Pakistan Taliban Faction Claim Park Attack in Lahore

A faction of the Taliban in Pakistan says it carried out a suicide bomb attack at a busy park in the city of Lahore in which at least 70 people died.

Nigeria is sending two parents from Chibok to Cameroon to verify the identity of a would-be suicide bomber who claims she is one of the missing Chibok girls.

Five defeated opposition candidates in Congo-Brazzaville's recent presidential election want to challenge the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.