Summary

  • Switzerland signs deal to return more Abacha money to Nigeria

  • Ethiopian students protest in Addis Ababa over Oromo issue

  • African leaders call to free students' minds to create scientific innovations

  • Nigeria's president says MTN "contributed to the casualties" from Boko Haram

  • Al-Shabab says the US exaggerated the death toll from its air strike

  • Benin's prime minister into presidential run-off vote

  • US paedophile sentenced to 40 years for crimes in Kenya

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Tuesday 8 March 2016

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