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The world's first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa. The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision. Doctors in Cape Town said the operation was a success and the patient was happy and healthy. The team said there was extensive discussion about whether the operation, which is not life-saving in the same way as a heart transplant, was ethical.

Tim Cook regularly visited Steve Jobs at his home during his illness Apple chief executive Tim Cook offered a part of his liver to a dying Steve Jobs, according to a new book due to be released this month. The book, Becoming Steve Jobs, excerpts of which have been published online, throws light on life inside Apple as it grew into one of the world's most powerful technology companies. It also charts the relationship between Mr Cook and Mr Jobs.

Relations between President Ernest Bai Koroma (left) and Mr Sam-Sumana (right) have long been frosty Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has gone into hiding while he seeks political asylum at the US embassy in the capital, Freetown. Mr Sam-Sumana told the BBC he and his wife fled their home after "a tip-off" that soldiers were surrounding it.

Mr Chabane was said to be close to President Zuma and is here pictured behind the president in June 2012 A South African cabinet minister, Collins Chabane, and two of his security staff have been killed in a car crash. Their car collided with a lorry in the north-eastern city of Polokwane. Mr Chabane, 54, was minister for public service, a member of the governing ANC's national executive committee and a close associate of President Jacob Zuma.

Senegal have accepted a request from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to host the 2015 African Under-23 Championship in December, replacing the Democratic Republic of Congo. It follows a meeting on Friday between the Senegal president, Macky Sall (pictured) and the Caf president Issa Hayatou. The tournament also serves as qualifiers for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Shaimaa Khalil reports on the blasts that have left at least 10 dead The bombers targeted Christians as they were attending Sunday morning mass Two bomb blasts have killed at least 10 people near two churches in a Christian neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Lahore, local officials say. At least 50 people were reportedly hurt in the explosions at the Catholic church and Christ Church in the city's Youhanabad area. Violent protests erupted after the blasts, with large crowds already in the area to attend Sunday mass.

Attacks, murders, abductions and the humiliation of minorities in the Middle East have now reached frightening levels. Displaced Assyrians, who fled from the villages around Tel Tamr, sit outside the Assyrian Church in al-Hasaka city [REUTERS Our neighbourhood in East Jerusalem housed Christian as well as Muslim families. To our right lived Armenians and Arab Christians, and to our left were three Muslim neighbours. And although my mum and dad were evidently sensitive to their backgrounds - Armenian, Palestinian Christian or Palestinian Muslim - what truly mattered to them in the end was theperson rather than the religion, confession or ethnicity.

Confederation Cup: Wolves win, Dolphins disqualified THE Flying Eagles of Nigeria, on Saturday, forced their Ivorian counterparts to a 2-2 draw in a last group match of the 2015 African Youth Championship ongoing in Senegal. The Nigerian side levelled on two occasions after falling behind in as many times. Christian Pyagbara and captain Musa Muhamed accounted for Nigeria’s two goals.

The Nigerian military has the moral obligation to discontinue the trial of some soldiers for mutiny and set those already convicted free, a lawyer has said. Femi Falana, counsel to some of the accused soldiers, said the soldiers’ actions have been justified as the military has started winning the war against the Boko Haram insurgents only after acquiring the necessary weaponry.

The glamour model is never one to be shy in front of the camera, and ensured she was forefront in everyone's minds this New Year simplypout.co.uk / Lipstick Syndication Flaunting all Just in case the world hadn't already realised, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace doesn't have any qualms about showing the world her stunning figure. And this time she's done it completely naked. Happy 2015 everyone. The blonde beauty stripped off in a new raunchy photoshoot, wearing nothing but some black stilettos and almost revealing all for the cameras.

Manchester United are keeping close tabs of Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, throwing the long-term future of Louis van Gaal into doubt. A report in Marca claims that both Manchester United and Manchester City are ready to offer Ancelotti a chance to return to the Premier League if Real Madrid sack him. The Italian’s future at the Bernabeu is in some doubt after a disastrous start to 2015. Their 4-3 defeat to Schalke 04 may have been good enough to get them into the last eight of the Champions League, but it didn’t go down well amongst Real Madrid fans.

Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council has backed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to lead the commission to conduct free, fair and transparent elections in March 28 and April 11. The northern rulers also said it would neither endorse the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan nor its All Progressives Congress opponent, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for president. The council’s position was made known in a statement on Saturday by the Etsu Nupe, Dr. Yahaya Abubakar.

Cameroon on Saturday said more than two dozen Boko Haram suspects died in custody late last year, but a government spokesman denied the country’s army was carrying out regular human rights abuses in its crackdown on the Nigerian Islamic extremist group. AFP reported that 25 suspects were found dead in their cell one day after being arrested in December, Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in a press conference Friday evening.

The Man Utd and England striker was apparently left unconscious on his kitchen floor after being hit by the defender during a playful fight Knocked out: Rooney was left lying on his kitchen floor Footballer Wayne Rooney was apparently knocked out during a boxing bout in his kitchen with a friend during a lads' night in. The England and Man Utd captain, who wasn't drinking, was sparring with pal Stoke City defender Phil Bardsley when he appears to have been knocked unconscious. The pair were messing around in the kitchen of Rooney’s £3.5million Cheshire mansion last month when the incident happened.

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