Kenyans on Twitter are using the hashtag #WeAreACorruptNationBecause to give reasons why they think their country is corrupt.

Here are some of the tweets:

Last month, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenya described his own citizens as people  "experienced in stealing and perpetuating other crimes".

A young Eritrean refugee now living in the UK is set to receive an award today for her work supporting other refugees in the country, the Guardian newspaper reports, external.

Seada Fekadu fled Eritrea when she was 16 after her father was arrested for his political activities.

She managed to reach France and then was smuggled into the UK before successfully applying for asylum, the Guardian reports.

Ms Fekadu now works with young refugees helping to support them, and that's why she'll be getting a Women on the Move, external award tonight.

You can see more of her story here:

In 2007 Max Chongo was more likely to be seen on the celebrity pages as a resident of the Big Brother Africa house.

Fast forward a few years and the BBC's Meluse Kapatamoyo has found him campaigning, as part of Zambia's ruling party, for peaceful elections: 

Political tensions have been mounting in Zambia ahead of general elections on 11 August. 

A leading member of Zambia's main opposition party, Geoffrey Mwamba, was arrested last week, accused of inciting violence ahead of the elections in August. 

In court yesterday he denied training an illegal militia, reports South Africa's Independent, external.

The main opposition UPND is complaining that the Patriotic Front government is harassing its members.

Nigeria's Justice Minister Aboubacar Malami told the BBC's Hausa service that the government is looking at the $1.5bn (£1bn) offer that South Africa's telecoms company MTN has made to settle a dispute.

MTN has not confirmed it made the offer despite several reports quoting the $1.5bn figure.

Mr Malami said that the government will ask all the relevant stakeholders to consider the payment.

MTN was fined $3.9bn by Nigeria's communications authority for failing to cut off unregistered sim cards.

The company - whose largest market is in Nigeria - is trying to reach a negotiated settlement.

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Africa's human rights commission has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 to a woman who was raped as a 13-year-old girl as compensation for failing to protect her rights.

The authorities had let the perpetrator go after the prosecutor argued that rape cannot be committed against someone who was not a virgin, and the victim could not prove she was a virgin.

In 2007, the campaign group Equality Now took the case to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as "local avenues to justice were exhausted".  

And now it has ruled.

Equality Now's Yasmeen Hassan told the BBC Newsday programme more about the case:

Abdinoor Aden
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Traffic in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, can be intense.

Sometimes it takes me up to two hours to travel just 10km (six miles).

Here is one typical queue of commuters wanting to get home from work last night:

So some commuters have taken to delaying their journey home to watch acrobats instead.

Spectators told me they prefer entertainment from the acrobats than sitting still in public transport.

The acrobats don't charge but they ask for an "appreciation" fee.

On a good day they make $100 (£70) from their performances near bus stations.

Most of them have learnt their acrobat skills at orphanages and youth centres.

We reported earlier this week that Niger's jailed opposition candidate Hama Amadou was going to quit the presidential race, with the coalition backing him citing "unfair treatment".

But he has been unable to formally withdraw from the second round vote due on 20 March as he could not sign the papers, his lawyer told BBC Afrique.

Mr Amadou campaigned from prison where he is being held on baby trafficking charges, which he denies, arguing they are politically motivated.  

His lawyer Mossi Boubacar said that he was barred from visiting the candidate in prison in what he said was a deliberate effort to stop Mr Amamdou from pulling out.

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In our 10:19 post we reported that Angola's president has promised to stand down in 2018.

That's a big deal because Jose Eduardo dos Santos has been in power since 1979.

But here is a note of caution, he's said something similar before: 

In 2001, Mr Dos Santos said he would not seek office in the next presidential elections, which were then abolished under the new constitution.  

Read more in the BBC News story.

Kenya's National Counter-Terrorism Centre says nearly 900 Kenyans have been killed in terrorism related attack in the last 16 years. 

It says most have fallen victim to the Somalia-based al-Shabab militants.

The Centre’s Director Marin Kimani told Kenya's Standard newspaper, external that the group is being weakened.

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Editor, BBC Africa Business Report

In an earlier post we reported that the South African mobile telecoms giant MTN has reportedly offered $1.5bn (£1bn) to settle the huge fine slapped on it by the Nigerian government. 

This is less than half of the original penalty of $3.9bn. 

That was imposed on Africa's largest mobile phone operator, because of MTN's failure to disconnect more than five million unregistered sim cards. 

The Nigerian government claimed some of these cards were being used by criminals and insurgents from Boko Haram. 

Last month, MTN offered to make a payment of $250m to get negotiations going.

It is believed that MTN are offering to pay the $1.5bn in five annual installments, as well as buying $400m worth of Nigerian sovereign debt and $300m worth of access to Nigeria's fibre network.

But MTN have not yet confirmed the reports  - and they have consistently told their shareholders not to make decisions based on media reports, but to listen only to what the company tells them.    

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One of the continent's longest-serving leaders Jose Eduardo dos Santos said he will step down in 2018, Reuters news agency is reporting.

It quotes a speech he made to his MPLA party saying: "I took the decision to leave and end my political life in 2018."

He came to power in 1979 - and is Africa's second-longest serving head of state after Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang.

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The UN human rights report on the situation in South Sudan, external during the recent civil war contains a lot of disturbing detail of alleged atrocities.

For example, it says that in six months last year, there were 1,300 reported rapes in Unity State.

The UN says the prevalence of rape "suggests its use in the conflict has become an acceptable practice by SPLA soldiers and affiliated armed militias”.

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The Nigerian government  says it is working to expose another 11,000 non-existent workers on its payroll in its second staff audit. 

This comes shortly after the government found it was paying 23,000 ghost workers.

This already saved 2.29bn naira ($11m; £8m) per month, says Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun in Nigerian news site the Daily Post, external.

The UN report, external [Word document] which says that South Sudan's government forces carried out a "scorched-earth policy" during the civil war (see 09:11 entry) has more details of the army's action.

The UN human rights office report focuses on the  worst affected states of Unity and Upper Nile, as well as Western and Central Equatoria where the conflict has spread.

It says:

South Sudan's government used a "scorched-earth policy" deliberately targeting civilians in killings and rapes during the recent civil war, a UN human rights report says.

It says that though both sides committed atrocities, in 2015 government forces "bore the greatest responsibility". 

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Rights group Amnesty says it has evidence that South Sudan government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys in a shipping container.

They then dumped the bodies in a field in Leer Town, Unity State, Amnesty International said.

The government deny the deaths took place.

Researchers from Amnesty said they had found the remains of skeletons from the killings, which are are said to have taken place last October.

Witnesses described hearing the detainees screaming and banging on the walls of the shipping container, which they said had no windows or other form of ventilation.

Read more on the BBC News website.

Senegal, Egypt and Russia have strongly objected to a proposal to send home entire contingents of United Nations peacekeepers, if they face repeated allegations of sexual exploitation by some of their members. 

The three countries said this would amount to collective punishment and that only the guilty should face action. 

The US has drafted a resolution calling for urgent measures to end sexual abuse by peacekeepers, particularly against children. 

The resolution is strongly supported by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. 

He told the Security Council there should be bold and decisive action.

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The South African telecoms company MTN has offered Nigeria $1.5bn (£1bn) to settle a dispute over a failure to disconnect unregistered sim cards, Bloomberg is reporting, external.

MTN was fined $3.9bn by Nigeria's communications authority and the company is trying to settle the issue through negotiation.

Bloomberg cites a letter letter to the government from MTN's lawyer sent last month.

But MTN has not confirmed the offer and said in a statement that it "continues to engage with the Nigerian authorities in an attempt to ensure an amicable resolution to this matter", Bloomberg reports. 

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