Bangladesh police said Monday they had arrested a British citizen suspected of entering the country to recruit militants for jihadist groups overseas such as the Islamic State organisation.

At least 56 people were killed Monday when a bus travelling from South Sudan to Uganda crashed into a truck, doctors said.

“Is anybody here baptised?” cries the preacher. “Amen!” roars back his flock as it sways to a hypnotic drum beat, part of a push by African Catholics to win back believers seduced away by the fast-growing Evangelical movement.

Their backs hunched, elderly Muslim pilgrims lean on walking sticks as others in wheelchairs nudge their way into Mecca’s Grand Mosque where scores of people are encircling the holy Kaaba.

Ashraf Ghani, a one-time US-based academic, was sworn in as new president of Afghanistan on Monday and used his inaugural speech to call for Taliban insurgents to join peace talks after 13 years of war.

Security is tight around the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, venue of the 2014 National Honours Award Investiture ceremony being performed by President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday.

The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist in Bauchi for allegedly attacking a 13-year-old girl.

Former Anambra Governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has commended the Federal Government for making it a duty to honour Nigerians who distinguished themselves in their various endeavours by giving them national awards

Rep. John Owan-Enoh (PDP-Cross River) says the house supports Federal Government’s military action against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Nine Ukrainian soldiers and at least three civilians died in eastern Ukraine over the past day despite a ceasefire, officials said Monday.