Police raid headquarters of Uganda's main opposition FDC party
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye detained by police
Air strike targeting Islamic State militants in Libya kills at least 30 people
At least four lions escape from wildlife park in Kenya's capital
Ghana bus company says speeding caused deadly bus crash
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There have been riots in some parts of Uganda's capital, Kampala, following the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
The army and police raided the headquarters of his FDC party just before Mr Besigye was to address a press conference.
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga filed this video report from outside the FDC offices:
Uganda's opposition leader arrested
The US embassy in Uganda has criticised the police following the raid on the headquarters of the opposition FDC:
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The US ambassador to South Africa has started tongue-in-cheek plans for a coup in South Africa in response to an accusation that the US is plotting regime change.
The accusation came from the Secretary General of South Africa's ruling party the ANC.
Times Live reported, externalGwede Mantashe accused the US Embassy of meeting daily to plana change in government.
He dismissed the accusation in a unique fashion:
But then he started getting into the idea:
After he received an unsolicited application for minister of sport, once the revolution was complete, he carried on poking fun:
This led to an application for minister of breweries, which he used to refer back to the original accusation:
One lioness and her two cubs, which escaped from a wildlife park in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have been recaptured and two others are believed to have gone back into the park of their own accord.
But it is not clear if more lions remain on the loose.
The BBC's Emmanuel Ignunza in Nairobi says some residents of Kibera, near the park, are angry that the Kenya Wildlife Service is taking so long to capture the lions.
There has been confusion about how many lions escaped and wildlife officials are currently verifying numbers inside the park, our reporter says.
KWS senior warden Nelly Palmeris said three lions were found in a housing complex at a military barracks near the park.
Image source, AFPWith results from nearly half of all polling stations now in, Uganda's electoral commission has announced that President Yoweri Museveni is still in the lead.
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The head of the electoral commission has also commented on the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
He said that while he did not know the details "if he was trying to make announcements he should know the status of the law [which bans party's from announcing their own tallies]".
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We mentioned in previous posts that the BBC's Sammy Darko in Ghana is investigating the aftermath of Wednesday's bus crash in which 71 people died.
He has just sent these pictures of the tomato truck the bus crashed into:
The BBC's Ruth Nesoba in Uganda's capital, Kampala, is nearby the house of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi.
She says that police have sealed off the road leading to his residence for security purposes, and they are checking vehicles coming in.
Mr Mbabazi was one of seven candidates challenging President Yoweri Museveni in Thursday's elections.
His main challenger, Kizza Besigye, was detained by police earlier.
The BBC's Sammy Darko has sent this short video of the wreckage of the bus that crashed on Wednesday night killing 71 people.
It has been towed to Ghana's second city, Kumasi:
An official from the Ugandan opposition FDC party says they were told before the police raid that the party should stop announcing results from Thursday's election:
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The raid happened shortly before the FDC was scheduled to hold a press conference.
FDC leader Kizza Besigye has been detained by police.
Air strikes against so-called Islamic State militants in, Libya, have killed at least 30 people.
The New York Times newspaper cited an anonymous official saying US planes had carried out the air strikes.
The city's mayor told Reuters news agency that a building in the city, west of the capital, Tripoli, had been hit. It is near the Tunisian border.
Recent reports say top IS commanders - followed by many fighters - have moved to Libya from Iraq and Syria.
Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura
Two radio stations that were destroyed in the wake of last May's coup attempt in Burundi will official re-open today.
The head of the National Council of Communication, who made the announcement, did not specify which two stations will re-open.
But some sources say one of the stations is Rema FM, a radio and television station sympathetic to the ruling party, which was destroyed by pro-coup mobs.
The other one is thought to be Isanganiro, which was one of four stations shut down allegedly by security forces, after they broadcast a declaration announcing the coup.
The government said the stations had remained closed pending an investigation into the role they played in the coup and the circumstances in which they were destroyed.
But they have not released any report from the investigation.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe editor of Bonesha Radio said his station had also been ransacked in the days after the attempted coup
A BBC reporter outside the offices of the main opposition FDC party in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has tweeted a picture of the military and police presence there.
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The head of the police in Uganda's capital, Kampala, has been talking to the Daily Monitor newspaper about the reasons behind the raid on the opposition FDC party.
Felix Kaweesi has told the newspaper that the raid had something to do with the party announcing results:
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Ugandan opposition leader Amama Mbabazi has tweeted a video which he says is of a military vehicle driving around his home.
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Mr Mbabazi - a former prime minister - was one of the seven candidates who ran against President Yoweri Museveni in yesterday's election.
Another candidate, and Mr Museveni's main rival, Kizza Besigye was detained by police earlier.
Two explosions have gone off in a market in the far north of Cameroon, two witnesses have told the BBC.
They added that casualties have been taken to Mora hospital, near the blast site in Meme market.
It is not clear who is behind the explosions or the extent of the damage.
Boko Haram militants have carried out several attacks in the area in the past as Nigeria and Cameroon's army's work together to end the insurgency on their border areas.
The leader of Uganda's main opposition party Kizza Besigye has been driven away from his party's headquarters in a police vehicle, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports from the scene.
A BBC reporter in Uganda's capital, Kampala, has tweeted a video from outside the main offices of the opposition FDC party, which was raided by police earlier.
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A freelance journalist in Kampala has also tweeted this short film of what's been happening at the FDC headquarters:
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The BBC's Patience Atuhaire is at the headquarters of Uganda's main opposition party, which has just been raided by police.
She says that tear gas was fired earlier to disperse supporters.
She adds that a police helicopter is circling above the scene.
The raid comes a day after the presidential election.
Results announced so far show that President Yoweri Museveni has taken an early lead.
Ugandan media outlets are sharing more pictures of the police raid on the headquarters of the main opposition FDC party.
It is not yet clear what triggered the raid.
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Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala
Once people have voted their finger is dabbed in ink
People are still voting in Uganda's elections.
Polls were meant to close at yesterday evening, but long delays in opening the polling stations, followed by clashes with the police in one place, meant some voting centres were closed.
A queue of people waiting to vote formed in this polling station in Ggaba, Kampala
Around 24 polling stations were still open this morning.
European Union observers were at the scene