Kenya's Olympic committee has said that "it is too early to make a determination on the status of the [Zika] virus" during this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Reuters news agency had earlier quoted committee head Kipchoge Keino saying: "we are not going to risk taking Kenyans there if this Zika virus reaches epidemic levels."

But the man leading the Kenyan team to Rio Stephen Soi said that Mr Keino's comments "may have been quoted out of context".

He said that the "Rio 2016 organizing Committee is on top of things, addressing the menace" and is sharing the steps they are taking with relevant parties. 

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South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife have withdrawn criminal charges against one of their granddaughters, Eye Witness News reports, external.

In May last year, Ziyanda Palesa Tutu, 30, was accused by her grandparents of malicious damage to property.

At a hearing today in Cape Town, her lawyer told the court that the case has been settled amicably after a mediation process and the Archbishop and his wife Leah have dropped the charges, Eye Witness News reports. 

The matter stems from an incident last year in which Ziyanda reportedly smashed crockery at her grandparent's Cape Town home.

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Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

President Jacob Zuma has made a massive U-turn after his lawyer told the Constitutional Court that the Public Protector's finding are "binding". 

An independent 2014 report led by Thuli Madonsela (picture below) said Mr Zuma had "benefited unduly" from the upgrades of his private home in Nkandla and should repay some of the money. 

The president has previously said the report only contained recommendations that were not equivalent to court orders.

Today his lawyer accepted he was wrong not to have fulfilled the recommendations of the independent watchdog, known as the public protector, but he said the president's actions had not broken the constitution, as the opposition argues.

Sammy Darko
BBC Africa, Accra

Ghana's parliament has suspended sitting to mourn the death of a senior opposition MP who was murdered at his home in the capital, Accra (see 10:46 post).

Many MPs are wearing black or red symbol in honour of Joseph Boakye Danqua Adu.

Mr Adu, who represented the Abuakwa North constituency in the Eastern Region, was a member of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Some of you have been reacting to our story of  #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira campaign in Nigeria as part of the efforts to boost the country's currency:

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A South African constitutional expert is tweeting the comments in court by President Jacob Zuma's lawyer about the need to pay back some of the men spent on upgrading his private residence:

Mr Zuma had already said that he would pay for some of the improvements, but the opposition parties wanted the case to go to court.

But Mr Zuma's lawyer is not conceding that the constitution has been breached by not appearing to go along with the recommendations of the Public Protector: 

A military court has remanded Uganda's former intelligence chief and critic of President Yoweri Museveni until his next bail hearing.

Gen David Sejusa was charged last week with insubordination after being accused of going to political rallies against the orders of the chief of defence forces, which he denied.

A Ugandan newspaper has tweeted:

The lawyer acting for South African President Jacob Zuma, Jeremy Gauntlett, is now defending the president at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg.

Last week the president made an offer to pay some of the costs of the refurbishment of his private home in Nkandla.

Mr Gauntlett says he wanted to bring the issue to a close according to this tweet from a South African constitutional expert:

He also appears to be arguing that Mr Zuma should comply with the Public Protector's report that said he should pay back some of the money spent on the upgrades:

Mr Zuma's lawyer seems to be arguing over the details of what should be repaid.

People have gathered outside the casino in the Easleigh district of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where a disgruntled gambler murdered two employees before being killed himself.

The man was upset after losing $300 (£210) at a gambling machine, and got angry when he was refused an advance to try and win the money back.

The BBC's Peter Njoroge snapped this picture of officials inspecting the game that he was playing.

The BBC's Milton Nkosi has snapped these pictures of EFF demonstrators near South Africa's Constitutional Court in Johannesburg:

EFF leader Julius Malema is among the protesters:

Some Nigerians have been using #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira in an effort to encourage people to buy products made in the country and help protect the local currency, the naira.

The falling oil price, Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, has put pressure on the currency.

The government is keeping the official naira rate at around 200 to the US dollar, but the black market rate is closer to 300. 

Below are some of the tweets:

But some are saying that there have to be Nigerian-made goods worth buying:

Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura

Burundi's economy shrunk in the second and third quarters of last year at the height of the political violence which followed the announcement by President Pierre Nkurunziza that he would run for a third term.

This means that the country went into recession - according to the technical definition of two successive quarters of negative growth.

The figures were revealed by a spokesman of the ministry of finance today during a press briefing by Burundi's revenue authority.. 

But the last quarter of 2015 showed positive growth and the ministry projects that the trend will continue, meaning that the country's economy will grow by 3.5% in 2016. 

Last year's negative growth, has had an impact on tax revenues, which fell by 24% at the end of the year.

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The EFF is one of the South African opposition parties which has brought the case over whether President Jacob Zuma should pay back money spent on upgrading his private residence.

Its supporters are now at the court, pulling at the barbed wire that's surrounding it.

Mr Zuma has already agreed to pay back some of the money, but the opposition have gone ahead with the case.

Supporters of South Africa's opposition EFF are now outside the Constitutional Court.

A South African news site has put live pictures of the demonstration on Periscope - follow the link here:

We still don't know the death toll from the al-Shabab attack on Kenyan soldiers at the el-Ade base in Somalia.

It took place on 15 January, and the military have said the explosives used were three times the amount used in the 1998 attack on the US embassy in Nairobi.

A cartoonist for one of Kenya's newspapers has his own satirical take on the story:

The BBC's Omar Mutasa in Johannesburg has taken these photos of supporters of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party as they get ready to march to the Constitutional Court, where a hearing about a controversial renovation of President Zuma's private home is taking place.

The EFF and the Democratic Alliance took the matter to court asking Mr Zuma to pay back some of the money spent on upgrading the residence in Nkandla.

Some people have displayed t-shirts asking the president to payback the money as captured by the BBC's Milton Nkosi who is outside the court.

Sammy Darko
BBC Africa, Accra

Ghanaian MP Joseph Boakye Danqua Adu has been stabbed to death at his private residence in the capital, Accra, police say.

The exact details of what happened are not clear, but relatives believe that the attackers climbed up a ladder to reach his bedroom.

This is the first time a sitting MP has been killed in Ghana.

They do not have police protection at their private residences except those who hold leadership positions.

Image source, Ghana parliament

Uganda's former intelligence chief, who is a strong critic of President Yoweri Museveni, has arrived for his bail hearing after he was charged last week with insubordination at a military court.

Gen David Sejusa is accused of going to political rallies against the orders of the chief of defence forces. He denied the charges.

President Museveni, who has been in power for 30 years, is standing for re-election on 18 February.

A Ugandan newspaper tweeted Gen Sejusa's arrival at the court: