Summary

  • Nigeria's president hands over list of ministerial nominees

  • Big debate in South Africa over presidential handshake

  • Somaliland frees jailed musicians

  • Suspected Islamist at ICC for 'destroying' Timbuktu tombs

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Wednesday 30 September 2015

Live Reporting

Damian Zane and Farouk Chothia

  1. The moment Buhari's ministerial list was handed over

    Nigeria's Senate president has now tweeted photos of him receiving the ministerial list, but we don't yet know who's on it:

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  2. Nigeria's Senate 'receives' ministerial list

    The president of Nigeria's senate has tweeted that he has received the list of ministerial nominees from President Buhari:

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    The Senate now needs to vet the list of nominees.

  3. Reaction to Mugabe's 'we are not gays' comment

    Zimbabwean gay rights activist Chesterfield Samba has been giving the BBC's World Have your Say programme his reaction to comments by President Robert Mugabe to the UN that "we are not gays".

    He says that there are some parts of the country where gay people can be free and people are not so homophobic, but more politically volatile places are difficult to be in.

    Listen to the interview here: 

  4. Could DRC's Kabila have a new challenger?

    One of the Democratic Republic of Congo's richest and most powerful politicians has stepped down from his job as governor of mineral-rich Katanga province and has resigned from the ruling party.

    He confirmed his decision in a tweet:

    Moise Katumbi has been critical of any attempt to change the constitution to allow President Joseph Kabila to run for a third term, says the BBC's Great Lakes analyst Kasim Kayira. 

    Moise KatumbiAFP

      He has not confirmed speculation that he might run for office in elections due next year.  

    "I want to take a break and then I will be listening to the people," he told the BBC, "so we can have a nice country where democracy will continue to prevail".

  5. The healing powers of yoga

    Walter Mugwe grew up in a slum area of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and is now a professional yoga teacher.

    Yoga helped him escape his traumatic childhood, and life of crime.

    He now gives free lessons to poor communities in Kenya and beyond.

    Hear more of Walter's story:

  6. Twitter reacts to Obama-Zuma encounter

    So, who was South Africa's President Jacob Zuma talking to when his US  counterpart Barack Obama greeted him in New York earlier this week? 

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  7. Photos from Pretoria anti-corruption march

    South African media organisations have been tweeting pictures of the anti-corruption march in the capital, Pretoria:

    Similar marches are also taking place in Durban and Cape Town.