Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala

All roads leading to the Kololo Independence Grounds here the capital, Kampala, are blocked by police and army - so ordinary people have to walk:

And the man of the moment is finally here, so the swearing-in of President Yoweri Museveni for his fifth term in office is about to start.

Isa Sanusi
BBC Africa, Abuja

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Nigeria’s Labour Congress is opposed to the announcement last night that the government is to scrap the fuel subsidy.

An attempt to remove it in 2012 led to nationwide protests, forcing the government at the time to backtrack on its plans.

Residents in the main northern city of Kano, interviewed by the BBC Hausa service this morning, were also vehemently against the price hike which will see fuel selling for 145 naira ($.072, £0.50).

This is up from 86 naira – though on the black market recently petrol has been selling for three times that amount.

This is because since January the country has been suffering from a chronic shortage of fuel – one of the worst ever experienced.

Nigeria’s state oil firm, the NNPC, said this was because the licensed importers have found it difficult to source US dollars at the official exchange rate to pay for the fuel on international markets.

The subsidy costs the government 1.3bn naira ($6.5m) a day.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to power a year ago, has been against the removal as a hike in the fuel price will affect the whole economy and most homes and businesses depend on generators for electricity.

But the World Bank has long been pushing for it be cut.

The subsidy has also be hugely controversial over the years as scams have shown Nigeria pays out more on subsidies than the country actually consumes.

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has welcomed a decision of the national broadcaster to play 90% of local music across its 18 radio stations from today. 

The party said, external the SABC's decision would promote African culture, and empower local artists. 

South Africa's media rules require it to play 60% of local music, but it has decided to go further following intense lobbying by local artists.

The SABC is expected to focus mainly on playing jazz, kwaito, and gospel music.  

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Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Ten more Ethiopian children held captive by a South Sudanese armed group have been freed, bringomg to 29 the number rescued, a state-linked Ethiopia broadcaster is reporting. 

Fana Broadcasting Corporation showed a picture of an Ethiopian soldier disembarking from a helicopter, carrying one of the children with him. 

More than 200 people were killed and about 125 children abducted when members of South Sudan's Murle community carried out a cross-border raid in Ethiopia's Western Gambella region on 15 April.   

The Ethiopian army entered South Sudan in pursuit of the attackers and initially said that it had surrounded the remote area where the children were being held. 

But the children were freed without any fighting, after South Sudanese officials entered into talks with the abductors to secure the release of all the children. 

Members of the Murle community have previously been accused of carrying out raids on the rival Nuer community, stealing cattle and children to raise as their own. 

Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will be sworn today for a controversial fifth term at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital, Kampala. 

Cultural groups are already entertaining the crowd at the packed the stadium. Yellow, the colour of the ruling party, can be seen everywhere. 

 The 71-year-old Mr Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for three decades, has not yet arrived.

Several African leaders - including Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, South Africa's Jacob Zuma, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Tanzania's John Magufuli - will be at the ceremony. 

Social media has been blocked since yesterday. Opposition leader Kizza Besigye was also arrested and flown to the north-eastern Karamoja region.

He had denounced Mr Museveni's 61% victory as a sham, saying the poll was rigged. 

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