March 17, 2017 Cameroon: 5,000 people freed from Boko Haram since January Cameroon says its soldiers have freed more than 5,000 people held by Boko Haram and have killed at least 60 Islamic extremists in operations since the end of January.
March 17, 2017 Rescued orangutans airlifted to freedom in Borneo Conservation groups in Indonesia have returned 17 critically endangered orangutans to their natural forest habitat in the past month, airlifting some by helicopter to a remote area of Borneo where they hope the rehabilitated great apes will be safe from human encroachment.
March 17, 2017 Thai customs sizes 21 rhino horns worth $5 million Thai authorities say they have seized 21 rhinoceros horns smuggled from Ethiopia worth almost $5 million.
March 17, 2017 Pirates hijack freighter off Somalia's coast, officials say Somali officials say pirates have hijacked a ship off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation.
March 17, 2017 Libya's eastern parliament speaker says Russia offered aid The speaker of the parliament based in the eastern part of Libya says Russia has promised military assistance.
March 17, 2017 Large sacks of mint-looking cash found at Nigeria airport Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says five large sacks of mint-looking local currency have been discovered at a check-in counter at Kaduna International Airport.
March 17, 2017 UN expert warns of South Sudan 'population engineering' A United Nations expert says South Sudan's government has begun a campaign of "population engineering" to relocate people over their ethnicity as civil war continues under warnings of genocide.
March 17, 2017 Niger opposition leader sentenced in child trafficking case A court has sentenced a Niger opposition leader to one year in prison in absentia for involvement in a child trafficking scheme.
March 17, 2017 Investigation into 2012 Nigeria plane crash faults pilot An investigation into a June 2012 plane crash in Nigeria that killed 153 people onboard and others on the ground has faulted the pilot and renewed long-standing questions over aviation safety in Africa's most populous nation.
March 17, 2017 Boko Haram splinter group leader charged with murder A Nigerian court has charged the leader of a Boko Haram splinter group with murder in a 2012 case that left several foreigners dead.