A 15-year-old schoolgirl who had an illegal abortion in Kenya has reportedly bled to death. 

The person who is alleged to have helped her undergo the procedure in the central county of Tharaka-Nithiy has been arrested by police, Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper reports, external. 

Abortions are illegal in Kenya, but a doctor is allowed to perform one if a woman's life is in danger. 

The news of the teenager’s death comes as a new study suggests that one in four pregnancies globally ends in an abortion.

Researchers from the World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute say the annual number of abortions worldwide increased from 50 million a year between 1990-1994 to 56 million a year between 2010-2014.

The rise in numbers is mostly seen in the developing world - driven in part by population growth and by a desire for smaller families.

The study points out that abortion rates were similar across countries - regardless of whether terminations are legal or not. 

Read the BBC story for more.

Coca-Cola has decided to halt the production of all canned drinks in Namibia because of a severe water shortage, AFP news agency reports. 

"We will cease the manufacturing of all canned products locally, substituting them with imported canned beverages from South Africa," Frik Oosthuizen, head of Coca-Cola in Namibia, said in a statement to AFP. 

"This decision has been taken as a direct result of the water crisis that is facing the Central region of Namibia and we are making every effort to continue to supply our customers."   

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Businesses in the capital, Windhoek, have been ordered by city officials to reduce water usage by 30% as Namibia battles to cope with one of the worst drought in decades to hit southern Africa. 

Coca-Cola has also decided to stop the production of drinks in glass bottles at its factory in Windhoek, but this will continue at another plant it has in the north of the country. 

Plastic bottled drinks will still be produced in Windhoek, AFP reports. 

Last week, Coca-Cola put a notice in Namibian newspapers, warning customers of possible "sporadic shortages countrywide". 

Kenya is set to be declared in breach of global anti-doping rules, the BBC has learned.

The surprise move will mean some of the world's top athletes are at risk of missing August's Olympic Games in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Kenya has already missed two World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) deadlines to show it is tackling cheating in sport.

Now Wada is expected to rule the East African country non-compliant when its board meets in Montreal on Thursday.

Read the full BBC story here

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Six governments, including those of Nigeria, Afghanistan and the UK, have agreed to unmask the real owners of all companies operating in their countries. 

The announcement was made at the global anti-corruption summit being hosted in London by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. 

The UK government has been tweeting about it:  

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Nigeria's government may be forced to devalue the currency, the naira, in one of the next steps to deal with the economic crisis in the country. 

That's the view Malte Liewerscheidt, the senior Africa analyst at UK-based risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, expressed following the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to scrap fuel subsidies. 

He said: 

The BBC's Leocadia Bongben is heading down to the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, to find out the latest on the collapse (see 12:23 post) which has killed one worker.

She was at the stadium last week when Prime Minister Philemon Yang (seen here in white) visited to see the building works:

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Amendment: This post originally reported that two workers had died, but officials later confirmed that one person was killed in the collapse.

The US secretary of state has met Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on the sidelines of the anti-corruption summit in London:

Ferdinand Omondi
BBC Africa, Mombasa

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A court case in Kenya, brought by two men who say they were forced to undergo an anal examination in defiance of their constitutional rights to see whether they had gay sex, has resumed in this coastal city. 

Today, prosecutor Ruth Luta challenged their version, insisting that the examination was done with their consent, and the two had put their signatures to a document which showed the results. 

But their lawyer, Sunday Ligunya, argues that the tests were discriminatory, and in violation of Kenya's constitution. 

The two men also allege they were made to take tests for HIV and hepatitis at a hospital in Mombasa after police arrested them in February 2015 on suspicion of homosexual activity.

Homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

The case has been adjourned to 13 June when the High Court will make a ruling. 

Read: Where is it illegal to be gay? 

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

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Many South Africans have taken to social media to celebrate the announcement that the national broadcaster will play 90% of local music, saying it will help to showcase the country's musical diversity.

SABC, which has about 30 million daily listeners to its radio stations, says the decision comes after extensive consultations with those involved in the country's music industry.

