BBC News with Stewart Macintosh
The Egyptian government has formally announced plans to build a new capital east of the present one Cairo. This will involve moving the country's parliament, its ministries and foreign embassies. A city the size of Singapore is in vision with a population of 7 million people. Dubai based businessman Mohammed Alaba is one of the main developers involved in the project.
I think we have to deploy the most advanced design techniques, technology and sustainability, human needs which is more important than anything else. And human needs of people of Cairo,people of Egypt to make sure that you create an environment that's accommodating all type of lives and all level of incomes but still in a very affordable, sizeable, sustainable way for the many many years to come.
A former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office. MrNasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Islands was cleared of the charges last month, but was subsequently rearrested in charge on anti-terrorism laws. Richard reports.
Mr Nasheed's lawyers quit during his latest trial which they said it was biased and intented to end his political career. It could be the common notion of Mr Nasheed's struggle against the current president Abdulla Yameen and his elder brother who also rule the Indian Ocean nation. Mr Nasheed has always maintained his innocence. He says he was forced from office at gun point when he tried to tackle corruption. The incumbent and his brother say Mr Nasheed is guilty of terrorism. Both the United States and India have voiced concerns over the charge against MrNasheed.
Global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main green house gas, stabilized last year, according to new data by the international energy agency,the IEA, it's the first time in 40 years that halting emission has be caused by economic downturn. Hellen Brics reports.
The IEA said global carbon emission in 2014 remained unchanged from the previous year at 32 billion tons. Analysts attribute the slowdown to falling coal consumption in China and a shift towards more renewable energy and random effect such as the weather and changes on oil and gas prices. But the Paris-based organization said while the results were encouraging; there is no time for complacency as the world looks to the signing of global climate deal in December.
The Romanian authorities say the country's finance minister Derick is being investigated for corruption. The trial will be focus on contacts awarded to the private company during his time as mayor of S. It's the latest in a series of high profile anti-corruption investigations.
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The Nigerian military says it has uncovered Boko Haram bomb making factory in the northeastern town of Buneyadi. The militants captured the town in Yobe State in August, but the army re-took it on Saturday. The defense ministry spokesman said suicide vests and improvised explosive devices often used in suicide bombings were discovered.
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo says it's looking to redraw the boundaries of the Virunga national park, a world heritage site, in order to allow oil exploitation. The Virunga is Africa's oldest national park and home to some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas.More Jilin reports.
When asked whether the government was considering the classifying parts of the Virunga national park to allow oil exploitation to go ahead, the Congolese Prime Minister Mada Dapunew said that they were headed in that direction. He said he has held several talks with the head of UNESCO on the issue. In June following international criticism from environment groups who say potential oil leaks would destroy the park's fragile ecosystem and threaten its rare wildlife. The company said it would leave the park once it had completed its tests, it said it would not pursue its activities on the site unless the Congolese government and UNESCO came to an agreement.
Thousands of government supporters across Brazil have been taking part in marches to show their backing for president Dilma Rousseff following a huge corruption scandal in the state-owned oil company Petrol Bras.The opposition has called for Mrs Rousseff impeachment as the most of the politicians accused of taking bribes from Brazil governing coalition.
A Venezuelan opposition activist arrested during last year's anti-government rallies has died in custody. Rodolfo Gonzalez hanged himself in cell of the headquarters of the country's secret service. His lawyer told the BBC Mr Gonzalez took his life after learning he would be transferred to one of Venezuelan notoriously dangerous prisons.