"Ebola survivors, Ebola widows, Ebola orphans - they are all languishing and society largely is shunning them," says Umaru Fofana, the BBC's reporter in Sierra Leone, where nearly 4,000 people died in the outbreak.

Listen to Umaru's full interview with the BBC's Outside Source programme below:

Abdul Rahman Ramadhan has spent the last 35 years risking his life to bring the world news of some of the most important moments in African history - from the Rwandan genocide to civil war in Sudan. 

Abdul is from the biggest slum in Africa, Kibera in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and he is so dedicated to his profession as a sound recordist that he left his own wedding to cover some local riots for the news. He's been speaking to the BBC's Outlook programme:

Works by award-winning South African Kemang Wa Lehulere are on show at the prestigious Freize art fair in London, where BBC Africa's Manuel Toledo took these shots:

Photographer David Goldblatt, another South African, is also featured at Freize:

Confederation of African Football President Issa Hayatou has begun carrying out his first official duties since becoming the new acting head of Fifa last week, following the suspension of Sepp Blatter. 

Mr Hayatou arrived at the headquarters of football's world governing body in Zurich earlier today.

"It’s certainly an unprecedented situation for Fifa... But we remain focused on the necessary reform process, the presidential election and on supporting the current investigations. To restore public trust is a crucial objective," Mr Hayatou said, according to a Fifa statment (see tweet below). 

Hayatou has faced allegations of corruption in the past, which he has denied. He was reprimanded by International Olympic Committee in 2011 over allegations he accepted bribes for World Cup TV rights in the 1990s. 

Read more about Issa Hayatou.

The hashtag #EndPoliceBrutalityUG, external has been trending on Twitter in Uganda, as journalists, activists, lawyers and others took to social media to discuss solutions to what they see as the excessive use of force by the country's police force. 

Allegations of police brutality have increased as the country heads towards elections next year. 

In a recent example, external cited by US-based Human Rights Watch, a female opposition protester was allegedly snatched from the crowd by police, manhandled, partially stripped and flung into a truck

The police have denied this version of events, saying she undressed herself.

But some of those involved in the debate have stressed the importance of recognising the positive work police do:

South African media have been tweeting reaction from the family of Reeva Steenkamp to the news of that Oscar Pistorius is to be released to be freed from prison to house arrest next Tuesday (see 13:16 post):

By next Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius will be out of prison, after the parole board agreed for him to be released under house arrest.

This BBC video explainer from last December has more on his and key moments in his murder trial:

Harriet Apako, who played for Uganda's national netball team at the World Cup this year, has died, the Ugandan sports website Kawowo reports.

The 43-year-old helped the She Cranes to eighth place at the tournament in Australia in August.

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A fire is burning at a halls of residence at University of Nairobi, according to the Kenya Red Cross Twitter account:

Photos appearing to show the fire have been circulating on social media:

Survivors of Ebola are being encouraged to use condoms until there is a better understanding of a study that showed the virus lingers in semen for up to nine months (see 09:04 post).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said sexual transmission of Ebola is "rare" and pointed to areas of Sierra Leone that have very high numbers of survivors and yet have had no recurrences.  

But WHO head Margaret Chan told the BBC there were still questions:

"Does it mean they are still infectious or are they just fragments? We don't have the definitive evidence yet.

"The degree of uncertainty is worrying, that's why we need to take precautionary measures, so we advise survivors to take protection through contraception."

Dr Adam Kamradt-Scott, from the University of Sydney, told the BBC’s Newsday programme the discovery could cause survivors to be further ostracised:

Angry students are blocking to the entrances to South Africa’s Wits University in Johannesburg again this morning.

Yesterday all lectures were cancelled because of the protest about a proposed 10.5% hike in tuition fees next year.

The hashtag #WitsFeeMustFall is now trending on Twitter in South Africa - and journalists and students have been tweeting from the scene:

Two people have now been confirmed dead after a temporary bridge collapsed over Johannesburg's main motorway on Wednesday, despite earlier reports that three people had died, a spokesman for the mayor's office has told the BBC.

Twenty-one people were injured in the incident, Makhudu Sefara said.

The mayor of Johannesburg has said if their investigations find the collapse was result of negligence, those responsible will be held accountable, reports the BBC's Pumza Filhani from the city. 

South African construction firm Murray & Roberts has opened its own investigation.

Local media have been tweeting photos from the clear-up operation this morning: