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Most Beautiful Face in Nigeria 2014 queen releases hot new pics The 2014 Most Beautiful Face in Nigeria queen, Rita Ijeoma Onyemaechi released these hot photos in celebration of Nigeria's Independence. See more pics 

Photo: Dubai police bust Nigerian gang involved in armed robbery Photo: Dubai police bust Nigerian gang involved in armed robbery Dubai Police have arrested a gang comprising five Nigerians (pictured above) who were involved in armed robbery at the Al Mustaqbal money exchange in Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Road in Ajman. The gang managed to steal Dhs2,75,000 including various foreign currencies. Deputy Ajman Police chief said that the incident took place last week when the gang members entered the exchange and attacked and assaulted its employees, threatening them with toy guns before emptying the premises of its cash and fleeing. The gang members entered the country on a visit visa, which expired long time ago. He added that the police operations room received a call about the robbery at around 10.30 pm last Thursday. However, the suspects managed to escape before the police arrived on the scene, as the employees failed to activate the alarm...

Ladies of the Beat FM steal the show at their concert in their hot uniform Beat FM ladies including Toolz, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Fade Ogunro, Maria Okanrande and Dami Elebe looked pretty cool in their Beatfm uniform at the Beat FM 999concert which held last night in Lagos. See more pics after the cut...

 Africa is a weekly show offering a unique window into African business on and off the continent. (CNN) -- On the fertile farmlands of Uganda's Kasese district, miles and miles of lush banana plantations dot the green landscape. This is one of the biggest banana growing areas in the east-central African country, where most people make a living through subsistence farming. Yet, the nutrient-rich fruit is not the only source of income for farmers in the region. After harvesting the crop, locals also extract banana fiber from the trunk of the plant. This can be used for a whole range of products -- from household goods and handicrafts to bags and textiles. Taking advantage of the abundance of the natural product, a group of landmine victims have formed a co-operative association to make rope out of banana fiber and sell it for a profit. After using water to soften the leaves, the members of the Kasese Landmine Survivors Association split them into small pieces depen...

At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to Ebola this year face being shunned, the UN has said. Carers were urgently needed for these orphans, Unicef said. A basic human reaction like comforting a sick child has been turned "into a potential death sentence", it added. The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 3,000 people have died of Ebola in West Africa - the world's most deadly outbreak of the virus. The figure on the number of Ebola orphans follows a two- week assessment mission by the UN children's agency to the three countries worst-affected by the outbreak. An earlier version of this story said that 4,900 children had lost parents but the correct figure is 3,700. It found that children as young as three or four years old were being orphaned by the disease. Children were discovered alone in the hospitals where their parents had died, or back in their communities where, if they wer...