Sammy Awami
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam

Immigration officials in Tanzania are holding five people on suspicion of trafficking women to Asia and the Middle East. The suspects are from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kenya and two from Tanzania. 

Chief Immigration Officer John Msumule said they arrested the suspects in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. They were travelling with 12 girls from Burundi

Mr Msumule described the arrest as significant in a war against human trafficking in Tanzania.

The Tanzanian government announced last week that more than 500 women were stranded in Asia and the Middle East after being lured to non-existent jobs by traffickers. 

Barry Steenkamp, the father of Reeva Steenkamp, murdered by Oscar Pistorius, has given testimony in court for the first time.

He was appearing at Pistorius' sentencing hearing.

Mr Steenkamp broke down and struggled to speak as he described how the family have been coping.

There has been a lot of reaction on social media:

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Seven Kenyan lawmakers in all are caught up in the hate speech allegations.

There are three MPs from the governing Jubilee coalition:

• Moses Kuria 
• Kimani Ngunjiri 
• Ferdinand Waititu

And three MPs and one senator from the Cord opposition alliance:

• Junet Mohammed 
• Aisha Jumwa
• Johnson Muthama 
• Timothy Bosire

On Sunday, Mr Kuria is alleged to have talked about the killing of opposition leader Raila Odinga in the Kikuyu language. He has since denied he made these remarks.

The other Jubilee MPs are alleged to have made similar remarks.

The Cord parliamentarians held a press conference on Monday and called on the party's supporters to protect the leadership as the state were not able to do it.

The police have said this amounted to hate speech.

The four are currently giving evidence at a police station in the capital, Nairobi.

The three Jubilee MPs made statements last night.

The BBC's David Wafula photographed Johnson Muthama arriving to talk to the police this morning:

The father of murdered South African model Reeva Steenkamp has given testimony in court for the first time since she was shot dead by athlete, Oscar Pistorius.

Barry Steenkamp struggled to speak through tears as he described the impact of the killing three years ago.

Mr Steenkamp was too unwell to attend the original trial. 

BBC reporters have been tweeting about his testimony today:

Immigration authorities in Tanzania have told the BBC that they have arrested a man suspected of trafficking women to Asia and the Middle East. 

The man, from Saudi Arabia, was arrested with 12 girls from Burundi in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. 

This comes after the government announcement last week that 500 Tanzanian girls who travelled to the Middle East and Asia for work had complained of being mistreated. 

The BBC's John Solombi in Dar es Salaam says the girls were promised employment but it didn't materialise and many ended up in sex work or as domestic servants and barmaids.

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South African Henri van Breda is due in court over the killing of members of his family last year, the News24 website, external reports. 

Police say he handed himself in on Monday.

Mr van Breda faces three counts of murder and one of attempted murder.

News24 says that in January last year Martin van Breda, his wife Teresa and son Rudi were murdered with an axe.

Image source, News24

Six Kenyan MPs are due to appear in court over allegations of hate speech.

On Sunday, an MP aligned to the governing Jubilee coalition, allegedly called for the assassination of the former prime minister and opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Opposition MPs responded with similar comments.

The head of Kenya police's CID division Ndegwa Muhoro told journalists that the police will arrest anyone who propagates hate speech.

A Kenyan newspaper led with the allegations in this morning's edition:

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