Nigerian flooding kills at least 200 people

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Nigerian officials have warned there's little hope of finding alive around 500 people still missing after flash floods in Niger state. How are survivors coping?

Mauritania’s Sidi Ould-Tah elected as the new president of the African Development Bank. What was the voting process like?

And we meet one photographer who has turned his lens on insects to tell a bigger story

Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Sunita Nahar ,Yvette Twagiramariya and Nyasha Michelle in London. Blessing Aderogba in Lagos
Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Editors : Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

2 Jun 9AM English United Kingdom News

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