Africa highlights: Tuesday 8 December 2015 as it happened

Summary

Oscar Pistorius granted bail and will appeal murder conviction
Ten million Ethiopians in need of food aid
Oil price falls below $40 for first time in nearly seven years
Uganda's national football team involved in bus accident
Burundi frees 98 people held over third-term protests
Mystery graves in north-east Kenya to be exhumed
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Tuesday 8 December 2015

Live Reporting

Hugo Williams and Damian Zane

Bail hearing beginspublished at 07.34
The Pistorius bail hearing has begun
'Final huddle' for Pistorius and his lawyer in courtpublished at 07.30
A journalist from the UK's Daily Telegraph has posted this video of Pistorius and his lawyer inside the court:
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Pistorius in courtpublished at 07.26
BBC reporters inside the court in Pretoria are tweeting updates:
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Pistorius arrivespublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2015
Oscar Pistorius has arrived at the court in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, as seen in this tweet from a journalist there:
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His bail hearing is expected to start soon.