Burundi court backs third-term bid
First visit of a US secretary of state to Somalia
Senegal to send 2,100 troops to Yemen
Ugandan MPs 'get 40% pay rise'
Kenya cattle raid in north-west kills 46
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We leave you with this photo of the Somali coast as seen from John Kerry's plane as it neared the airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. He is the first US secretary of state to ever visit Somalia.
Image source, APNineteen-year-old Kenyan student, Cynthia Cheroitich, survived a terrifying ordeal. She hid from gunmen for two days at Garissa University College, which was attacked in April 2015 by militant Islamists from al-Shabab.
They singled out 148 students, and killed them. Cynthia told BBC Outlook's Jo Fidgen about that day.
Image source, Richard HooperAt least 15 female captives of Boko Haram died during a rescue operation carried out by the Nigerian military last week. Survivors say most of those who died were caught in the cross-fire between the army and fleeing Boko Haram militants.
The BBC's Will Ross has more stories of how some women and children managed to escape on BBC Focus On Africa TV at 17:30 GMT on BBC World News.
Nigerian military say they have freed 700 women and children from Boko Haram in the last week.
Umaru Fofana
BBC Africa, Freetown
There have been two confirmed cases of Ebola recorded today in Sierra Leone - both from one of the worst slums in the country, Moa Wharf, east of the capital Freetown.
Compared to Liberia, where its last Ebola fatality was recorded on 28 March, Sierra Leone is struggling. It has had 120 deaths and 55 new cases in that time.
The fight is concentrated in Freetown and in the northern Kambia district on the border with Guinea.
Image source, APAccording to the WHO's latest figures, there have been 3899 Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone
Lots of you have been getting in touch on the BBC Africa Facebook Page, external about the decision by Burundi's Constitutional Court to allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term.
Sadat Norris: "Look, this issue of dictatorship in Africa needs to stop or else we will continue to be subjects of the West."
Joe Dennis Kasiya: "If the courts have ruled in favour of the third term bid there's very little that can be done but to respect the ruling. Anything short of that is promoting anarchy. Proponents of the rule of law need to accept and swallow even judgements that go against them!"
Edward Igesa: "The court has already declared him winner; incumbents in Africa never face opposition in elections."
A website dedicated to albinism, external, entitled "People with albinism: Not ghosts but human beings" has been launched by the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The site tells the stories of 12 people with albinism "who are working to debunk the myths and ensure that people with albinism can live a life free of stigma".
Image source, OHCHRThe BBC's Ahmed Said Egeh has just snapped these photos of 165 Somalis who fled fighting in Yemen arriving in the port of Berbera in the self-declared republic of Somaliland this afternoon:
Earlier this morning, a boat carrying 836 people from Yemen landed in Bossasso, the main port in north-eastern Somalia, the regional deputy interior minister told the BBC Somali service.
Senegal is sending 2,100 troops troops to Saudi Arabia. It may sound surprising but it's not the first time. The BBC's Abdourahmane Dia in Dakar remembers a much smaller contingent was sent 24 years ago. Read his full piece here.
Image source, AFPSenegalese forces are among the best trained in Africa
Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC Africa, Monrovia
The Liberian authorities have brought charges in a case related to the trafficking of at least 10 Liberian women to Lebanon in 2011 and 2012.
Four Lebanese nationals and a Liberian face charges including human and migrant trafficking and gang rape, according to the state-run Liberia Broadcasting System.
The accused allegedly tricked the women into travelling to Lebanon on the promise of well-paid jobs working in supermarkets and other industries, but then sold them into service of Lebanese landlords as housemaids, where they suffered abuse.
Image source, APThere were protests about the trafficking case in Monrovia last week
Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare
Streets in the centre of Zimbabwe's capital are becoming increasingly difficult to navigate as informal traders set up shops on Harare's pavements.
These vendors have mushroomed in the last year.
Government figures show that more than 4,000 companies have shut in the past four years - and 17,000 people have lost their jobs.
Alex Duval Smith
Bamako, Mali
It is still unclear who has the upper hand in the fighting in Tenenkou, which is about 80km (50 miles) west of Mopti (see earlier post).
