General Abdourahamane Tiani, the chief of Niger's powerful presidential guard who took power after a military coup, is an army veteran who has foiled similar uprisings in the restive West African nation.
A newly appointed Magistrate, Ammaari Musa Semwogerere has been arrested and sacked for disguising as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law Development Centre (LDC) Lira, Uganda.
A zoo in eastern China has been forced to deny suggestions that some of its bears are actually humans in costume after images of one of the animals standing up in its enclosure surfaced online.
French daredevil stuntman, Remi Lucidi, known for his extreme sports, was tragically found dead after falling off the 68-story Tregunter Tower complex in Hong Kong.
A fundraiser for a French policeman who 'executed' a teenager during a traffic stop has reached more than € 1 million (almost £900,000), while donations for the victim's devastated family have only gathered €189,000.
A confused mother is asking for advice to tell her 30-year-old daughter that her brother is actually her father. According to Mail Online, the anonymous woman wrote in The Atlantic's Dear Therapist column to disclose the bizarre situation.