BBC News – Africa

• 'Tortured' and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school
  Police find 67 pupils with chains on their ankles at an Islamic boarding school in the north.
• Deadly parasite 'jumped' from gorilla to humans
  Discovery of mutation 50,000 years ago could help in the fight against malaria.
• Eritrea – where ATMs are unknown and Sim cards are like gold dust
  A BBC team gets rare access to Eritrea, often described as one of the most repressive states in Africa.
• Mohamed Salah: Electronics engineer stands in for striker as lookalike
  Electronics engineer Ahmad Bahaa reveals he acts as a stand-in for Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah in TV commercials.
• Algerian and French federations to discuss friendly
  Football bosses from both countries agree to meet in Algeria in early 2020 to talk about a first full international between the nations since 2001.

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