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One story from Africa, for AfricaThe Comb podcastThis is AfricaLatest updatesNigerian film star arrested on bribery chargesPolice say Amal Umar gave an officer 250,000 naira (£137; $175) to have her impounded car released.AfricaGhana cabinet nominees blocked in anti-gay bill rowThe president is under pressure from Ghanaians who want him to sign the bill, and from those who condemn it.AfricaNigeria president halts foreign trips for officialsThe three-month prohibition is an attempt to cut government spending amid a cost-of-living crisis.AfricaInside story of a Nigerian ransom negotiatorHow one man is secretly helping families pay kidnappers to release their relatives.Africa'No escape' for bank clients who profited from glitchCustomers who don't return money they withdrew face prosecution, an Ethiopian bank chief tells the BBC.AfricaSenegal president rejects blame for election chaosHe tells the BBC he won't apologise for attempting to delay the vote, a move that led to deadly protests.AfricaSenegal president: 'I did nothing wrong'Macky Sall refuses to apologise for the deaths that followed the decision to postpone elections last month.AfricaFamine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapesBBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees.AfricaPolice raid South Africa parliament speaker's homeNosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been accused of corruption while defence minister, which she denies.Africa