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Unathi

A South African mother whose child has special needs has told the BBC of the difficulties of living under lockdown.

Unathi lives in Gugulethu, a township in the South African city of Cape Town, with her 12-year-old son, Owothando, who has a sensory processing disorder, meaning he has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses.

“We are living in a one-room house,” Unathi told BBC OS on World Service radio. “The kitchen is here, the bedroom is here, everything in this small space.”

Owothando’s school is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, and because of lockdown, he can’t leave the house.

“He likes outdoor activities, so his emotions are mixed up. He jumps on top of the chairs and wants to play outside.”

But because she’s struggling financially, Unathi has been unable to find a routine or access the internet to help her son.

“Kids are used to a routine, and all of a sudden there is no routine - just boredom now. It’s a challenging time and it’s made things so overwhelming for me.”

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Opposition supporters have held a rally in the Malian capital, Bamako, to celebrate the military overthrow on Tuesday of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

Some carried placards criticising the regional bloc Ecowas, which has condemned the coup.

The group is sending a delegation to Mali on Saturday, led by Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The US has suspended all military co-operation with Mali until the political situation is clarified.

France said on Thursday that it would continue operations in the country aimed at clearing it of jihadists who are intensifying violence across the Sahel.

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Uganda's pharmaceutical industry is at risk from the growing debt crisis in Zambia.

Fears are growing that the southern African country will struggle to make repayments on foreign debt in 2022, when three big government bonds are due to be paid.

Zambia's foreign debt is close to $11bn (£8bn), almost 90% of GDP.

Cipla Uganda, the biggest manufacturer of drugs in the country, has suspended exports to Zambia, over unpaid invoices on products worth almost $12m, over two years.

In a sign the debt crisis is worsening it is thought China is ready to take over some Zambian national assets, because of unpaid loans.

Cipla’s subsidiary in Uganda may be warning investors of problems in Zambia, but yesterday it also gave them good news about a winning a contract with South Africa and the World Health Organisation, to supply Antiretroviral and anti-malarial drugs.

The company's problems in Zambia threaten to get worse, but they may be offset by business developments elsewhere.

Talks are advanced with 16 countries, which would expand Cipla’s exports to 22 markets.