Influential Nigerian tweeter and columnist Tolu Ogunlesi tweets, external: "It's a historic day in Nigeria. And time, in my books, for a new hashtag: #NigeriaHasDecided"

Tunisia have avoided a ban from the 2017 football Africa Cup of Nations after apologising to the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for accusing the governing body of bias.

Caf has, however, rejected the Carthage Eagles' appeal against a $50,000 (£33,673) fine for violent conduct by its players. For more details go to BBC Africa football has the story.

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Vera Kwakofi
Current affairs editor, BBC Africa

tweets, external: "BBC Focus on Africa at 1500GMT has extended programme on Nigeria election with @akwasisarpong in Nigeria and @bbcBola in London @BBCAfrica"

Stephanie Hegarty
BBC World Service

tweets, external from the Nigeria's counting centre in Abuja: "Everyone furiously calculating results. Is it over? #Nigeriadecides @mdliman @BBCAfrica @bbc_whys"

Naziru Mikailu
BBC Africa

Gen Muhammadu Buhari's campaign spokesman, Garba Shehu, has told the BBC that the APC party is in a celebratory mood with just five states to be declared in Nigeria's presidential election.

But he added: "We're not taking anything for granted because of the kind of government we have. We're waiting for the official declaration."

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Nkem Ifejika
BBC World Service, Abuja

tweets, external: "Nearly all the votes in Yobe gone to APC, 421k more than PDP. One of the 3 in state of emergency. Defied Boko Haram to vote. #NigeriaDecides"

Mansur Liman
BBC Hausa editor, Abuja

Nigerian opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari has taken a lead that is difficult to overcome.

There is only one more stronghold of the PDP's Goodluck Jonathan to declare - Delta state. At the moment Gen Buhari has 13,763,769 votes compared to President Jonathan's 10,866,249.

The votes from Borno and Sokoto states have not come through and they are key APC states.

This is Alice Mansaray who told the BBC "everything has just stopped since Ebola".

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She lost her sister to Ebola. Since the outbreak she hasn't been able to go to school and she can't even see her friends. People across Sierra Leone have been telling us how it's been affecting their wages, love lives and football viewing.

The BBC's Jim Saleh on the Nigeria election desk says with 30 states, plus the Federal Territory Capital Abuja, so far declared the presidential election results are:

• APC's Muhammadu Buhari: 13,314,482

• PDP's Goodluck Joathan: 10,840 723

The remaining states are: Edo, Delta, Sokoto, Yobe, Borno and Taraba.

The BBC team in Abuja has sent these photos of Nigerian police officers in the rain outside the electoral count centre listening to the presidential election results on local radio.

They are making their own notes of the vote tallies.

Nigerian men watch as the election commission announces presidential election results on a television at an outdoor butchers in the northern city of Kano, a stronghold for opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.

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Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper, external is reporting that a Chinese woman at the centre of a racism row has been freed on bail.

Zhao Yang is charged with being in Kenya illegally and of running a business in the capital, Nairobi, without a valid licence, it reports.

Ms Yang was arrested after the newspaper published a report alleging that her Chinese restaurant in the city ran a "no-African after 5pm" policy.

The restaurant and Ms Yang have strongly denied the allegations.

Aspiring Fifa presidential candidate Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein is in Zimbabwe canvassing support ahead of the elections in May. He met Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and is currently having a meeting with the Zimbabwe Football Association boss.

He told the BBC's Brian Hungwe in Harare: "Africa is extremely important. It is such a wonderful continent with so much potential. I also come from a country and region developing in football… My whole project and platform is to develop and to take our talent to world class football."

Nigeria's electoral commission, Inec, dismisses reports in a tweet, external that the security detail for its chairman Attahiru Jega has been removed: "Contrary to reports, Prof. Jega's security has not been withdrawn #NigeriaDecides"

Nigeria's electoral counting centre has resumed the announcement of presidential results. With 28 states declared and nine to go, the tally is:

• APC's Muhammadu Buhari: 11,444,062

• PDP's Goodluck Joathan: 10,349,929.

Laeila Adjovi
BBC Africa, Dakar

Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president, is still making headlines here one week after he was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption. He also received a $230m (£150m) fine.

He was tried by a special anti-corruption court. Senegal's Sud Quotidien paper says even if his appeal to the Supreme Court is successful or if he receives a presidential pardon, he still has many months to spend in prison.

Here are some comments on BBC Africa Facebook, external about Nigeria's tightly contested election:

Nigerian Mbamali Chukwuebuka Vincent posts: "I've given up on who becomes our President for the next four years to avoid high blood pressure at my tender age of 29. Whatever happens, we will all suffer it together."

Ethiopian Temkin Sheref Sh says: "I'm really proud of you my Nigerian brothers and sisters. My advice to you is don't let others take your vote from you."

Nigeria's electoral commission is on a break. With 11 more states to go, this is how the main contenders stand:

• APC's Muhammadu Buhari: 10,454,137

• PDP's Goodluck Joathan: 9,953, 432.

And here's a photo of PDP agent Godsday Orubebe, who disrupted proceedings at the counting centre earlier when he began shouting at the chairman, accusing him of bias.

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Nick Cavell
BBC Africa Sport

tweets, external about the China-Tunisia football friendly: "Half-time: China 0-1 #Tunisia in an international friendly - Mohamed Ali Moncer (or is it Manser) with the goal."

Uganda's chief prosecutor Mike Chibita says "open war" has been declared on the judiciary following the killing of the lead prosecutor in the trial of 13 men accused of a deadly al-Shabab attack in 2010, the state-owned New Vision newspaper quotes him as saying, external.

"The case will continue despite this happening. It was an open war on the judiciary, one which would be fought for the betterment of society," Mr Chibita said, after visiting the crime scene.

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