Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change.
In a post on social media, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.
He said the move made a mockery of Western commitments towards climate targets.
The Ugandan leader also said European countries were happy to take Africa's resources for their own energy needs but were against the development of fossil fuel projects which were for the benefit of Africans.
Uganda is due to start exporting oil within three years.
Due to the global energy crisis some European countries have recently decided to increase coal production - a move heavily criticised by climate change activists.
The conflict has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homesImage caption: The conflict has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes
Talks are under way in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at resolving a diplomatic row with Rwanda and halting a violent conflict in the east of the country.
Angola's President João Lourenço and the former Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta are mediating between representatives of the two governments.
This follows a meeting on Friday with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame.
He has denied backing the M23 rebel group that recently re-launched an offensive which has left tens of thousands of people displaced.
The mediators will also speak to victims of the conflict.
DR Congo's government is due to meet representatives of various armed groups later this month in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Mozambique has started exporting
liquefied natural gas for the first time, in a move the country’s President Filipe Nyusi has described as historic.
The gas has been produced at an
off-shore plant run by Italian energy firm Eni, but British oil giant BP has
the purchasing rights over it.
The gas left in a British cargo
ship for Europe, but its final destination is unclear.
The shipment comes at a time
when Europe is looking for alternative sources of gas, as it tries to reduce
its reliance on Russia.
Mozambique hopes to become one
of the world's biggest exporters of natural gas, following its discovery in the
northern Cabo Delgado province in 2010.
But its efforts have been
hampered by a five-year-long Islamist insurgency that has killed more than
4,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in the province.
The government believes the
discovery of gas will boost the economy, but Mr Nyusi said Mozambique would
continue to focus on "traditional activities", such as agriculture,
fishing, tourism, to achieve development.
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Sierra Leone’s Fantacee Wiz describes herself as "a folk singer, a poet, a film maker, writer, activist, humanitarian, social influencer and a left-wing feminist."
She also describes herself as sapio demisexual, which she says means she looks for "brain stimulation, sexual intelligence, and emotional intelligence" in a partner.
Fantacee Wiz releases an EP this week entitled Karo Kura which means new moon in the Korankoh and Mandingo languages, and in it she expresses her new found self-confidence, both musically and as a woman.
One track, Free, is particularly exuberant and defiant. Fantacee Wiz has been on a journey from abuse to celebration:
Quote Message: My spiritual journey started about seven years ago where I discovered myself and paid attention when it comes to sex, because before I was just having sex for, you know, having it. I am a survivor of rape so I had to struggle with that for quite some time. I took time in saying I am a very sexual person, how about I discover myself."
My spiritual journey started about seven years ago where I discovered myself and paid attention when it comes to sex, because before I was just having sex for, you know, having it. I am a survivor of rape so I had to struggle with that for quite some time. I took time in saying I am a very sexual person, how about I discover myself."
Another song on the EP, Sabi, Fantacee Wiz describes in this way:
Quote Message: Sabi is a very sexual song. It is about my sexuality and my dreams and fantasies and how I want sex to be like, now, this age and time that I’m in."
Sabi is a very sexual song. It is about my sexuality and my dreams and fantasies and how I want sex to be like, now, this age and time that I’m in."
Fantacee Wiz's sound reflects the fact that she comes from Kabala, a town right in the north of Sierra Leone near the border with Guinea, and her voice is reminiscent at times of the divas of Mali.
But the most striking thing about her is her willingness, as a woman in a deeply patriarchal society, to talk and sing so triumphantly about herself as a sexual being.
You can hear Fantacee Wiz on This is Africa this Saturday, on BBC World Service radio and partner stations across Africa, as well as online here: BBCworldservice.com/thisisafrica
It fears the polls will be more turbulent than usualImage caption: It fears the polls will be more turbulent than usual
The head of Nigeria's electoral commission, Mahmood Yakuba, has said that he's worried about attacks "intensifying" as the country prepares for February's upcoming presidential elections.
There are concerns that next year’s tightly contested race could be more turbulent than usual, with Mr Yakuba adding that the commission had already tracked 50 attacks related to the polls in the first month of campaigning alone.
The comments were made during an emergency meeting by the commission after two of its offices were attacked on Thursday.
Last month, the US embassy evacuated all non-essential staff from Abuja, citing an elevated risk of a terror attack in the capital.
Security forces have been battling a range of threats across the country: including an Islamist insurgency, armed criminal gangs and separatist groups.
Chad sacks top brass after bloody protest crackdown
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Civilians were killed in their dozensImage caption: Civilians were killed in their dozens
Three weeks after a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Chad, the country's chief of police and head of the gendarmerie have been replaced, as have a number of other senior officers.
French-language broadcaster RFI says it has spoken to an inside source who called it a tightening of power.
Chad is ruled by a military junta whose leader originally said he would step down, but recently announced he was extending his rule by another two years.
That announcement prompted mass protests by Chadians demanding a return to civilian rule. Dozens of civilians were killed in those protests leading to international criticism and a crisis summit of central African leaders.
Is Charlene Ruto Kenya’s answer to Ivanka Trump?
Tarik Habte
BBC News
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Charlene Ruto with her fatherImage caption: Charlene Ruto with her father
She is President William Ruto’s second-eldest child, and calls herself Kenya's First Daughter, but social media users are asking why Charlene Ruto seems to be meeting so many government ministers and taking foreign trips.
In the months since her father was elected president, local media report that Ms Ruto has met several county officials across Kenya as well as ministers abroad.
Similar concerns were raised when former US President Donald Trump was first elected and his daughter Ivanka attended meetings with her father as an unofficial advisor. Mr Trump later appointed Ivanka to an official government role.
The youngest people in society will be living with the effects of climate inaction longer than anybody else.
World leaders are in Egypt for the COP27 summit, as campaigners and scientists warn that global carbon emissions are set to reach record levels and key milestones on slowing the planet's rising temperature have been missed.
Egyptian student Laala Salem, 20, says she hopes the conference will encourage "actual change" in terms of policy as well as making citizens more aware of the crisis.
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Twenty-seven-year-old Marshaba is originally from Uganda but is studying in Cairo. He says there's no more time for world leaders to be messing about - they've got to be "action-packed".
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And Veronica Eskander, 31, says she would like to see more involvement from ordinary people rather than decisions being made "on a hierarchy".
"They don't have to be academics, they don't have to be specialists," she adds.
Video caption: Gaming in Africa: Developers making mobile games for African playersGaming in Africa: Developers making mobile games for African players
The growth of the video gaming market is an opportunity for African developers to create games for the African audience.
