New Sunni military recruits in Iraq’s Anbar province say they lack the arms and armor to confront Islamic State fighters. Nathan Frandino reports.

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Seven years after his debut album, former Mo’Hits and Mavin singer, Wande Coal is set to release his sophomore album.

The singer whose debut, Mushin to Mo’hits, recorded comercial and critical success, is now running solo for his second album after having to deal with management issues on his former record label.

According to reports, his yet to be titled album will feature collaborations with Skuki, Phyno, Burna Boy and others with enlisted producers including Sarz, Shizzi and Maleek Berry.

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The militia group which abducted Central African Republic’s sports minister demands the release of its detained commander, an official says. …read more      

South Africa striker Bernard Parker says his side must be more ruthless they take on Ghana in their Nations Cup match on Tuesday. …read more      

A group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked the official website of national carrier, Malaysia Airlines (MAS), on Monday, while the airline said its data servers remained intact and passenger bookings were not affected.

The website, www.malaysiaairlines.com, is alleged to show a photograph of a lizard in a top hat, surrounded by the messages ‘404 – Plane Not Found’ and ‘Hacked by Lizard Squad.

In reaction to this, MAS said the website was not hacked, but users were redirected to a hacker website. It reassured that the official site would be back up within 22 hours.

Malaysia Airlines assured website visitors that its website was not hacked and that the temporary defect did not affect bookings. It said user data remained secured.

Reports said the hacked website had earlier carried the words “ISIS will prevail” but the slogan could no longer be seen. ISIS is the acronym of the Militant Islamic State group that has proclaimed a caliphate after seizing territory in Iraq and Syria.

Lizard Squad claimed on Twitter that it would release data from Malaysia Airlines, but did not specify.

It was later discovered that the www.malaysiaairline.com was only compromised and not hacked, information remained intact and the view was as it were before.

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An Egyptian doctor is convicted in a landmark retrial of carrying out female genital mutilation surgery, a campaign group and lawyer say. …read more      

The Democratic Republic of Congo parliament passes an amended controversial census bill, following four days of violent nationwide protests. …read more      

People who help those with Ebola in West Africa have to overcome not just the danger of that role, but also stigma and social isolation. …read more      

There are fears the Ebibeyin Stadium is too small to host Equatorial Guinea’s quarter-final on Saturday and may cause safety problems. …read more      

After being left “embarrassed” by Bradford City, Jose Mourinho has demanded a response as his Chelsea side seek to reach the League Cup final against Liverpool on Tuesday.

“We go into the game against the Merseyside outfit with the scores level at 1-1 following last week’s first leg at Anfield, meaning any type of victory would see us progress,” he said.

With their involvement in the FA Cup coming to an end over the weekend, the Blues boss wants his side to take the opportunity to secure a place in next month’s Wembley final.

“The next game is the most important one,” said Mourinho. ‘At the end of May, beginning of June, we don’t go to Wembley to play the FA Cup final, that’s for sure. The FA Cup is finished for us. We don’t go there even to play the FA Cup semi-final. It’s over for us. To go there – and I think that should mean a lot to everyone – the last chance we have is this one, to play there in the Capital One Cup final.

“We need to forget this one [Bradford] and start the next game in a different competition, and I know we are one victory away from playing a final.

“It’s the good thing about playing consecutive matches without many days in between. It’s the good thing that, when you lose, you have to focus immediately on the next game. You don’t have a lot of time to be moaning or analysing what happened in the bad one. Let’s move and let’s think about the next one.”

With the January transfer window only open for another week, Mourinho manager once again explained why he is not looking to conduct any business.

“I’m happy to go (until the end of the season with the same squad),” he said. “This is …read more