Zimbabwe's science minister has tweeted derisory comments about the new opposition party, Zimbabwe People First, launched by former Vice President Joice Mujuru:

The BBC's Stephanie Hegarty in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, shot this short film of the petrol queue along the city's Awolowo Road.

She says there have been queues in the city since yesterday as there appears to be a shortage of imported fuel.

The exact reason for the shortage is not clear, but there is speculation that a lack of foreign exchange may be making it harder to import petrol.

South Africa's parliament is debating a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, external for the second time in a year. 

During a noisy opening session, opposition leader Mmusi Maimane described Mr Zuma as a sell-out whose main aim was self-enrichment. 

He has condemned the president's handling of the economy as reckless. 

A member from the governing ANC party, defending the president, said that the opposition was insulting Mr Zuma rather than looking at his record. 

With a large majority, the ANC is unlikely to be defeated. 

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Ugandan opposition leader and former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has filed a legal complaint against the results of last month's presidential election, reports the BBC's Patience Atuhaire from the capital, Kampala.

Mr Mbabazi came third - by a long way - to the winner President Yoweri Mbabazi and his main challenger Kizza Besigye.

Today was the deadline for registering a complaint.

Our reporter says that Mr Besigye's FDC party did not file a petition, but the leaders promised that they would hold a press conference tomorrow to talk about their election complaints and what they will do now.

Zimbabwe's former Vice-President Joice Mujuru launched a new party to challenge long-serving leader President Robert Mugabe.

It's not clear if this if the Zimbabwe People First party can do what the other opposition parties have not managed to do.

But the BBC's Nomsa Maseko has tweeted a short video of Mrs Mujuru's supporters outside the venue where the party was launched:

The BBC's Outside Source programme is at South Africa's Wits in Johannesburg looking at the #FeesMustFall campaign, which is still making waves in the country.

At the end of last year the government agreed to a freeze in the tuition fees for university students, but the campaign has continued, with some demonstrations ending in violence.

Presenter Ros Atkins held a live Facebook chat, external with one of the organisers of the campaign:

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Martin Patience
BBC News, Nigeria correspondent

The British embassy in Nigeria has made a fresh appeal for information about a British citizen who was kidnapped more than a year ago. 

David Priestly, 72, was abducted by armed gunmen at a construction site close to the capital, Abuja, last January.

More than a year later and there has been no ransom demands and the Nigerian authorities say they have no information on his whereabouts.   

Mr Priestly had spent more 30 years working in Nigeria, married a Nigerian woman and they have two sons.

Ibrahim Shehu-Adamu
BBC Africa

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Nigerians are angry over a range of charges, which includes card maintenance fees and charges whenever they make transfers online or with their bank cards. 

The banks also charge a fee for sending you an SMS to alert you that money has been withdrawn or deposited in your account. 

Some customers also complain that banks send them messages on birthdays and festivities and later charge them for it. 

Tell us on Facebook, external about bank charges in your country that you face and whether you think they're fair.

Or send World Have Your Say your thoughts on video or as a voice message on WhatsApp: +447730751925.

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South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance party is leading a debate in South Africa's parliament on a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.

In a statement, external explaining what's behind the motion, the party refers to the president's mishandling of the sacking of his finance minister at the end of last year, when the country went through three finance ministers in a few days.

The opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has been making his case and you can follow the rest of the debate here:

He was regularly interrupted by ANC MPs who complained that he is not referring to the president as an honorable member.

It is unlikely that the motion will pass as the governing ANC has a large majority in the National Assembly.

South Africa is a popular destination for migrants from across the world.

For some, life in South Africa can be tough - xenophobic attacks and a weakening rand are just two of the problems they face.

The BBC's Outside Source spent the day with foreign shopkeepers in the township of Diepsloot, close to Johannesburg, to find out what life is like and what their hopes are for the future.

Video journalist: Christian Parkinson

Outside Source radio and TV programmes are live from Wits University today discussing this. 

Follow @BBCOS , externalon Twitter to join the debate.

A Ugandan television network is tweeting pictures of one of its journalists being detained by police outside the home of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. 

Mr Besigye is currently under house arrest.

Today is the last day for parties to file complaints about last month's presidential election, and members of Mr Besigye's party tried to visit him to discuss a possible court petition:

Nigeria's central bank says that people should take complaints about banking fees to the authorities instead of taking part in a boycott, the Vanguard newspaper reports, external.

This was in response to a boycott call from a Nigerian consumer rights organisation (see 11:52 entry).

In a statement last month, external the bank said  it does "not in any way condone the fleecing of banking customers under any guise".

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Last week we reported that a 15-year-old street child street child had blown the Kenyan press away with his astute observations about his life captured in this YouTube film:

In the film Morris observed that the main thing blocking his success is the lack of opportunity.

He also said he would like to become a lawyer.

Now Kenya's Citizen newspaper reports, external that the country's Chief Justice Willy Mutunga asked to meet Morris and he has been invited to be an intern in the Supreme Court:

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The Homeless of Nairobi organisation, who received the invitation from the chief justice, gave more details about the meeting on their Facebook page, external:

#NoBankingDay is the top trend on Twitter in Nigeria at the moment as a consumer protection organisation, external has called for a boycott of banks today in protests against what it calls "excessive bank charges".

People have been tweeting their support and wondering why they fork out for the fees.

The BBC World Service World Have Your Say programme will be discussing the issue at 16:00 GMT.

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Tulanana Bohela
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's "Bongo" film makers are prolific. 

But piracy and unreliable distribution make it an unprofitable business for many.

So it will be interesting to see if a new internet streaming service and set-top box will turn things round.

Tanzanian company Tango TV  has just launched this service:

Tango will show films, TV and music in Swahili.

It remains to be seen if Tango TV will be able to compete with international competitors Hulu and Netflix.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Africa, Harare

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Launching her new political party, Zimbabwe’s former Vice President Joice Mujuru dismissed the accusations from the first lady that she was a witch and trying to assassinate President Robert Mugabe.

It was those accusations that got her chucked out of the governing Zanu-PF in 2015.

At a press conference in Harare Mrs Mujuru introduced former Zanu-PF senior officials as the founding fathers of her new party - Zimbabwe People First. 

Mrs Mujuru says she’s offering Zimbabweans something new even though she had been part of the ruling party for more than 30 years. 

Political parties have come and gone without making a dent on Zanu-PF - which has dismissed this new political party as a joke. 

The next election is in 2018 and Mrs Mujuru is facing a hard task to convince the electorate that she represents a new dawn.

Andrew Walker
World Service economics correspondent

British bank Barclays says it is planning to sell its operations in Africa, where it has had a presence for a century. 

Announcing its annual results, Barclays said it wants to focus on being a trans-Atlantic bank anchored in the financial centres of London and New York. 

Barclays is pulling out of Africa because of the amount of capital it has to hold, meaning the financial buffer to protect it from possible losses. 

The head of the Africa operations insists the decision does not relate to economic sentiment about the continent, although some observers think that the weakness of South Africa's economy and currency may be a factor. 

Possible buyers for at least part of the business are thought to include Atlas Mara, an African banking venture set up by a previous, at times controversial, Barclays Chief Executive, Bob Diamond. 

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The International Criminal Court has been told that the destruction of historic monuments in the city of Timbuktu in Mali by Islamist militants four years ago was a crime against humanity. 

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said there was overwhelming evidence that the suspect Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi oversaw and took part in the demolition of a mosque and ancient mud brick mausoleums. 

The court in The Hague will decide whether he should become the first to be tried for the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime. 

The prosecution say he was a senior member of militant group Ansar Dine.

Uganda's main opposition Forum for Democratic Change party is holding a press conference on the deadline day for filing a complaint about the recent presidential election results.

Its leader Kizza Besigye lost to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who won a fifth term in office with more than 60% of the vote.

A BBC reporter is at the press conference in the capital, Kampala, and tweeted this account of what happened just before it began.

Patience says that FDC president Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu (centre) says the leadership is going to head to Mr Besigye's home to see if they can discuss election petition issues.

Mr Besigye is currently under house arrest.

He was picked up the day after the election by the police who raided the FDC offices.

Our reporter says that the police are still there:

The presenter of BBC Outside Source who'll be broadcasting at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa tweeted this question:

One tweeter got back straight away to ask:

Our presenter gives a guess as to why:

But this is not good enough for JDP:

Outside Source will discuss the protests in South African universities just after 11:00GMT on World Service and 17:00GMT on BBC World TV.