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Nigeria orders foreigners to leave mining areas
Nigeria's government bans mining in Zamfara state after a spate of deadly attacks.
Nigeria's government has ordered foreign nationals to leave mining sites in north-western Zamfara state within 48 hours, blaming them for an upsurge in banditry and kidnappings.
Also, meet the two British medical students cycling from Cairo to Cape Town to help prevent blindness on the continent.
Plus, two women from the African Wildlife Foundation who are tackling wildlife poaching in and around the continent, at policy level.
(Photo: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari. Credit: Getty Images)
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