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And we leave you with this picture of a Kenyan elephant enjoying a mud bath at the Mpala Research Centre and Wildlife Foundation.

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Rana Jawad
BBC North Africa correspondent, Tunis

The campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised Tunisia controversial anti-drug law that criminalises any form of drug consumption and possession.

In a new report, the US-based group described the law, introduced under the deposed President Zine Al-Abedine Ben Ali in the 1990s, as "repressive" and called for its reform.

"The enforcement of this anti-drug law is often abused by the police and transforms the lives of young people who later stigmatised by a criminal record," HRW Tunisia director Amna Guellali told me.

Most of those imprisoned under this law are often cannabis users and under law 52, first-time offenders are immediately jailed for at least one year and fined up to $700 (£500).

Attempts by the government last year to amend it have stalled at the parliament.

Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare

Zimbabwe’s Chief Prosecutor has been granted $1000 (£700) bail after being charged with obstructing the course of justice.

He is being accused of dropping charges against two army officers who were allegedly plotting to bomb a dairy owned by the president.

Johannes Tomana denies the charge and his lawyer argued his client, as chief prosecutor, was independent and is not subject to the direction or control of anyone in the execution of his duties.

The state had opposed his bail application on grounds that he was a flight risk and could interfere with prosecution witnesses. 

But the court ruled that he should surrender his passport, report three times a week at Harare main police station and stay at his home address.

We've written in an earlier post about the warning that the delays in implementing South Sudan's peace process is leading to some people "starving to death", but there are other interesting parts of text, external.

The warning came from Festus Mogae who is monitoring the implementation of the peace deal.

He told government and rebel representatives that "Africa has too many lost generations already. I sincerely believe that you want to be complicit in losing another.  

"Let us use the opportunity we have had ourselves not to hunt for faults and technicalities in every matter, but to move the country and the peace process forward."

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The lawyer for Ugandan General David Sejusa, who was charged in a court martial today with insubordination, says that the case is politically motivated.

David Mushabe told BBC Focus on Africa radio that "since 1995 Gen Sejusa has been a conscientious objector. Objecting to the excesses of the government".

This case has happened now "because we are approaching a very sensitive situation [with] elections barely three weeks away... [And] he has been a vocal supporter of [the oppositon presidential candidate] Kizza Besigye".

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Johannesburg's Star newspaper is reporting about the dangers of a drunk driver - but it wasn't his activities behind the wheel that were worrying.

The 23-year-old was pulled over for driving through a red traffic light, the Star says.

But he then sped off, but was caught.

The newspaper quotes local official JP Smith: “They managed to force him to a stop, but then he tried to evade arrest again by biting the hand of one of the officers.”  

Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare

Four Zimbabwean army officers have been charged with treason and plotting to overthrow the government of President Robert Mugabe using military means. 

They were allegedly caught with firearms and sought to use bombs to blow up Mr Mugabe's dairy outside the capital, Harare.  

The prosecutor told the Magistrates' court that the four had also formed a political party, the Zimbabwe People's Front, and had a set up a military training camp in Mr Mugabe's home province of Mashonaland West.     

The men, who did no thave legal representation, appeared unmoved when the charges were read.

They also told the court that they were never tortured while in police custody.

They will appear again in court on 29 February and will apply for bail at the High Court. 

Zimbabwe's chief prosecutor Johannes Tomana was earlier charged in the same court with obstruction of the course of justice after allegedly dropping charges against two of the accused officers.

Senegal's interior minister says tighter regional and global cooperation is needed to fight the jihadist threat in west Africa, the AFP news agency reports.

Daouda Diallo said "the surge of terrorist groups shows that the international community must fight terrorism everywhere with the same strength".

The only way forward was to "strengthen our cooperation" and "share our means," he added during an anti-terrorism meeting in the capital, Dakar.

His comment follows two deadly attacks in recent months in the capitals of neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso.

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The AFP news agency, external has published more quotes from the head of the team monitoring South Sudan's peace process, Festus Mogae, about some people starving in the country (see 12.40 entry).

Some of his colleagues went to a part of Western Equatoria and saw the conditions for themselves.

"I was told this morning that one of the ceasefire monitoring teams, which recently visited Mundri, "found people there are starving to death," he said to rebel and government representatives, AFP reports.

