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Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique’s second-largest opposition party, has died in neighbouring South Africa.

Mr Simango had been evacuated to South Africa on 13 February.

A few days earlier, his wife tested positive for coronavirus, but when Mr Simango himself was tested, the result came back negative.

His brother Lutero Simango told journalists at the time that his brother was having trouble breathing and so it was thought advisable to send him to South Africa for further treatment.

He had been feeling ill for about a week at that point.

Mr Simango was the mayor of Beira on the coast, north of the capital Maputo.

He was an extremely popular figure in Beira where he had been elected mayor four times.

In 2003, he ran as a candidate for the main opposition party, Renamo, but the then Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama, refused to run Mr Simango for a second term.

So in the 2008 municipal elections Mr Simango ran as an independent, and easily defeated his opponents both from Renamo and from the ruling Frelimo Party.

In 2009, he founded the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), and it was as the MDM candidate that he won the Beira municipal elections in 2013 and again in 2018.

He was the MDM candidate in the presidential elections of 2009, 2014 and 2019, coming third on all three occasions.

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India has agreed to loan Mauritius $100m (£71m) to buy military equipment including radar and helicopters, in what is said to be the first such agreement between India an an African country.

India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar signed The India Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement while on an official visit to Mauritius.

"Today is indeed a special day in our special relationship. India is privileged to have entered into a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement [CECPA] with Mauritius. This agreement is India’s first-such agreement with an African country," Mr Jaishankar said.

The ceremony began with Mr Jaishankar handing over of 100,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccination.

People of Indian origin make up nearly 70% of Mauritius which has a population of around 1.3 million people.

Their ancestors were sent there as indentured labourers during British colonial rule and Indian people are known to call Mauritius "Chota Bharat" which means small India.

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The High Court in Malawi has issued an order preventing police from arresting controversial millionaire pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary.

The couple are facing charges of money laundering and fraud in South Africa but fled to Malawi, where they are from, in November.

Last week the couple's relatives were stopped from leaving Malawi.

Following this, the police went to the couple's house with a warrant for their arrest but they weren't there. It's not clear on what grounds the police wanted to arrest them.

On Sunday the couple went to court and were granted an order restraining the police from arresting them.

Meanwhile, the process to extradite the Bushiris to South Africa is still under way. Malawi's government has said it will grant the extradition request, but the Bushiris are challenging it.

The request will be reviewed on 8 March.

Mr Bushiri has been described as one of the richest religious leaders in Africa.

He claims to have cured people of HIV, made the blind see, changed the fortunes of the impoverished and, on at least one occasion, appeared to walk on air, although none of these claims have been scientifically proven.

He is so popular that he has been known to fill sports stadiums with followers.

But he has also been accused of preying on poor people, desperate to improve their lives, by selling merchandise including "miracle oil".

Read more: Meeting the man who says he can walk on air

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The judicial inquiry into government corruption in South Africa has asked the Constitutional Court to sentence former President Jacob Zuma to two years in prison for contempt.

This followed Mr Zuma’s failure to appear before the State Capture Commission last week, despite a summons and an order from the highest court to do so.

Mr Zuma was due to answer questions relating to alleged government corruption during his tenure.

In what could be the first of its kind in South Africa, the commission wants Mr Zuma to pay the costs of the application.

In an urgent application to the Constitutional Court, the commission’s secretary Prof Itumeleng Mosala said the former president committed a number of contemptuous acts including: failing to appear at the commission to answer questions when he was summoned to do so, failing to file affidavits as per the Constitutional Court’s order, and making what have been described as “scurrilous statements” against the Constitutional Court and the whole of the judiciary.

He has repeatedly snubbed summonses to appear, accusing the judges of bias.

Mr Zuma was forced to resign in 2018 over multiple corruption allegations, all of which he denies.

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South Sudan has for the first time organised a women's football league.

The opening match was between Juba Stars and Aweil team in the capital Juba. It ended 2-0 in to Juba Stars.

Ugandan female footballer Jean Sseninde who is consulting for the South Sudan women's league said this could have a big impact in a country where child marriage is common.

"Let us avoid early child marriages and avoid the early pregnancies. We want everyone to support women’s football in South Sudan because we want to be the best in Africa and in the world," she said.

Ms Sseninde played for Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace in the English Premier League.

“My goal is to see young girls in South Sudan or in Africa to reach the highest level and to believe in themselves that they can be professionals and that it is not the matter of being at home – cooking food and doing the jobs that people think women do,” Ms Sseninde said.

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Tuk-tuk drivers have gone on strike in Nigeria's Kano state leaving commuters to walk to work on Monday morning.

The strike is in protest against a N100 ($26 cents; £19p) daily levy imposed by the Kano state government.

The authorities in the northern state say the tax will help raise funds to improve infrastructure.

One of the drivers of the three-wheeler vehicles more commonly called Adaidaita-Sahu here, Sani Ibrahim, told the BBC that he will not return to work until the government scraps the new tax.

Some passengers told me that they walked tens of kilometres to get to work.

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I found one commuter Hajiya Hajara resting his leg, unhappy about the strike.

“My leg is paining me but I have to go out, this strike is needless and government should do all it can to resolve this because we the poor people are the ones suffering,” he said.

Officials of Kano Traffic Agency say they are over a million tuk-tuks in Kano, which is Nigeria's most populous state.

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Thousands of Algerians have marched in the capital Algiers and other cities to mark the second anniversary of the anti-government protest movement, known as Hirak.

Protesters chanted: "Peace, freedom and democracy," and held up signs saying: "A civilian-led country, not a military one."

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It is said to be the largest gathering in Algiers since the suspension of the Hirak protests in March last year because of coronavirus.

The movement forced Algeria's long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign, but has continued to call for the removal of the political elite.

Read more: Algeria's protests are back and the president is worried

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Guinea has postponed an Ebola vaccination roll out that was to begin on Monday due to bad weather.

The plane carrying 11,000 World Health Organization vaccines was unable to land at the Conakry-Gebessia International Airport on Sunday because of bad weather conditions.

The plane was forced to divert to Dakar in Senegal.

Guinea's health ministry said on Facebook that they planned to fly the supplies from Dakar on Monday and start the vaccination roll out one day late on Tuesday.

It is unclear whether is was possible for the Monday flight to take place.

Guinean health authorities confirmed on 14 February the resurgence of the Ebola epidemic in the country.

The new cases were reported in Gouecke, in the southeastern prefecture of N'Zerekore where at least six people have died.

Schools in Malawi failed to reopen on Monday after teachers boycotted classrooms saying they feel unsafe in school environments.

The teachers have made several demands to the government, including seeking a Covid-19 risk allowance.

President Lazarus Chakwera ordered schools to be closed five weeks ago following a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Schools were to reopen on Monday after a drop in the number of cases of coronavirus.

Local media is reporting that most students returned home after reporting to school in the morning.

In the town of Mponela, 65km north of the Capital, Lilongwe, learners closed roads with huge stones and tree branches to express solidarity with their teachers.

Police have since dispersed the protest.

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) wants teachers to be given personal protective equipment (PPE), training on how to deal with Covid-19 cases within their schools and a plan for social distancing in classrooms.

Ministry of education spokesman, Chikondi Chimala, said the government was holding meetings with teachers’ representatives to resolve the issue.

Italy's foreign ministry says the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the east of the country.

An Italian military policeman also died in the incident near the town of Kanyamahoro.

Officials at the Virunga National Park say the attack was an attempted kidnapping.

Many armed groups operate in an around the park which borders Rwanda and Uganda.

Park rangers are regularly attacked and killed by militias.

At least six students are feared dead after an attack on a bus in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, according to survivors.

Eyewitnesses said there were clashes between soldiers escorting the vehicle and the attackers.

They said the bus was stopped many times at road blocks as it made its way from a graduation ceremony in the regional capital Mekelle.

It is not clear who carried out the attack but this shows Tigray is still volatile months after the federal government said the conflict with the regional authorities was over.

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The Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says he is withdrawing his court case challenging the results of last month's presidential election.

Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, alleges that the judges at the Supreme Court are biased.

He asked the court to overturn the results on multiple grounds, including fraud and the widespread use of violence.

The musician turned politician says that he will now take the matter to the court of public opinion, using non-violent means.

President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth term in office at the poll, with 59% of the vote.

More than 50 people were killed in violence ahead of the election.

Mozambique’s former health minister, Helder Martins, has resigned from the government’s Covid-19 task force, citing bad leadership and a lack of consultation.

He accused the government of ignoring the task force's advice and sometimes not asking for its opinion on Covid-19 matters, including on the reopening of bars and casinos which he said led to a rise in virus cases.

“I cannot be regarded as an accomplice in such unwise measures," he said.

The former minister accused the government of politicising the work of the task force.

Health Minister Armindo Tiago says that he respects Mr Martins' decision to leave and that the team will continue with its mandate.