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Nigerian Shia leader leaves India without treatment
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
The ailing leader of a banned Shia Muslim group in Nigeria who travelled to India for medical reasons has returned home without being treated. So why has Sheikh al-Zakzaky returned home so soon? We hear from his lawyer.
Plus, Zimbabwe's main opposition group has called off anti-government protests in the capital Harare at the last minute, after failing to overturn a police ban.
And why our resident president, Olushambles has an issue with his mother, his wife and the Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg.
(Photo: Leader of the banned Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Zakzaky. Credit: BBC)
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Fri 16 Aug 201915:06GMT
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