A debate has been raging in South Africa over the photos used of celebrity Lerato Kganyago on the cover of the popular True Love magazine.

In her Instagram post on Monday she complained that "it must be disheartening for [the photographer] to have his work continuously retouched (PhotoShopped) to a point of no recognition".

As people discussed the image on social media Kganyago then took to Snapchat to complain further.

She said: "My own mother was like: 'Did you have your nose done? Did you have your mouth done? What is happening?' It looks weird.'"

The Times Live, external website has edited her posts together:

True Love magazine, external defended the retouching and posted some before and after pictures.

It said it altered images to "highlight the best features".

Image source, True Love

But the celebrity was not bothered that her cellulite was showing:

"Truth be told, I'm not mad at True Love for publishing the untouched pictures. I've always been really open about my cellulite and my rolls and my body."

She said the pictures show women how to love their bodies.

Tunisian officials have urged the UK government to relax its advice warning against all but essential travel to the country, after a 90% drop in British visitors in the first part of 2016.

The guidance has been in place since 31 British holidaymakers were killed in two terror attacks in Tunisia in 2015.

The Tunisian ambassador to the UK said the government should take into account security improvements since last year.

The foreign ministry said the safety of British nationals was its main concern.

Thirty Britons were among 39 killed when a gunman opened fire on tourists in a beach resort near Sousse on Tunisia's Mediterranean coast last June.

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Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Sindisiwe Manqele, external has failed in her bid to overturn her 12-year sentence for the murder of her rapper musician boyfriend, Nkululeko Habedi, better known as Flabba.

Manqele pleaded not guilty to the charge, saying she stabbed the popular rapper in self-defence.

Flabba, 38, died at his home in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra on 9 March 2015.

He was a member of the famous music group Skwatta Kamp, founded in 1996, which was seen as one of the pioneers of South African hip-hop, featuring local street slang and rhythms.

Image source, Get

Nick Cavell
BBC Africa Sport

Some breaking news from the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

AS Vita, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been disqualified from the African Champions League and replaced by South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns.

Caf are yet to say why.

The draw for the group stages of the tournament is due to be held at 12:30 GMT.

Egyptian officials did not observe the doomed EgyptAir flight swerve and change direction before it disappeared, an Egyptian aviation official has said.

The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard when it vanished from radar early on Thursday.

Greece's defence minister said the plane turned 90 degrees then 360 degrees before plummeting into the sea.

The reason for the discrepancy between the Greek and the Egyptian aviation official's accounts of the crash is not clear.  

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Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

A school in South Africa's Gauteng province is in hot water over a cartoon of President Jacob Zuma that was used in a test.

Image source, Sowetan

The original cartoon, by Zapiro, has been reproduced in the Sowetan newspaper, external, which reports that it has angered the provincial education minister Panyaza Lesufi.

It was used as part of a primary school test.

The first question asks who the caricature is of and the second question asks the student if they would vote for this man. 

The test paper was photographed and tweeted by a university law student:

The test paper also mentions the money spent on upgrading President Jacob Zuma's private rural residence in Nkandla. 

“Just by looking at this cartoon‚ would you vote for this individual to be president‚” it asks.

A state of emergency has been declared in the tomato sector in Kaduna state, north of the capital, Abuja, local media are reporting.

Kaduna's Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai declared the emergency, saying that 80% of tomato farms have been ravaged by a pest called Tuta Absoluta, Nigeria's Guardian newspaper reports.

Total losses in the past month alone among a group of 200 farmers are estimated at 1bn naira ($5.1m), he added.

The price of a basket of tomatoes has increased from $1.20 less than three months ago to more than $40 today.

Image source, Reuters

The word "tomato" has been trending on Twitter in Nigeria this morning.

Nine people have been charged in a court in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, for taking part in an illegal demonstration, the BBC's Odeo Sirari reports.

City's across the country were hit by opposition protests yesterday over the make-up of the electoral commission. They are accusing it of bias.

At least three people died after police clashed with protesters.

Image source, AP

A group of protesters who were charged last week over similar demonstrations have been released on bail.

Uganda's MPs, elected in February, are getting ready for the new session.

And it looks like they're being instructed on some basic rules of respect this morning:

The AFP news agency is quoting the Kenya police as saying that three people died during countrywide demonstrations yesterday.

Two people died after being shot in the western town of Siaya and the third died in the nearby city of Kisumu after falling over as he was running from tear gas, the police say.

There have been conflicting reports about the circumstances surrounding his death.

Police add that the shooting in Siaya was in self-defence after they were attacked by a mob.

Kenya's Standard newspaper leads with a headline saying that all three fatalities were a result of gunshots.

Sweden's ambassador to Kenya tweeted the front page with his own message to Kenya:

Opposition supporters called the demonstrations to protest against the make-up of the electoral commission, which they accuse of bias ahead of next year's elections.

Mary Harper
BBC News, Asmara

Eritrea is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its independence from Ethiopia.

The milestone is being marked with street parades in the capital, Asmara, complete with marching bands, costumed dancers, and actors dressed as rebel soldiers from the 30-year independence war. 

See the full picture gallery of Eritrea's independence celebrations

More people apply for asylum in the EU from Eritrea than any other African country, which is widely criticised for human rights abuses. 

But thousands of the diaspora have returned to join the party. 

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Mozambique's financial woes may be growing as it now risks defaulting on one of its debts, the Reuters news agency reports.

It quotes a finance ministry source as saying that a repayment on a $535m (£370m) loan to a state-controlled company, which is guaranteed by the government, has been missed.

Reuters says that this could start a "reappraisal" of lending to the country.

Last month, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and some governments halted lending to Mozambique after it was discovered that the country had not been clear about all its debts.

Monday also saw the ratings agency Fitch downgrade its assessment of Mozambique suggesting that a "default of some kind appears probable".

Image source, AFP

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