Ghana's 2-1 victory over Central African Republic sees the Black Stars book their spot at next year's finals in Ivory Coast, with Angola also progressing from Group E.
Ghana's 2-1 victory over Central African Republic sees the Black Stars book their spot at next year's finals in Ivory Coast, with Angola also progressing from Group E.
Ugandans asked to stop 'strangers' in worship places
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President Museveni has asked Ugandans to be vigilant amid terrorism threatsImage caption: President Museveni has asked Ugandans to be vigilant amid terrorism threats
Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to be vigilant in the wake of
terrorism threats, asking that all visitors be checked before entering places
of worship and recreational facilities.
In
a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening, President Museveni asked
Ugandans not to allow any “strange” people to churches and mosques and report
them to the police.
"Don't allow anyone you don't know to enter your church, to enter your mosque. No strangers should enter your church. They must be challenged, isolated and reported to the police," he said.
“For the hotels and the lodges, take the particulars of
people who come there. Make sure they show you their identity cards with their
pictures,” he added.
He asked people to be calm amid terrorism threats linked to the Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF) militants, saying the security forces were hunting for them.
Uganda
has heightened security surveillance following increased attacks by ADF
militants.
Ghana's 2-1 victory over Central African Republic sees the Black Stars book their spot at next year's finals in Ivory Coast, with Angola also progressing from Group E.
The BBC has been sent photos showing the injuries of those beaten by the security forces - this is of Teshager Tsigab, a journalist and law lecturerImage caption: The BBC has been sent photos showing the injuries of those beaten by the security forces - this is of Teshager Tsigab, a journalist and law lecturer
Hundreds
of people have been detained in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as a banned demonstration
was brutally dispersed by the security forces.
Four
political parties had called for the protest in Mekelle, the region’s main
city, to highlight the continued suffering in Tigray following the end of a two-year
civil war last November.
They
have been angered by the interim leadership’s handling of affairs since the
African Union-brokered agreement to end the conflict was signed.
The
protesters were calling for more to be done to help the return of the thousands
of people who fled during the war and to deal with the alleged fraud that has
hampered the distribution of humanitarian aid – among other issues.
But
the interim authorities banned the protest, saying the timing was inappropriate
and aimed at causing chaos.
Individuals
who gathered at Romanat Square in Mekelle to join the rally were promptly
arrested. Subsequent attempts to regroup and demonstrate were dispersed by
security forces.
One
of the co-ordinators told the BBC: "We arrived at the peaceful
demonstration site in the morning, but a significant deployment of soldiers was
in place, apprehending anyone who approached and sending them to prison."
Several
armed groups have been patrolling the city on foot and in vehicles, meaning normal
business activities have closed.
Witnesses have told the BBC how people were beaten by the security forces, sending photos of
backs marked by whip lashes.
Some of them allege that they have been denied access to hospitals for treatment.
The whereabouts of some of those arrested was not known, sources said.
Those
detained include journalists, university lecturers, activists, members and
leaders of the opposition parties.
Nigeria has secured pledges worth nearly $14bn (£11bn) from Indian investors at the
Nigeria-India economic roundtable in New Delhi.
The country’s President Bola Tinubu is there to attend the G20 summit - a meeting of
the world’s largest economies.
The new investments
include $8bn towards
the production of fertiliser and petrochemicals and $3bn for steel.
"We are ready to
give you the best returns for investment possible, there's nowhere else like
our country. Nigeria offers the best returns for investment today, so invest
now," Nigeria's leader told them.
Gabon coup leaders appoint economist as interim PM
Paul Njie
BBC News
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Raymond Ndong Sima has served as prime minister beforeImage caption: Raymond Ndong Sima has served as prime minister before
Gabon's
military leaders have appointed Raymond Ndong Sima as the country's new interim prime minister.
The
68-year-old economist was a staunch opponent of deposed President Ali Bongo,
even though he had served as the country's prime minister in the past - from 2012 until 2014.
He had wanted to run in this year's presidential election but decided to
back the main opposition candidate Albert Ondo Ossa.
It is thought Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, was on his way to a nightclub for a performance when he was shotImage caption: It is thought Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, was on his way to a nightclub for a performance when he was shot
The firearm used
to kill one of South Africa's leading rappers, popularly
known as AKA, has
been found, police have confirmed.
Kiernan Forbes was fatally shot in February along with his
close friend, the chef and entrepreneur Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban.
Reports that the
murder weapon had been found started circulating in May but police dismissed them as
malicious and unsubstantiated.
