Swedish Woman Falls In Love With Nigerian Scammer’s Persona, Befriends Him, Puts Him Through College.

A few years after her divorce, Maria Grette, 62, from Sweden, created a profile on an online dating website where she met a 58-year-old Danish man who seemed like the perfect match. After exchanging messages back and forth, the Dane called her from a UK number, confirming his story as an expat businessman.

“I wanted to meet him because I liked him,” Maria told BBC. “He had a way and a sweetness I had never known in a man before. And he was innocent in a way that puzzled me.” After three months of communicating, the budding couple decided to meet… but that was when things started to get strange.

UN Welcomes Demolition Of Calais 'Jungle'

UN refugee agency says it approves of decision to demolish camp by the end of the year.

The United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR, said on Friday that it welcomed plans to demolish a refugee camp in Calais in northern France, but raised fears that lone children were at risk of trafficking if not adequately supported during the transition.

The ramshackle camp has become a symbol of Europe's struggle to respond to an influx of refugees and migrants fleeing war and poverty, and is home to nearly 9,000 people who want to cross the English Channel into Britain, just 33km away.

Multi-Door Court System Transforming Nigeria's Justice System

In a country where court cases often last 10 years and many suspects languish in jails, could mediation be a solution?  The files that will be handled during one morning of Settlement Week [Femke van Zeijl/Al Jazeera]

Lagos, Nigeria - The pastor used the Bible to persuade her not to pay her children's school fees, but to invest $1,500 in his friend's farm instead. "If you can't trust a pastor, who can you trust?" the school director from Lagos asks. Now she wishes she hadn't. For the past three years she has been chasing after her money; going to court nine times already and spending the equivalent of $150 in lawyers' fees.

Senegal New Solar Park Unveiled

Technicians operate electrical cabinets on October 22, 2016 during the opening ceremony of a new photovoltaic energy production site in Bokho

Senegal put into service one of sub-Saharan Africa's largest solar energy projects Saturday as it pushes to become a regional player in renewables on a continent where the majority remain off-grid.

The 20-megawatt Senergy 2 project in Bokhol, close to the Mauritanian border, will serve 160,000 people with electricity, and will contribute to Senegal's target of serving 20 percent of its energy needs with renewables by the end of 2017.

Mapping Africa's Natural Resources

Africa remains a key territory on the global map. Rich in oil and natural resources, the continent holds a strategic position.

It is the world's fastest-growing region for foreign direct investment, and it has approximately 30 percent of the earth's remaining mineral resources.

It's home to more than 40 different nations, and around 2,000 languages. Sub-Saharan Africa has six of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies. North Africa counts with vast oil and natural gas deposits; the Sahara holds the most strategic nuclear ore; and resources such as coltan, gold, and copper, among many others, are abundant on the continent.

Clean Energy With A $5 Device

(Grand prize winner Maanasa MenduAndy King/Discovery Education)

On Tuesday, Mendu, a 13-year-old from Ohio, won the grand prize in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her work in creating a cost-effective "solar leaves" design to create energy. In addition to winning the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist," she gets $25,000 for her achievement.

The leaves, designed to help developing areas in need of cheaper power sources, cost roughly $5 to make.

Over the past three months, Mendu and nine other finalists worked on their projects alongside a mentor provided by 3M.

Cameroon Train Tragedy

YAOUNDE —  Thousands of Cameroonians have been flooding hospitals in the country's political and economic capitals Yaounde and Douala in search of corpses and survivors after a train crash that left more than 70 people dead and 600 injured. The overloaded train was carrying about 1,300 passengers. It normally carries 600.

Forty-five-year-old Mustapha Abbo arrived at the mortuary of the Yaounde general hospital in search of the body of his younger sister who died in last Friday's train crash in Esseka, 120 kilometers west of the capital, Yaounde. He said his sister's husband, who survived the crash, confirmed she died.

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery!

The Bermuda Triangle Photo: Bermudastyles.com

The mystery of Bermuda Triangle may have been solved according to a new documentary. It blames the "air bombs", which cause fierce winds, for the disappearance of ships and planes inside the "Devil's Triangle".

A documentary by the Science Channel showcases new satellite imagery from NASA over coastal Florida, revealing "a series of hexagon-shaped clouds," which meteorologists say can produce 170 mph (273kmph) wind air bombs above the Bermuda Triangle. These clouds, which can range anywhere between 20-55 miles (32-88.5km) and can produce microbursts that make movement of planes and ships difficult.

Death From Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Man died 'horror-movie' death from flesh-eating bacteria

OCEAN CITY, Md. — On Sept. 11, Michael Funkwas cleaning crab pots at his bayside condominium;four days later he was dead, the victim of flesh-eating bacteria.

For Marcia Funk, his wife of 46 years, his death is compounded by what she called a lack of information here about the bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus.

"I really feel they kept it quiet because it's a tourist resort," Marcia Funk said. "It's like something out of a horror movie."