Africa highlights: Tuesday 3 November 2015 as it happened

Summary

Ouattara sworn in for second term in Ivory Coast
South Africa remembers the late Brenda Fassie who would have been 51 today
Ugandan presidential candidates hand in nomination papers
Oil giant Shell accused of making false claims about Nigeria clean-up operations
Zimbabwe journalists arrested over elephant poisoning article
South African court hears appeal against Oscar Pistorius' murder acquittal
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Tuesday 3 November 2015

Live Reporting

Damian Zane and Clare Spencer

Scroll down for Tuesday's storiespublished at 18.03
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Today's African proverb is: "Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper." A Tanzanian/Ugandan proverb sent by Edward, Kano, Nigeria.
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And we leave you with this photo taken by Paul Obuna who's in Tiwi, which is near Mombasa in Kenya.
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Scenes of a dramatic fire in Lagospublished at 18:00
We're seeing tweets that a fire has broken out in a slum area of Lagos, Nigeria.
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There is also another fire being tweeted about in the city.
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Hashtag to help save a library in Ghanapublished at 17:28
Sammy Darko
BBC Africa, Accra
#SaveAshantiLibrary has been trending on social media here in Ghana.
It's a call to people in Kumasi, the country's second city, to help save Ghana's oldest library which is lacking books.
It turns out that it doesn't even have a copy of the current constitution.
The hashtag was stated by a Kumasi-based newsreader Fremah Boakye, external.
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She began the campaign after library officials appealed for help on her radio station Ultimate FM.
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The project is called "one Ghana" and is a call for everyone to contribute one Ghana cedi - which is less than a dollar - to help the library.
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Fear in Burundi as violence increasespublished at 17:03
Alastair Leithead
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I have been receiving the photographs for several weeks now.
Every few days they pop up on my phone - usually with a little note: "These are the latest found today." The person who is texting me is talking about bodies.
Almost every day in Burundi a body is found, dumped in a storm drain or beside a road.
Often they have been shot or stabbed in the chest; sometimes they have been tied up - usually somebody takes a picture.
These kind of killings have become more common since the protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term began in April this year.
Read more from Alastair Leithead or watch this short film of him talking to someone who was tortured in Burundi:
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Burundi torture survivor
All dressed up for Musevenipublished at 15:50
Supporters of both Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and one of his challengers in next year's presidential election, Amama Mbabazi, have been out in force today.
This was because the two men were handing in their official papers for the poll.
A Ugandan PR worker, who is close to Mr Museveni's camp, tweeted this picture of a supporter wearing a portrait of the president attached to her earrings:
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On the side of Mr Mbabazi our reporter Patience Atuhaire spotted one man who had pinned a portrait of the challenger to his shirt pocket:
We think the Museveni earrings just about edge it.
#BrendaFassie remembered in South Africapublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2015
The late musician Brenda Fassie, who would have turned 51 today, is being remembered in South Africa and comments about her are trending on Twitter:
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The singer - also known as MaBrr - was 39 when she died in May 2004.
Her best-known songs include Weekend Special, external and Vulindlela, external.
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Ivory Coast's President Ouattara sworn in for second termpublished at 11:48
Ivory Coast's President Alasanne Ouattara has been sworn in for his second term after winning the 25 October presidential election.
This is a tweet from the press secretary for the head of the national assembly:
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The tweet says: "President-elect Alassane Ouattara sworn-in in front of the Constitutional Council and the people."
What are the issues behind the Pistorius verdict appeal case?published at 10:58
The BBC's Milton Nkosi has been speaking to the head of the law clinic at Free State University Inez Buizedenhout about the Pistorius verdict appeal case:
Pistorius appeal case adjournedpublished at 10:51
After hearing the arguments from the state and Oscar Pistorius' defence lawyer the Supreme Court of Appeal has now adjourned.
The state wants to change the verdict of manslaughter against Pistorius for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The panel of five judges will now consider their ruling.
It is not clear when that will come, but it was emphasised that is won't be today.
Pistorius lawyer wraps up his casepublished at 10:46
After tough questioning from the panel of judges Pistorius' lawyer Barry Roux has now sat down.
The BBC reporter in the court summarises his closing points:
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Judges impressing South Africanspublished at 10:45
South African tweeters following the appeal to change the Pistorius manslaughter verdict are impressed with the way the judges at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) are handling the case:
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#OscarPistorius appeal is being followed closelypublished at 10:15
#OscarPistorius and #OscarAppeal are being used on tweets as South Africans follow the proceedings in Bloemfontein where the state is trying to change the Pistorius manslaughter verdict.
It seems people are gripped by the close questioning of defence lawyer Barry Roux:
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Pistorius lawyer: Trial judge was rightpublished at 10:08
Oscar Pistorius' lawyer argues that Pistorius believed that there was an intruder behind the toilet door and not his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, and therefore he was in danger.
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Masipa refers to the trial judge Justice Thokozile Masipa who ruled last year.
Debating the facts of the Pistorius casepublished at 10:00
Pistorius' lawyer is debating with one of the judges over whether Pistorius' life was in danger:
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'Was Pistorius' life in danger?'published at 09:54
The panel of judges in the case to change the Pistorius verdict is continuing to question his lawyer.
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DE means dolus eventualis which is about whether there was legal intent.
A journalist for SABC is also tweeting about the court hearing:
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Pistorius lawyer pressed furtherpublished at 09:45
Judge Leach - one of the panel hearing the case to change the Pistorius manslaughter verdict - is closely questioning Pistorius' lawyer Barry Roux.
He asks: "When he fired the bullets did he know someone was behind the door?"
Mr Roux argues his client's case:
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Judge questions Pistorius lawyerpublished at 09:37
One of the judges hearing the appeal to change the Pistorius verdict is questioning his defence lawyer:
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Pistorius defence continues to attack state's casepublished at 09:04
The BBC reporter in the South African court hearing the appeal to change the Pistorius manslaughter verdict explains what his defence lawyer is arguing:
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Supporters of Oscar Pistorius are outside the court:
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Pistorius defence: State's case is not about the lawpublished at 08:53
A BBC reporter in court for the appeal to change the Pistorius verdict to murder is tweeting that the court should decide on legal issues and the state's case isn't based on that:
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Arguments over Pistorius sentencepublished at 08:41
The BBC reporter in the court that's hearing the state's case to change the Pistorius verdict to murder is tweeting one judge's challenge to the prosecutor.
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The appeal is being heard by a panel of five judges.