Kwa-Zulu Natal’s police
chief refused to give further information about where and when the gun had been discovered,
saying that would jeopardise their investigations that were at a
"sensitive stage".
No-one has yet
been charged with the two murders that were captured on CCTV and caused national
outrage.
Five African footballers nominated for Ballon d’Or
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Five African players are vying to win the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious awards in the football world.
Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, Cameroon’s Andre
Onana and Morocco’s Yassine Bounou have dazzled their way to the 2023 men's shortlist, after impressing football
fans and pundits over the past season.
They are up against global favourites such as Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi.
Asisat Oshoala, a forward for the Nigerian national women’s
football team and the Spanish club FC Barcelona, is the only woman from the continent nominated
in the female category.
She has won the Confederation of African Footballer's African Women's Player of the Year award a
stunning five times.
The Ballon d'Or is an annual celebration of the most exceptional footballing talent of the season and the winners this year will be announced at a ceremony in Paris on 30
October.
To date, Liberian President George Weah remains the only
African to have won the Ballon d’Or, which he did as an AC Milan player in 1995.
Ugandan MPs told HIV/Aids drugs used to fatten pigs
Dorcas Wangira
Africa health correspondent
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The ARVs are added to the feed given to pigs and chickensImage caption: The ARVs are added to the feed given to pigs and chickens
Ugandan MPs have been told that the drug
authorities have known for years that anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment
of HIV/Aids have been fed to livestock.
The parliamentary committee on HIV/Aids has been
investigating a university study about how animals in the East African nation
are being given drugs to treat some illnesses and also to fatten them up.
Amos Atumanya, the senior inspector at the National
Drug Authority (NDA), told MPs on
Wednesday an investigation was carried out after alerts from members of the public
in 2014.
It found ARVs had been given to pigs and chickens,
but its report was not publicised.
“There were some concerns that if we blow it out of
proportion, what would this mean for the economy in terms of if we are going to
be exporting food as a country? So we were trying to find other means in which
we could manage that situation,” he said.
Their report established that the ARVs were mainly
used to treat African swine fever, a disease affecting pigs for which there is
currently no cure. It also verified claims that the drugs were being used
to treat Newcastle Disease in chickens.
The more recent study submitted to the parliamentary committee
last week by Makerere University’s College of Health quoted people saying that
pigs fed with ARVs grew faster and fatter and tended to fall ill less often.
It reported that 33.3% of chicken tissue and 50% of
pig meat tested from markets in the capital, Kampala, and the northern city of
Lira had contained ARV residues.
There is concern that eating such food could lead
to drug resistance for those that need to take ARVs as well as jeopardising
funding from donors who provide the drugs to treat HIV and Aids.
The parliamentary session has prompted outrage on
social media, with people angered by the fact that the NDA did not publicise their earlier findings.
In response the NDA’s spokesperson has sought to
play down the scandal, saying it had launched several operations to curb drug misuse, especially in
animals.
“The ongoing operations… have led to several
arrests and prosecution of the culprits,” Abiaz Rwamiri said.
Graça Machel warns men in suits about climate change
Mercy Juma
BBC News, Nairobi
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Graça Machel says women have to be at the centre of the climate change debateImage caption: Graça Machel says women have to be at the centre of the climate change debate
Graça Machel, a prominent rights campaigner and the widow
of Nelson Mandela, has told the BBC more women should have been included in debates
at the first-ever Africa climate summit.
At the recently concluded three-day gathering in Kenya’s capital, African
heads of state agreed on a unified position for the continent ahead of November's
COP28 summit - including a proposed a global carbon tax regime.
Ms Machel, who is deputy chair of The Elders - a group
of senior statesmen founded by Mr Mandela in 2007 to tackle some
of the world's most pressing problems, said this was a
step worth celebrating.
She lauded some of the innovative ways of dealing with climate change that had been presented in Nairobi, saying: “Africa is not here to be helped.
Africa is here to offer opportunities to offer investment, to offer solutions.”
But the 77-year-old Mozambican campaigner said women
had to be at the centre of the debate in future: “We have to stop this thing of
women speaking from the window.”
Even when women shouted from a window, those coming up with
resolutions failed to hear them, she said.
Quote Message: Women have to be at the centre of the decision. So we as women, women's organisations, we have to grab that place. It isn't going to be offered to us.
Women have to be at the centre of the decision. So we as women, women's organisations, we have to grab that place. It isn't going to be offered to us.
Quote Message: Those who are in leadership really have to understand that the times that we had only blue, grey, and black suit alone in decision making, is gone."
Those who are in leadership really have to understand that the times that we had only blue, grey, and black suit alone in decision making, is gone."
Deaths reported as Guinea marked coup anniversary
Azeezat Olaoluwa
BBC News
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The Guinean military seized power in a coup in September 2021Image caption: The Guinean military seized power in a coup in September 2021
Four people died in clashes between protesters and
security forces in Guinea as the country marked the second anniversary of a military
coup, activists say.
The Forces Vives, an
alliance of political parties, trade unions and civil society groups that wants a speedy return to civilian rule, reported the deaths of four young men aged between 15 and 18 in statement published on Facebook.
It said two of them had been killed the
capital, Conakry, when armed security forces attacked the neighbourhoods of
political activists on Monday, the eve of planned demonstrations against the junta.
The other two teenagers had been killed on Tuesday and at least a dozen others suffered bullet wounds, Forces Vives said.
The junta, which had warned people against joining the protests, has not
made any comment about the latest incident.
Forces Vives has expressed concerns about the delay in holding elections.
Several protests have taken place against Mamady Doumbouya, a military officer serving as interim president, many of which have ended in violence.
The junta proposed a two-year transition to democracy last
October, after the regional bloc Ecowas rejected a three-year timeline.
Guinea's military government is just one of several in West
and Central Africa that have taken power in a string of coups since 2020. Many of
them are yet to hold elections as promised.
In pictures: Home of Rwanda's suspected serial killer
News of the arrest of a suspected serial killer in Rwanda has caused shock waves across the country.
Murder crimes are
normally relatively low - and people have been drawn to the house in the capital, Kigali, where police have dug up more than 10 bodies.
The BBC's Jean Claude Mwambutsa went to the site in Kicukiro, a suburb in the hilly city, and took these photos.
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Neighbours say the man had been staying in the house for more than a year.
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Police say officers went to evict the man for failing to pay rent when he began to act suspiciously, later confessing to the murders.
Officers went back to the house on Tuesday and began investigating his kitchen.
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This is where he had told police he had buried the bodies of his victims.
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Locals say he had been living alone in the rented accommodation.
The victims are yet to be identified, but a police spokesperson has told the state broadcaster that
most of them were women he had met at bars.
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The man, reported to be 34, has not yet been formally charged in court as investigations are continuing.
Outrage in Chad after soldier killed by French nurse
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Chadian and French officials have launched a joint investigation into the incident at the Faya-Largeau baseImage caption: Chadian and French officials have launched a joint investigation into the incident at the Faya-Largeau base
Angry protesters in Chad tried to storm a French military base over the
fatal shooting of a local soldier.
He had reportedly gone to the Faya-Largeau base in the north of the country
seeking medical treatment on Tuesday.
French troops are deployed there as part of anti-terror operations in the region.
According to Chadian and French officials, the soldier then attacked
a nurse with a scalpel.
"A Chadian soldier who was not in a normal state went to
the French army base to get bandaged, picked up a scalpel and wounded a French
military nurse," General Ali Maide Kebir, the region’s governor, told the AFP
news agency.
"The nurse used his firearm and killed him," he said.
A senior officer with French forces told AFP that the military
nurse reacted in self-defence.
"We don't know the reasons for the attack.
The nurse received three scalpel blows to the throat, head and neck but his
condition has stabilised,” he said.
The Chadian and French militaries have launched joint investigations
into the incident.
But the news has upset the local community, triggering the protests outside
the base. Chadian soldiers guarding the base prevented the demonstrators from getting inside.
Malagasy leader to seek re-election amid citizenship row
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Andry Rajoelina, seen here with his French counterpart in June, also ran Madagascar as head of an interim authority from 2009 until 2014Image caption: Andry Rajoelina, seen here with his French counterpart in June, also ran Madagascar as head of an interim authority from 2009 until 2014
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has said he will be seeking re-election in November despite a campaign to disqualify him
from the presidential race.
In June this year, leaked documents revealed that Mr Rajoelina,
his wife and children had become naturalised French citizens in 2014.
Since the revelation some Malagasy leaders and citizens have questioned his transparency and loyalty
to Madagascar, which was a French colony until 1960.
Critics also say the country's law does not allow dual
citizenship and those who obtain foreign citizenship automatically
forfeit their Malagasy citizenship and cannot seek the presidency.
But Mr Rajoelina, who won the election in late 2018, disputes this and says the constitution does not forbid those with dual citizenship from vying for presidency.
More than 20 candidates are running in the elections scheduled for 9 November on the Indian Ocean island.
