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Africa Today: Tuesday, 22nd December 2015
Nigeria's president plans big spending drive; London judge rules on Rwandan defendants.
In his first budget since coming to power, Nigeria's president has announced a big increase in spending, despite falling oil revenues.
A judge in London has ruled that five Rwandan men accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide should not be extradited to face trial in their home country.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Richard Hamilton takes a look around a new mega exhibition of African history and culture at London's British Library, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song.
Plus news and sport from across the continent.
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