AFRICA• A new helium deposit is discovered in Tanzania’s Rift Valley which could put an end to the global shortage.• Egypt says it has repaired the black box from EgyptAir flight 804, while France opens a manslaughter probe into the airliner’s crash.• The corruption trial of Nigerian senate president Bukola Saraki begins with his denial that he falsified parliamentary rules to get elected.• Kenya’s energy regulatory commission withdraws licences from 36 petrol stations for selling contaminated fuel.• Zambia’s The Post newspaper is shut down, allegedly for failing to pay $5m in tax. It says it is being silenced ahead of elections.ABROAD• A colossal ship carrying 9,472 containers becomes the first vessel to pass through the newly expanded Panama canal.• A Norwegian court dismisses a request for a guarantee to allow Edward Snowden to travel to Norway without fear of extradition.• The mayor of a Chinese city calls for calm, after protests against a waste incineration project by people f...
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