"Every day we spend here, I think of the children I met growing up without the chance of education, the chance of bettering their own lives denied through no fault of their own," Mr Mogae added.

Image source, AFP

Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare

Zimbabwe's chief prosecutor Johannes Tomana has been charged with obstruction of the course of justice before a Harare Magistrates court.

Mr Tomana denies the charge. 

The ruling on his bail application is expected shortly.

The phrase "Welcome to Nigeria" has been trending in Nigeria on Twitter today, but most people are not using it as an opportunity to extol the virtues of their country, instead there are some wry observations:

There seems to be a lot of cynicism about what it's like to be young in the country:

And there's also a critique of the way some pastors behave:

Thanks for the welcome!

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English cricket club Durham County, have enquired about the availability of South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for part of the 2016 season, reports BBC Newcastle.

The 20-year-old starred in the recent series defeat by England, taking 13 wickets in a victory in the final Test, and has 24 in just six Tests in total.

Durham head coach Jon Lewis confirmed he was exploring options to cover Australia all-rounder John Hastings, who is likely to be called up for his country's World T20 campaign and could also miss further matches if he has surgery on his injured shoulder.

Read: The rise of black cricketers in South Africa

The Kenyan authorities have impounded two vehicles from the UN's World Food Programme in Mandera county near the Somali border in north-east Kenya.

This was after it was suspected that the food aid they were carrying could end up in the hands of the militant group al-Shabab.

Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia told the BBC that he had intelligence that earlier shipments had be used by al-Shabab, and the authorities wanted to make sure that it didn't happen again.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

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American rapper and actor Mos Def, who is facing charges in South Africa under the Immigration Act, will be staying in the country a bit longer, Eyewitness News is reporting, external.

He brought an application in the Western Cape High Court today requesting he and his family be allowed to remain in the country. 

His trial is expected in March.

The rapper, whose real name is Dante Smith, is trying to get an interim order granting his stay in South Africa to be made permanent. 

He made local headlines last month when he and his family were held for allegedly living in the country illegally., external

He was detained after using an unidentifiable "world passport" when he tried to leave the country.  

The details of exactly what happened to a Daallo Airlines flight in Somalia today are still not clear, but this picture of the plane after it had landed at Mogadishu airport with a hole in its fuselage suggest a nightmarish journey. 

Image source, Darren Howe

There were local media reports earlier of the plane catching fire shortly after take off.

The man who took the picture, Darren Howe, had a colleague on the plane.

“It was not an explosion but a fusilage failure at 10,000 feet,” he told the BBC.

When talking about every football transfer window you have to mention Nigeria's Peter Odemwingie.

The controversial player made a headline with his crazy drives down to London to try to force through a move to Queens Park Rangers in 2013.

But there was no such incident last this time around.

The Stoke striker, who made his first appearance for the club in three months last Saturday, says he is happy where he is.

Kenyan police have launched an investigation into reports of increasing attacks on some taxi operators in the capital, Nairobi, the interior ministry said in a statement, external.

It follows reports that Uber drivers are being attacked by other operators who feel they're being priced out by the controversial taxi-calling app.

"Such barbaric attacks cannot and shall not be tolerated," it said, adding that business rivalries should be settled through legal mechanisms.

Uber is an online taxi service that allows passengers to order a car using a smart phone application and pay a pre-arranged price.

Listen to the BBC's David Wafula as he took to the streets of Nairobi to find out who likes Uber and who doesn't.

Oluwashina Okeleji
BBC Sport

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Nigeria international Ikechukwu Uche has joined Spanish side Malaga on loan, only six months after signing a three-year deal with Mexican side Tigres UANL.

It is a quick return to the Spanish top-flight for the 32-year-old striker, who left Villarreal in June 2015.

He was injured on his Tigres debut, in which he also scored, and has made no further appearances for the club.

"The chance to return to Spain with Malaga came at the right time and I thought why not," Uche told BBC Sport.

Read the full BBC Sport story here

Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare

Zimbabwe's chief prosecutor Johannes Tomana was brought to the Harare Magistrate court seated at the back of an open police truck. 

The two army officers (pictured below) accused of plotting to bomb President Robert Mugabe's dairy processing plant came in prison clothes, with their hands chained.

The UN's World Food Programme says 1.5 million people in Zimbabwe are facing hunger as the country is hit by a severe drought.

The BBC's Taurai Maduna reports from the northwestern district of Hwange.