Lawyer, family visit suspected Niger Delta rebel leader
AFP - Sun Mar 9, 1:57 PM ET

ABUJA (AFP) - The suspected leader of a Niger Delta oil rebel group is alive and well, a lawyer said Sunday, after weeks of uncertainty about his fate since being extradited from Angola to Nigeria on treason charges.
AU troops head to Comoros for invasion of rebel island
AFP - Sun Mar 9, 1:46 PM ET

MORONI, Comoros (AFP) - African Union troops will arrive Monday in the Comoros before launching a military offensive against the island of Anjouan and its rebellious leader, the government of the Indian Ocean nation said.
Algerian officials seize four tonnes of cannabis in a week
AFP - Sun Mar 9, 12:02 PM ET

ALGIERS (AFP) - Algerian authorities seized four tonnes of cannabis worth several million dollars on the border with Morocco during two separate hauls in the past week, a law enforcement agent said Sunday.