The female condom never really caught on when it was launched back in the 1990s, despite hopes that the innovation would empower women to take control of their sexual health. 

But now, a Ugandan medical organisation is hoping that the "panty condom", a twist on the traditional female condom, could prove popular with Ugandan women. 

The product combines contraception and lingerie, by incorporating a re-usable female condom into the garment's design. 

The BBC's Patience Atuhaire has been speaking to the organisation promoting the panty condom and asking Ugandan women whether they will ever use it:

The UN has warned the situation in South Sudan has actually worsened since a peace deal was signed by the president and the rebel leader last month under intense international pressure.  

The BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead compiled this report from Unity State, where terrible atrocities have been carried out against civilians:

"Treat me with respect, that's all I'm asking you to do." That's the message being sung on behalf of refugees by the Kenyan musician who wrote a song that inspired one of Disney's most successful compositions - Hakuna Matata from the Lion King. Teddy Kalanda, of the Them Mushrooms, joined BBC Newsday from a studio in Nairobi.  

The government of the self-declared republic of Somaliland has been strongly condemned on Twitter for arresting four popular musicians accused of flying the flag of Somalia (see 10:13 post):