester United this summer. The former Real Madrid man joined Paris Saint-Germain after a long drawn transfer saga which started in the second half of last season.

PHOTO: Malaysia's landmark buildings in Kuala Lumpur are shrouded by haze caused by forest fires Malaysian schools have been ordered to close as a worsening haze from Indonesian forest fires blankets the capital and neighbouring Singapore. South-East Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smog caused by slash-and-burn practices in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands, but governments in the region have failed to address the problem.

The overthrow of Australia’s fourth prime minister in two years has triggered a bout of soul searching over the integrity of the country’s political system. Malcolm Turnbull addressed Parliament after he was sworn in as prime minister in Canberra on Tuesday. PHOTO: AP PHOTO/ROB GRIFFITH The overthrow of Australia’s fourth prime minister in two years has triggered a bout of soul searching over the integrity of the country’s political system, raising the question: Is coup culture the new norm?

Ahn Young-joon—APA South Korean man watches TV news program showing a file footage of the Unha rocket in North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 15, 2015. Tuesday's announcement will further worsen ties between Pyongyang and the outside world

Paradang and Moro The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reopened investigations into the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment tragedy in 2014, which led to the death of 19 young job seekers, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. Operatives of the anti-graft agency on Monday quizzed the immediate past Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr. David Paradang,

His name is Victor Ndigwe, he’s 19 years-old, he’s a male model and ain’t nothing wrong with that. Not too long ago he was just like any other aspiring model in Nigeria, hustling for jobs and trying to get into a good agency, until his story changed. Victor, who isn’t the only model in his family, had heard about the Aquafina Elite Model Look competition in Nigeria in 2012,