Stations here have been criticised in the past for playing mostly Western music and not supporting local artists.

Although the SABC's decision is for a three-month trial period - after which it will decide whether to make it permanent, depending on what listeners say - industry insiders are hoping that it will help boost the profiles of local artists.

South African musicians often perform with musicians from other parts of the continent, so this will be a chance for those collaborations to be heard at home.

The new playlists will include music in a number of the country's 11 official languages and various genres.

It's great news for local artists, who stand to profit from a boost in sales of their music.

And for many listeners too, the decision seems to have struck the right note.

Two workers have died after a collapse at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.

BBC Africa Sport’s Leocadia Bongben in Yaounde says a section of the stadium was being renovated ahead of November’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Cameroon. 

She says other workers are reported to be injured. 

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Most people on the BBC Africa Facebook page, external have welcomed the decision by South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC, to play 90% of local music on its radio stations, though some have their doubts. 

Terina Francis, external says 

Christopher Dembetembe, external expresses a similar view:

Ton Kha Lee, external, who studied in Nigeria, is a little sceptical:

L'sizo Chriss Mnqaba, external, who studied in South Africa, is opposed to it:

People in the audience at the anti-corruption summit in London are asking questions – this activist from Cameroon wants more transparency about Africa’s hidden assets around the world:

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Senegal’s Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba put the amount at $60bn (£41bn):  

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He urged the summit to set a deadline for the recovery of the money so that it could be used for development in Africa. 

Mr Kaba suggested that period should be within three years. 

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been condemned by a leading rights group for inviting his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir to his inauguration, despite the fact that he is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Darfur. 

Human Rights Watch researcher Maria Burnett said in a statement that Mr Museveni has banned social media,detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye and was tarnishing his inauguration further by welcoming Mr Bashir. 

She added:

Mr Bashir denies the charges, and says the ICC is a political tool of Western powers. Uganda and nearly all other African states have agreed that not to to execute the ICC's arrest warrant for him. 

The Ugandan government's media officers had tweeted his arrival for the inauguration:  

Mo Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese mobile communications entrepreneur who made billions from investing in Africa, has addressed the anti-corruption summit being hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron in London.  

He emphasised that people should not be able to hide behind front companies:

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is on the current panel at the summit. Referring to recent problems in Mozambique after the country had not declared debts of more than $1bn (£690m), she said that more transparency and integrity was needed:

For more on the situation in Mozambique, read Lerato Mbele's piece: Is there something fishy about Mozambique's debt? 

The decision by South Africa's broadcaster to play 90% of local music has been welcomed by many people on Twitter: 

If you want to watch live coverage of the anti-corruption summit here in London you can follow the sessions here:

The UK Prime Minister David Cameroon is currently taking questions at the conference.

His government has announced that foreign firms that own property in the UK will have to declare their assets publicly in a bid to stamp out money-laundering.

Companies will have to be on a new register if they hold property or want to compete for government contracts.

Read the BBC News story for more.

Isa Sanusi
BBC Africa, Abuja

Some fuel stations in Nigeria have already begun to sell petrol at prices dictated by the market (see 09:24 post).

Many here in the capital, Abuja, started last night after the announcement that the subsidy had been scrapped. 

Only stations owned by the state-run NNPC firm are selling at the old price until they exhaust their current stock.

And fuel is likely to be more expensive in northern Nigeria because of the cost of transporting it there.

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Tanzania's former President Jakaya Kitwete has tweeted about an historic bypass heart operation performed at the country's main referral hospital in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam:

"Maendeleo" means progress or development in Swahili.

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Two pieces of aircraft debris found on beaches in Mauritius and South Africa almost certainly came from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, say Malaysian and Australian officials.

It is the latest development in efforts to solve the mystery of the aircraft, which went missing in March 2014.

The plane, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished.

It is presumed to have crashed into the sea after veering off course.

Read the full BBC story here

Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has just been sworn in for a fifth term by the chief justice. 

He has also been handed the instruments of power - the constitution, the coat of arms, the flag and the shield and sword, which is the symbol of the army. 

He is now inspecting the guard of honour.