The associate editor South Africa's Daily Maverick newspaper is tweeting about this morning's court proceedings:

You can read the same reporter's opinion piece on Mr Zuma below:

South African High Court Judge Aubrey Ledwaba is continuing to read out his judgement on whether the corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma should have been dropped, by prosecutor Mokotedi Mpshe.

The News 24 website, external is quoting the judge:

The comments relate to some tapes of phone conversations, submitted as evidence in the case to have the corruption charges dropped against Mr Zuma. 

At the time, the prosecutor said the tapes proved that the case was politically motivated.

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Jacob Zuma is the most colourful and controversial president South Africa has had since white-minority rule ended in 1994.

He was born into poverty, went into exile to fight apartheid and has been embroiled in a series of scandals, which would have ended the careers of many politicians.

His poor roots, charisma and strength in adversity partly explain his ability to hold on to power, despite calls for his resignation and attempts to oust him as ANC leader.

His credibility was most severely damaged in March 2016 when South Africa's highest court ruled, external that he violated the constitution by failing to repay the government for money used on upgrading his private residence, including building a cattle enclosure, amphitheatre, swimming pool, visitor centre and chicken run. 

The president apologised to South Africans for the "frustration and confusion" caused by the scandal vowed to pay the money.

Read the full BBC profile on Jacob Zuma

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A judge at the High Court in South Africa has said that the decision in 2009 by the public prosecutor to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational. 

The charges relate to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal.  

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There's a tense feeling in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, for a second day running as police vehicles appear on streets in anticipation of an anti-government protest, local journalist Luis Nhachote reports.

Image source, Luis Nhachote

Image source, Luis Nhachote

The protest has been called over the revelation that the government failed to disclose more than $1bn (£700m) of liabilities over two state-linked companies.

This failure has led to the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and now the UK government, suspending aid and lending programmes. 

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved his cabinet and formed a new government of national unity, external, in a boost for a peace deal aimed at ending more than two years of civil war.

The decree, which gives cabinet posts to former rebels and members of the opposition, was read out on state television on Thursday. 

A third of ministers in the new cabinet are members of the SPLM-IO party of former rebel leader Riek Machar, who returned to the capital Juba earlier this week to be sworn in as vice-president. 

The spokesman for the UN Secretary General welcomed the move as "an important milestone of the peace process". 

Tens of thousands have been killed and about two million people left homeless in the conflict in South Sudan, which became independent in 2011.    

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Read more: South Sudanese want peace - and ice cream

South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance has gone to court to try and reinstate the corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.

A journalist from the African News Agency has tweeted a picture from the court:

A decision is expected soon.

And a BBC reporter is also tweeting from the High Court in Pretoria:

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for decisive action to stop the illegal trade in ivory, ahead of a summit of African leaders on how to save the elephant from extinction. 

Mr Kenyatta said elephant herds across Africa were being besieged by a new generation of poachers, well-armed and connected to international markets, and the results had been catastrophic. 

Mr Kenyatta is hosting the first summit of the Giant's Club, which brings African heads of state together with business leaders and scientists dedicated to ending the illegal slaughter of elephants. 

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Embattled South African President Jacob Zuma will learn today whether the High Court in Pretoria intends to reinstate nearly 800 corruption charges against him. 

In 2009, the acting director of public prosecutions withdrew them, a move that enabled Mr Zuma's election later that year. 

The prosecutor justified the decision on the grounds there had been political interference in the case, which related to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal. 

Since then, the main opposition Democratic Alliance has argued that the prosecutor's decision was itself politically motivated. 

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