What's trending in Nigeriapublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
#IfOnly is trending on Twitter in Nigeria,as people share their thoughts and dreams:
Summary
UN predicts population boom in Africa
Donor funds for water 'embezzled' in Benin
Nationwide strike by Ghana's doctors
Burundi opposition leader accepts top post
'Worst-ever' financial losses for Kenya Airways
What's trending in Nigeriapublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
US acts over lion deathpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
The director of the US government's Fish and Wildlife Service has been tweeting on the killing of a famous lion by US dentist Walter Palmer while on a hunt near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park:
Airline's woespublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
Here is a BBC News video explaining why Kenya Airways is in deep financial trouble:
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End of instagram postRow over Kenya's Obama grasspublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
The governor of Kenya's capital has denied that contractors are uprooting grass planted in Nairobi for US President Barack Obama's visit.
A video, external began circulating on social media on Thursday appearing to show workers in the city uprooting plants and alleging they were only on loan.
Some Kenyans took to Twitter to express their anger using #Kiderograss, external hashtag.
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End of twitter post 2But Nairobi governor Evans Kidero said a contractor was "restoring the ground in order to do the proper planting".
Mr Obama left Kenya on Sunday after his weekend visit.
Missing South Sudan's leader John Garangpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
BBC Focus on Africa radio presenter gives a taste of what's coming up on the programme on the World Service at 15:00 GMT:
Villa closes in on Gestedepublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
BBC Africa sport reporter tweets
What's it like to be a migrant in Calais?published at 11:56 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
There's a make-shift camp called "The Jungle" in the northern France town of Calais. It's home to a diverse community of displaced people - including many African migrants who want to cross to the UK. Filmmaker Dave Young produced this report for BBC Newsnight from inside the camp:
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End of youtube videoCorruption blamed for Kenya Airways lossespublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
Mary Wachira
BBC Monitoring#KQRebound is trending on Twitter in Kenya as people react to the worsening financial crisis at Kenya Airways (see 09:04 post):
West Ham keen on Songpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 30 July 2015
BBC Africa sport reporter tweets