Summary

  • SA government 'may have committed a crime' over Bashir departure

  • Nigeria's central bank moves to restrict import of certain goods

  • Guinea's Ebola epidemic damages fight against malaria

  • Nigeria's president: US will help recover stolen money

  1. Somali IDPs 'forcibly evicted'published at 16:47 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    The out-going UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia has tweeted that a lot of displaced people, who have fled their homes because of the instability, have been forced out of the camps where they have been staying:

    The BBC's Mohamed Moalimu in Mogadishu says that the government is making the IDPs leave, but they are just going to new camps outside the city.

  2. Sand in the air in Khartoumpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    A twitter user in Sudan's capital has captured what the city looks like in a sandstorm:

  3. Mlambo trending in SApublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    Judge Dunstan Mlambo is trending on Twitter in South Africa.

    This comes after his ruling that Sudan's President Bashir should not have been allowed to leave the country while a court was considering whether he should be arrested.

    Judge Mlambo said the government may have broken the law by letting him go.

    Many have expressed support for the judge.

    But there are some who remain critical, particularly because this case involves the International Criminal Court:

  4. New sponsorship deal for Nigerian artistpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    A Nigerian blogger is tweeting about a sponsorship agreement signed by one of the big names in the country's music industry. 

    It looks like he's swapped one phone company for another:

  5. SA court hearingpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    The BBC's South Africa correspondent is tweeting what the judge is saying as he considers the government argument that President Bashir had immunity:

  6. SA court on Bashir departurepublished at 10:44 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    The BBC's South Africa correspondent is tweeting from the courtroom:

  7. Court considers Bashir exit from SApublished at 10:34 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    BBC South Africa correspondent

    A South African court is currently considering the case of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and whether he should have left the country without being arrested:

  8. Senegal's Ndoye to play for Angerspublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 24 June 2015

    The French side Angers SCO, which will play in League 1 next season, has been tweeting about a new Senegalese signing: