Mum's letter to her 13 year old stubborn son goes viral

A single mum's letter to her stubborn 13-year-old son warning him to start behaving or face paying the bills has gone viral. The mum said her son Aaron seemed to have "forgotten" he was "only 13 and she was the parent". She tells him how much he will pay for rent and other bills if he wouldn't listen to her but offered him a compromise, she says if he would rather be her "child again, instead of roommate, we can renegotiate terms". Read the rest of the letter after the cut...

Beyoncé shares more vacation photos

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Omotola shares cute family photo of herself, husband & children

The actress and her family pictured at a family get away.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Lupita Nyong'o stuns for Vogue magazine

 

The Oscar winner shot her second feature for Vogue magazine October issue and the photos are stunning. More when you continue...

Angelina Jolie visits Cambodia with son she adopted there (photos)

The Hollywood actress and UN ambassador visited Cambodia today ...she's seen above meeting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the country's state house. Angelina met with Sen to discuss her latest project - a film about the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, which will feature her 14 year old son Maddox who she adopted from the country 13 years ago. More photos after the cut...

Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images

Photo of wife of The Sun DMD at her home after her release this morning

Toyin Nwosu, the wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun newspapers who was released by her abductors this morning, is pictured 2nd right above with family and friends at her home in Okota, Lagos. According to Mr Nwosu, he got a call from his wife's abductors this morning, asking him to go and pick her up at a certain location. He did not however state whether any ransom was paid for her release. Mrs Nwosu was abducted at her home after a robbery incident on Tuesday September 15th. Photo credit: The Nation

Victoria Kimani stuns in new photos

Beautiful woman!

Coup in Burkina Faso as military dissolves interim government

Bukina faso military has taken over the government of the country in a coup that occurred last night. The Burkina Faso military in a TV broadcast today said it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government.

This coup comes less than a month before elections meant to restore democracy in the West African country.

Burkina Faso was plunged into chaos yesterday night when the elite Republican Guard, a pillar of long-time former President Blaise Compaore's regime, seized President Kafando, Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida, and two ministers.

The powerful presidential guard has repeatedly meddled in politics since Compaore was toppled in a popular uprising in October last year.

"The patriotic forces, grouped together in the National Council for Democracy, have decided today to put an end to the deviant transitional regime," a military official said on RTB state television.