KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese judge on Saturday formally indicted Omar al-Bashir for possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption, charges the ousted leader challenged as he was publicly questioned for the first time since his overthrow.

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria lost as much as 22 million barrels of oil to theft in the first half of this year, a problem that is a threat to the country's economy, state oil company NNPC said.