Lemekhani Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence when he went off to fight for Russia.
Alaa Abdel Fattah tells his family in a letter from prison that he has resumed drinking water.
British soldiers were operating in the country as part of a UN mission countering Islamist extremism.
Goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott is ruled out of Ghana's World Cup squad after suffering a late finger injury with club side Charlton.
Ibtissam Jraidi scores a hat-trick as AS FAR beat nine-woman Mamelodi Sundowns 4-0 to win the Women's African Champions League title in Morocco.
Captain Wahbi Khazri believes Tunisia can finally reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, at the sixth attempt.
Africa Eye revisits the story of a domestic worker and her search for a better life.
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