The demands, if implemented, would drastically change the nature of Israel's Gaza campaign.

But it stops short of ordering Israel to halt the war in Gaza, in a controversial case at The Hague.

The ICJ could order Israel to stop military action, in a high-profile case brought by South Africa.

Police struggle as cash-in-transit heists increase and the murder rate hits a 20-year high.

The bill to send some asylum seekers to the African country cleared its main Commons hurdle last night.

Its lawyers rebuff South Africa's accusations while defending actions in Gaza at the UN's top court.

New documents indicate the PM had doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor.

Niger in west Africa has suffered its fifth coup in just over six decades. This one could have repercussions far beyond its borders – not least because Africa, not the Middle East, is now the centre of global jihad. And while there is no sign of Moscow’s hand in the coup, it has been welcomed by the Wagner group and could help Putin get his claws into this uranium-rich country. So what does this all mean for the battle of the world powers, not to mention our day-to-day safety?

Host: Luke Jones

Guests: Richard Assheton, contributor, Nigeria and west Africa, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Clips: BBC, CNN, EuroNews, DW News, Al Jazeera, France 24, US Africa Command, TV News Nigeria, Nigerian Television Authority, Telegram.

This podcast has been acquired by the BBC. It is not complied by BBC Editorial Standards but covered by the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

The wild Hamadryas baboons of Ethiopia have a friend in biologist Mat Pines. They even pick the nits from his hair. He's been studying and living with them for five years in the remote and arid Awash National Park. Now in Mat's final year, we follow the fortunes of his favourite baboon, Critical, as he tries to find a family and fend off his aggressive male rivals.

But the local gun-toting Afar tribe have a traditional hatred of the baboons. Before Mat leaves, he hopes to broker a peace between the baboons and the tribe.

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed not only political prisoners but convicts, lepers and the mentally ill. Yet amidst the hopelessness, Nelson Mandela and his comrades devised strategies and subterfuges with which they transformed life on the island, while the vision of a new South Africa began to take shape. (1994)