The rebels, an alliance of Tuareg secessionists and Islamist militants, have brought in reinforcements after at least six of them were killed this morning.
While Tenenkou is in the centre of Mali, it is north of the Niger River. So until the rebels cross the river one cannot say southern Mali or the capital are in danger.
Image source, AFPTenenkou, which was attacked by rebels at dawn, is north of the Niger River - pictured here a few years ago
The family of a Mozambican man whose murder during the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa was caught on camera has denied that he was using a false name, the state-run Mozambique News Agency (AIM) reports, external.
After his death, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said that the man initially identified as Emmanuel Sithole was in fact an illegal immigrant called Manuel Jossias.
But the man's sister, Thando Sithole, says he was not in South Africa illegally and his passport was used to obtain the death certificate, AIM says.
For six months, 15-year-old Fatima's family had no idea if she was dead or alive, after she was abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Then Fatima's brother Hassan spotted her online in an image showing captives recently rescued by the military.
Nigerian football striker Anthony Ujah is to leave Cologne and join German Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen next season, reports BBC Africa Sport.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 24-year-old has scored 10 goals for Cologne this season
BBC Monitoring
South African game farmer Marnus Steyl has told a court that many of the rhinos hunted on his farm in 2010 and 2011 were "surplus" animals and "would have died anyway".
According to South Africa's Citizen newspaper, external, he is applying for a permanent stay of prosecution on charges ranging from illegally trading in rhino horn to money laundering.
He was linked to a Thai man jailed in 2012 for organising illegal rhino poaching expeditions. The Thai businessman said that none of his associates were aware of the fraud, the paper reports.
Image source, Getty ImagesA record number of rhinos were slaughtered for their horns in South Africa last year
With internet access exploding across the continent, online job applications are growing fast.
But how can you help jobseekers find the right company, and companies find the right employees?
The BBC's Gabriella Mulligan has been meeting entrepreneurs in Nairobi trying to find the answer.
Image source, Byte OrbitThe ImpressMe app lets job seekers upload a video selfie to send to prospective employers
Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa has said the constitutional court ruling in favour of a third-term bid for President Nkurunziza is "a putsch against the constitution", reports the BBC's Robert Kiptoo from the capital, Bujumbura.
There are more protests today in the Bujumbura suburb of Musaga:
Image source, AFPEarlier, people manning a barricade in another district of the capital, listened to the Constitutional Court's ruling on their mobile phones:
Image source, AFPFemale motorcycle taxi drivers in Liberia were fed up with being robbed. So they formed a collective, called the Pink Panthers and donned bright helmets and jackets which made sure they were easy to spot.
See the full picture story here.
Image source, Ricci ShryockDearest Coleman was working as a motorcycle taxi driver when she drove into an ambush. When she didn't hand over her keys, the thieves beat her up and stole her bike.
Image source, Ricci ShryockSo in January she formed the Pink Panther women's motorbike taxi collective with nine other women.
Image source, Ricci ShryockMs Coleman says she still doesn't feel safe. "We have a whole lot of struggle, a whole lot of challenges".
Umaru Fofana
BBC Africa, Sierra Leone
In a unanimous decision, the five judges of Sierra Leone's Supreme Court have dismissed an application to suspend the country's new vice-president.
Victor Bockarie Foh was appointed vice-president in controversial circumstances in March
Lawyers for Samuel Sam-Sumana, who was sacked as vice-president in March, had requested the suspension while they challenge their client's dismissal.
It is unclear whether the president has powers to remove his deputy. Some people argue that a vice-president can be removed only through a parliamentary impeachment.
Raphael Tenthani,
BBC Africa, Blantyre
Six Malawians died in the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa, Malawi's President Peter Mutharika said in a state of the nation in parliament.
"To date 3,590 Malawians have been repatriated. This process will continue until every willing Malawian is repatriated," he said.
There has been anger in Malawi over the violence in South Africa
South Africa says a total of seven people died - three South Africans, two Mozambicans, an Ethiopian and a man believed to be from Zimbabwe.