Nigerian woman sentenced to 100 lashes

An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian woman to 100 lashes for having an extra-marital affair.

The woman, Amina Abdullahi, was convicted by a sharia court in Gusau, capital of Nigeria's northern Zamfara state.

It is not known when the sentence will be carried out.

In January this year, Islamic authorities defied international condemnation when they sentenced a 17-year-old girl to 100 lashes after she was convicted of having premarital sex. Zamfara introduced Islamic law last year, becoming the first Nigerian state to do so.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service