Focus on Africa presenter tried his hand at rugby when he was recording a piece on France's rugby stars of African origin:

You can see more of Peter's report on Focus on Africa on BBC World News at 17:30GMT.

Beasts of No Nation, a film about a West African warlord training an orphan as a child soldier, had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. 

The BBC's Frenny Jowi asked 14-year-old first-time actor Abraham Attah from Ghana how he prepared to play such a violent character:

It’s Friday! So time for the What’s Up Africa satirical news round-up. This week, Ikenna looks at stories from Nigeria, Kenya, Swaziland and Ethiopia. 

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It’s broadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays on Focus on Africa on BBC World News & partner stations across Africa from 1730gmt

Niger have beaten Somalia 2-0 in a 2018 football World Cup qualifying match.

Moussa Maazou scored twice in the second-half to seal the win for Niger in a game that was played in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. 

Maazou, who now plays in China, scored in the 58th minute and then from the penalty spot just four minutes later. 

The two meet in the second leg of the tie next Tuesday – with the overall winners advancing to face Cameroon in the next round in November.

An Ethiopian journalist gives his analysis of his performance:

The BBC reporter in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, said that he's heard heavy gunfire in the centre of the city.

A reporter for Radio France Internationale tweets (In French) that "according to witnesses, at least 4 dead in the attack on a branch of the commercial bank of Burundi".

The head of the Tunisian employers union, which was one of the four Tunisian groups to have won the Nobel Peace Prize this year, has said that the prize has made her proud.

The Quartet for National Dialogue won for helping in the transition to democracy.

Ouided Bouchamaoui said the prize "means that the Tunisian experience is very important [as] we succeeded with dialogue, and we did what others failed to do."

The African Union's commissioner for peace and security has praised the Tunisian winners of the Nobel Peace Prize:

The official feed for the Nobel Peace Prize gives more details of the merits of their 2015 winner, from Tunisia, which has just been announced:

Google, external is marking 53 years of Ugandan independence day with a doodle:

Image source, Google

Ugandans have also been joining in with the messages on Twitter:

And the politicians have got in on the act, including the president:

And one of his rivals has a more critical message: