Summary

  • South African minister denies bribes paid for World Cup

  • No 'suitcases of cash were given to Fifa officials'

  • Ex-Chadian ruler 'forcibly' brought to court

  • Nigeria's military accused of 7,000 deaths

  • South Sudan rejects appeal to halt UN official's expulsion

Live Reporting

Naziru Mikailu, Farouk Chothia and Lucy Fleming

  1. 'Ovation' for Blatter

    BBC sports correspondent tweets

  2. No audit

    BBC producer tweets after South African officials finished answering questions about allegations that a bribe was paid to host the 2010 World Cup:

  3. Press conference over

    Canada’s Globe and Mail reporter tweets from Johannesburg where officials have been answering questions about US allegations that South Africa bribed Fifa officials, including former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, to host the 2010 World Cup:

  4. 'Hollywood movie'

    Canada’s Globe and Mail reporter tweets from the South African World Cup press conference:

  5. 'Collateral damage'

    The BBC’s Africa correspondent tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about alleged World Cup football corruption:

  6. 'Not our problem'

    The BBC's reporter in Johannesburg tweets on South Africa's Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's press conference: 

  7. 'Our idea'

    Canada’s Globe and Mail reporter tweets from the South African football press conference, where the government’s director general of sport Alec Moemi is answering questions:

  8. 'Back to normal'

    South African news site tweets from the press conference about alleged Fifa World Cup football corruption, where questions are being answered by government official Alec Moemi:

  9. 'Africa still benefiting'

    BBC Africa reporter tweets from the South African press conference about alleged football corruption where government official Alec Moemi is answering questions:

  10. 'Evidence not disclosed'

    Canada’s Globe and Mail reporter tweets from the South Africa press conference about alleged football corruption:

  11. 'We want clean football'

    BBC Africa reporter tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about alleged World Cup football corruption:

  12. 'History will remember him'

    BBC reporter tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about alleged World Cup football corruption - where he answers a question about the resignation of Fifa boss Sepp Blatter.

  13. 'No confession yet'

    The BBC's Africa correspondent tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about alleged World Cup football corruption:

  14. 'Sounds like the movies'

    BBC reporter tweets from the press conference in Johannesburg about alleged corruption by South African football officials mentioned by US prosecutors investigating Fifa. A government official is answering questions from journalists.

  15. 'No reason to doubt'

    South African news site tweets from the press conference where government official Alec Moemi is answering a question about the alleged $10m World Cup bribe US prosecutors say was paid to former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner:

  16. Chuckles

    The BBC's Africa correspondent tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about alleged football corruption:

  17. 'No sniffer dogs'

    Canada's Globe and Mail reporter tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about the alleged $10m World Cup bribe:

  18. 'We did not bribe'

    The BBC's Africa correspondent tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula:

  19. 'There is correspondence'

    South African news site tweets from the press conference by South Africa’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about the alleged World Cup bribe:

  20. 'Vague statement'

    Canada's Globe and Mail reporter tweets the South Africa press conference about an alleged $10m World Cup bribe to host the 2010 tournament: