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We leave you with this photo of South Africa's golfing legend Gary Player at a tournament named after him in Dubai: 

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Anna Holligan
Reporter BBC News, The Hague

A judge at the International Criminal Court said he did not know whether it was "recklessness, superficiality or stupidity" which led to the identities of protected witnesses in the trial of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Ggagbo being revealed. 

Protecting witnesses is one of the key promises of the ICC. The tribunal goes to great lengths to shield their identities from the public, pixellating their faces and disguising their voices. 

In some cases, witnesses who fear reprisals are even moved to a new country and given a new identity. 

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On Friday the prosecutor mentioned the names of several witnesses whose identities have been ordered to be kept secret, thinking the microphones were off. 

But the incident was relayed live to the public gallery, and recordings have since spread on social media, and even appeared on YouTube.   

See our 13:21 post for more details

The BBC has teamed up with digital pioneers in Kenya to improve Africans' experience of BBC News content on their mobile devices.

The new pilot project, The Drop, which is available to try from today (currently optimised for Android), selects the best BBC content, with a focus on Africa, allowing users to teach the application which kind of stories they like or dislike with the swipe of a finger.

It also allows you to choose your favourite topics to further personalise your news feed, all without leaving your mobile web browser. 

Click here, externalto try it or go to bbc.com/drop

The Drop was the winning idea from the BBC's Connected Studio initiative, which challenged teams of African tech experts to think of new ways to reach young audiences on the continent through social and digital media.

To check out another African-designed digital pilot project, try BBC Minute CatchUp.   

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Kenya's government has brokered talks between traditional taxi operators and Uber taxi drivers in a bid to resolve differences between them. 

Kenya Taxi Association official David Wafula said the government had agreed to set up a committee to look into their grievances. 

Taxi operators had threatened to stage a protest against the app-based taxi service tomorrow, but Mr Wafula said: "We believe in a dialogue to solve problems. We are not giving the government an ultimatum."

Last week  Kenyan police said they had launched an investigation after a spate of attacks on Uber drivers in the capital, Nairobi.  

Traditional taxi operators say Uber is undercutting fares, and driving them out of business - a charge the firm denies. 

Fans of Egyptian top-flight side Zamalek have gathered in Cairo, exactly a year after at least 20 fans were killed, external in clashes with police at the Air Defense Stadium. 

About 6,000 people, among them fans of rival clubs and non-football fans, gathered in Al-Fustat Park in Cairo. 

BBC producer Mohamed Ismaeil Ghaly has sent through some photos: 

Zamalek's hardcore fan group, known as the Ultras White Knights (UWK), explained the significance of the memorial in a post on its Facebook page on Sunday:  

"We demand the justice that is owed to them, while honouring their love and sacrifice." 

Leading aviation expert David Learmount has been commenting on video footage released by the Somalia government over a bomb on a flight from Mogadishu last week. 

The video appears to show the handover of a laptop-like device to the suspected bomber, before he boarded the flight last week. 

Somali authorities think the device contained a bomb that blew a hole in the plane.

"I don't think that anybody knows for sure if this is the transaction that was behind the bombing," Mr Learmount told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme.

See our 12:41 and 11:124 posts for more details

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Nigeria's former central bank chief Lamido Sanusi has repeated his criticism of the foreign exchange policy endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari, in an interview with BBC Africa Business report's Lerato Mbele. 

She has tweeted a photo from the interview, along with the key points made by Mr Sanusi, who is now an influential Muslim leader in northern Nigeria: 

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

There have been nationwide protests in Nigeria against a 45% increase in the cost of electricity, which came into effect at the beginning of February.

The government has said that the previous electricity tariff was no longer sustainable.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital Abuja to show their anger, marching to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company  

The protesters say more than half of the country's population is still in darkness owing to the inability of the government to generate enough power.   

Currently businesses in Nigeria are run mainly on generators.

Many small and medium scale enterprises are being brought to a standstill due to lack of electricity. 

The government is yet to react to the protest.

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Italy's foreign minister says he will not settle for "alleged truths" from Egypt over the death of an Italian student in Cairo.

The body of Giulio Regeni, 28, was found on Wednesday, more than a week after he disappeared.

A senior Egyptian prosecutor said there were clear signs he had been tortured.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that Rome wanted "the real perpetrators to be discovered and punished according to the law".

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A Muslim cleric in South Africa has called on Muslims to pray that God gives Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, a "great understanding" of Islam following his conversion to the faith, the local Radio Islam reports on its website, external. 

“Sometimes it's difficult for us to give the message of Islam in South Africa as people have different cultures. So it's much more better for a person like the calibre and the status of Mandla to deliver the message of Islam,” Sheikh Ebrahim Gabriels is quoted as saying. 

The imam performed the 42-year-old Mr Mandela's wedding ceremony to a Muslim woman, Rabia Clarke, at a mosque in South Africa's Cape Town city on Saturday.

Radio Islam reports that Mandla Mandela's mother, nephew and a few other relatives attended the ceremony. 

Mr Mandela has not yet commented on media reports of his conversion to Islam.

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Janet Onyango

Now that sanctions have been lifted from Iran, its government is planning to lease large tracts of land in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania for large-scale farming of rice, wheat and corn, Iran's ambassador to Kenya has told privately-owned newspaper The East African, external.

Part of the crops grown will be for the local market and part for export to Iran, the paper reports.

The East African Community (EAC) exports unprocessed tea, coffee and meat to Iran, while it imports oil products, machinery and telecommunication equipment. 

The man overseeing football governing body Fifa's presidential polls should step aside due to conflict of interest, says the Liberian FA.

Domenico Scala, who heads up Fifa's Ad-Hoc Electoral Committee, is Swiss-Italian - as is Gianni Infantino, one of the five presidential candidates.

Scala excused himself from the 2015 elections as he shared nationality with a candidate, Swiss Sepp Blatter.

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LFA boss Musa Bility says he will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if Scala, pictured above, does not withdraw by Thursday.

The battle to replace long-standing president Blatter takes place in 18 days' time.

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BBC News, Bissau

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Far from the usual political instability that Guinea-Bissau is known for, the West African state has been living to the rhythm of its annual carnival over the last few days.

Tens of thousands packed the main streets of the capital, Bissau, at the weekend to watch performers parade.

Most people were dressed up for the occasion in colourful outfits, party masks, wigs or gigantic sunglasses. Even very young children were out until late at night.

Very few foreigners could be seen among the crowds.

Performers have been parading in groups, coming from all over the country, as they compete to take part in the finale, due on Tuesday.

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This is a country that has suffered nine coups or attempted coups since 1980, and it hasn’t had a democratically elected leader serve a full term since independence from Portugal in 1974.

But the spirit of “carnaval” - the Portuguese word for carnival - is strong. 

Stalls selling food and makeshift bars preparing fresh caipirinha cocktails are found all along Bissau's main avenues.

Late into the night, people enjoy beef skewers or entire grilled chicken in a laid-back and friendly atmosphere.

Muslims make up the biggest religious group in Guinea-Bissau, followed by Christians. 

However, animism is still practiced widely throughout the impoverished country and this carnival reflects that. Many hope that the festival will help the people of Guinea-Bissau protect their culture and traditions.

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France will play Cameroon in a friendly as part of their preparations to host the European Championship.

Didier Deschamps' team will take on Cameroon on 30 May in the French city of Nantes.

Cameroon will be preparing for a trip to play Mauritania in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier the following weekend.

The Indomitable Lions are currently top of Group M having won both their qualifiers so far.

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An Australian woman kidnapped with her husband last month in Burkina Faso has been speaking for the first time in public since her release in neighbouring Niger.

Jocelyn Elliott, 76, and her husband Ken, 81, were snatched from the Burkinabe town of Djibo near the border with Mali.

The couple had provided medical services in the town since the 1970s.

Efforts to free her husband were continuing, Niger's presidential spokesman said.

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Thousands of fans have welcomed the Democratic Republic of Congo's football team in the capital, Kinshasa following their triumph at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda on Sunday. 

The Leopards beat Mali 3-0 in the final of the tournament, which is limited to those who play football in leagues in their own country. 

More than 1,700 military personnel from Africa, Europe and North America have begun an annual military exercise in Senegal. 

The three-week exercise, known as Operation Flintlock, is focused on improving multi-national cooperation against violent groups active in North and West Africa, in particular factions allied to the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.   

The US Africa Command has posted a video on its YouTube channel explaining more about the exercise: 

Mohammud Ali Mohamed
BBC Africa, Nairobi

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Most of the 74 passengers on board the Daallo Airlines plane which was bombed on Tuesday in Somalia were transferred from Turkish Airlines, Daallo Airlines CEO Mohamed Ibrahim Yasin Olad has told the BBC.

Turkish Airlines cancelled its flight from Somalia to Djibouti a few hours before its scheduled departure, and Daallo Airlines was asked to step in, he added. 

Daallo Airlines was told that Turkish Airlines cancelled the flight because of bad weather, Mr Olad said. 

See our 12:41 post for more details

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The Muslim cleric who performed the wedding ceremony of Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandla, says the 42-year-old converted to Islam last year, South Africa's private IOL news site reports, external. 

“I can say that it was an honour for me to perform the marriage ceremony for the grandson of our great leader Nelson Mandela,” said Sheikh Ebrahim Gabriels, who presided over his marriage to Rabia Clarke at a mosque in Cape Town on Saturday. 

IOL reports that the cleric would not be drawn on the dowry paid by Mr Mandela, saying only that it had been "agreed between the husband and wife”. 

Mr Mandela - an MP and a traditional ruler - has not yet commented on reports of his conversion to Islam.  

See our 12:05 post for more details