Algeria inaugurates a new president amidst protests

Algeria inaugurates a new president. Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been sworn in today following elections marked by massive protests. BBC Arabic's Karima Kouah has been following the events.

Malawian police officers raped and sexually assaulted women, some of them in the presence of their children, during a security operation in October, says a damning report published by Malawi Human Rights Commission. We hear details of the findings from Martha Chizuma, one of the commissioners who led the investigation into the police officer's conduct. The Police spokesperson James Kadadzera responds to the allegations.

We speak to the 23-year-old Nigerian student who has ascended the throne of the Aaye Kingdom in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria, following the death of her father as the supreme ruler, pending the time a male monarch is enthroned.

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(Photo: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune points at the audience during the formal swearing-in ceremony in the capital Algiers on December 19, 2019. Credit: RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images)