As part of a new BBC season recognising inspiring women across Africa, on Wednesday, we'll have a special Q&A with Tanzanian supermodel Millen Magese. 

She'll be talking about Endometriosis -  a condition which she and nearly 180 million women across the world suffer from, but which is rarely discussed in public. 

Watch the first installment of the Women Of Africa season, with South African HIV activist Phindile Sithole-Spong.

A drug-resistant malaria parasite found in South East Asia can also infect mosquito species in Africa, a study shows.

The experiments were carried out in a laboratory, but they suggest the spread of this deadly strain into the continent is possible.

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The scientists say the consequences of this would be dire, putting millions of lives at risk.

The study is published in the journal Nature Communications, external.

The BBC's Audrey Brown has travelled to Namibia to explore the kind of lives lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual people are carving out in a society where homosexuality is not forbidden, but where widespread social disapproval makes it difficult for them to live as fully free human beings. 

Listen to this extract: 

Listen to the full documentary here.

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As reports of injuries at opposition protests on the streets of the Congolese capital Brazzaville come in, people have also been going online to vent their displeasure at President Denis Sassou Nguesso's attempt to change the constitution so he can run for a third term. 

And they've been using one phrase in particular, which is now trending in the country: "Sassoufit" (pronounced: "Sa Sufi"). 

The BBC's Tomas Fessy explains: 

Nigeria's threat to cut off a large part of the gas supply to Ghana over an unpaid debt has been lifted after a deal was struck.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it was owed $169m (£110m) by Ghana's Volta River Authority.

But the NNPC said in a series of tweets that talks between the Federal Government (FG) and Ghana's government have been successful:

According to the NNPC, Ghana has agreed to clear the debt by February next year.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's new national airline completed its maiden commercial flight earlier today, landing in Lubumbashi from the capital, Kinshasa. 

Congo Airways is the first national airline to take to the skies in 12 years, after previous carriers closed over financial difficulties, reports BBC Afrique's Poly Mizalia from Kinshasa.

A journalist for Radio Okapi has been tweeting a picture marking the first commercial flight:

Congo Airways have also been marking the launch of the Kinshasa-Lubumbashi route:

As well as serving DR Congo's second city Lumbumbashi, Congolese Air will fly to the cities of Goma, Kindu, Mbujimayi and Kisangani.

A single to Lumbumbashi currently costs $260 (£170).

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The BBC's Christian Parkinson has produced this short video with some of the statistics surrounding the Oscar Pistorius case.

One figure that jumps out is that 16,259 people were murdered in South Africa in 2013, the year Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp:

The student protests in South Africa over a hike in fees have now spread to at least six universities.

It has also be reported that 20 students have been arrested in Cape Town.

Demonstrations began at Wits University in Johannesburg, and have now been seen at the University of Cape Town, Rhodes University, Fort Hare University, Stellenbosch University and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Eyewitness News is tweeting some pictures from demonstrations in different parts of the country:

Read the full BBC story for more

Oscar Pistorius will not be able to compete in any Paralympic event until 2019, according to spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee Craig Spence.

He told the BBC there is a "policy that any athlete who is serving a sentence has to serve that sentence in full".

Watch the statement here:

We published a tweet (see 11:05) from a BBC reporter at the house where Oscar Pistorius is now staying showing a man delivering flowers.

The delivery man seemed anxious to get away from the media glare as another colleague tweets:

BBC reporter outside the house where Oscar Pistorius is now staying is tweeting about who has been to visit:

A BBC reporter is tweeting from outside the home where Oscar Pistorius will now be serving the remainder of his five-year sentence:

Ahmed Hussen has become Canada’s first Somali-Canadian MP.

Mr Hussen was born and raised in Somalia, emigrating to Canada in 1993.

He's pictured below with new prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau, from the Liberal Party. 

The BBC's Milton Nkosi reports from outside the house in Pretoria where Oscar Pistorius will now spend the next four years of his sentence:

Photos and videos are being posted on social media from the University of Cape Town, where students have been continuing their protests against proposed fee increases. 

Police have made several arrests, enforcing a high court order, which came into force this morning, banning students from erecting barricades on the campus or disrupting university activities. 

Local newspaper Cape Argus pictured the arrest of one student:

Others have been posting footage of students demonstrating on the streets around Cape Town: 

Pistorius family spokeswoman Anneliese Burgess said that Oscar Pistorius' sentence has not been shortened despite his early release to house arrest.

Watch the brief statement:

#Emenike is trending on Twitter in Nigeria after the striker announced that he will not be playing for the national team, the Super Eagles, any longer.

The BBC sports reporter in Nigeria has been tweeting about the announcement:

Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper, external has the text of his resignation statement:

"It’s a pleasure for me to have played for this great country. I never regretted it and I think it’s the best time to end it. 

"Million thanks to all the fans who have been very supportive during the good and bad times."

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The BBC reporter outside the house where Oscar Pistorius will now be staying is tweeting:

Nine people have been arrested as protests enter their second day at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa's Eyewitness News reports (see tweet below). 

Protests over proposed fee increases have led to the suspension of teaching at some of South Africa's top universities.