A study carried out in 2010 by non-governmental bodies reported that Morocco had between 66,000 and 80,000 domestic workers aged under 15.

The incident led to eight casualties and 15 injuries among Egyptian forces.

Thousands of mourners packed a 40,000-seat stadium to celebrate the powerful figure who was buried as a national hero.

Hundreds of ambulances and dozens of fire trucks with their sirens wailing rushed to the scene.

‘She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones.’

The suspected Boko Haram attack took place late Friday in the northeast Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

'We did it out of pity. And don’t ever put your daughters in school again,' Boko Haram extremists said after returning the girls.

The president's lawyer Yousuf Mohamed told local Radio Plus that she had decided to resign ‘to prevent a constitutional crisis.’

The hospital at Bossangoa has treated 56 rape victims since September, up from 13 in the previous eight months, MSF said.

The hospital said the surgeon, 2 nurses and an anaesthetist, was suspended pending a probe into the operation 'on the wrong patient'.