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On Saturday Nigeria will elect its President and National Assembly. Africa’s most populous nation has been dealing with a range of challenges since its first democratic transfer of power four years ago. What are the issues facing the forerunners for the country’s top job? A Sudanese refugee who has been detained on Australia’s controversial Manus Island on Papua New Guinea has won a major human rights award. Abdul Aziz Muhamat fled Darfur in when he was just a boy, and was still only 20 when he was sent to Manus 6 years ago. A new type of tarantula with a peculiar horn on its back has been found in Angola. The scientists behind the discovery think it may not be the only undiscovered species in the country.