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We leave you this image from our selection of some of the best pictures from the continent this week. It's of a race to reach the Emir's palace in Kano, northern Nigeria, which was part of the Eid festivities.

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South Sudan's Education Minister Deng Yai has been talking to the BBC Focus on Africa radio about what happened in Juba today.

He said that President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar were holding a meeting at the presidential palace when the shooting broke out.

They were discussing Thursday's incident when five soldiers loyal to the president were shot by troops loyal to the vice-president.

Mr Yai said the killing was a result of a misunderstanding.

He added: "The leaders were trying to resolve what happened [on Thursday] and establish a mechanism to stop a repeat of such incidents".

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Here's a summary of events in Juba this afternoon:

• Gunfire was first heard around 5.30pm local time (14:30GMT)
• It was taking place close to the presidential palace where President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar were about to hold a press conference
• It is not yet clear who was doing the shooting in South Sudan's capital, Juba, and who it was targeted at
• The president has called for calm
• It came a day after five soldiers loyal to President Kiir were shot dead by troops loyal to the vice-president
• The two men are in a government of national unity which came into existence with a peace deal that ended the more than two-year-long civil war
• Tomorow sees the country mark five years of independence, but there are no official celebrations because of a lack of money.

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Tulanana Bohela
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam

The High Court in Tanzanian has made a landmark ruling that outlaws marriage under the age of 18, without exceptions.

It has given the government one year to correct the anomaly and make 18 the minimum marriage age for both boys and girls. 

Previously, Tanzanian law set the minimum age at 18 years for boys and 15 years for girls, and girls as young as 14 were married off with parental consent. 

This is a big victory for child rights groups who will now have an easier time rescuing girls caught up in cultural obligations.

People in South Sudan's capital, Juba, are now tweeting that the shooting has ended for now.

A local radio station posted this video that it says was taken shortly before things stopped: 

Others are also tweeting that things are now quiet:

The death of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, who disappeared while representing a client who was making a complaint against the police, has sparked mass protest in the capital Nairobi. 

And activists say the police are behind many more such deaths length.

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The head of the Care aid agency in South Sudan has tweeted a message as fighting resumed in the capital, Juba:

South Sudan TV has urged residents to be calm and to stay in their houses, according to the AP news agency.

Gunfire was earlier reported outside the presidential palace, a day after clashes between soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar, leaving five dead.

In a statement on Friday, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission that monitors the cease-fire said the recent fighting in many parts of the country could be in `"flagrant violation'' of the peace deal, and it said security in the capital was "deteriorating," AP reports. 

There are several people tweeting that helicopters can been seen overhead in Juba following shooting in South Sudan's capital near the presidential palace.

We had one earlier and here's another:

One man who works for the UN has tweeted a short video in which you can hear gun fire in the background and a voice saying that people should stay indoors:

Meanwhile at the presidential palace, a journalist is tweeting that the mobile phone network is down:

We reported earlier that the former Nigerian national football coach Sunday Oliseh had been tweeting about how he was owed money by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). 

The NFF has responded:

One journalist who was in South Sudan's presidential palace as the shooting broke out has been tweeting:

He was waiting for a press conference from President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar:

A resident in Juba has tweeted that he can hear helicopters flying overhead:

The shooting in South Sudan's capital, Juba, occurred near the presidential palace as President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar were about to give a press conference in the building.

A local news station says that the men continued with the conference: 

The gunfire heard in South Sudan's capital, Juba, has been taking place close to the presidential palace.

President Slva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar - on opposing sides during the recently ended civil war - were holding a press conference at the palace when the fighting broke out, a local journalist has told the BBC.

Mr Kiir's SPLA and Mr Machar's opposition SPLA-IO, which fought during the conflict lasting more than two years, have forces in the area near the presidential palace, a witness told the Reuters news agency. 

We reported earlier about Federico Rosa, an Italian coach who has been arraigned in court on accusations of helping Kenyan athletes take performance enhancing drugs. 

Kenyan athlete Asbel Kiprop, a three-time 1500m World Champion and former Olympic Champion has come to the defence of Mr Rosa on a Facebook post: 

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has urged people to stay calm as shooting has broken out in the capital, Juba, the Reuters news agency is reporting.

Witnesses in South Sudan's capital, Juba, have told the BBC that fierce fighting has broken out once again.

The fighting is reportedly happening in different neighbourhoods, but it is not clear who is shooting at who.

On Thursday evening five soldiers were killed by fighters loyal to the Vice-President Riek Machar.

There is currently a government of national unity after the end of a two-year civil war.

Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Bindura, Zimbabwe

People are gathering for a rally in Bindura, about 80km (50 miles) north of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, where President Robert Mugabe is expected to give his first public address since Wednesday's nationwide stay .

The crowd are enjoying some entertainment while they wait:

US pop diva Madonna is visiting Malawi with her children, David Banda and Mercy James, who she adopted from the country. 

She is overseeing her latest project, a 50-bed surgical unit for children at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in the commercial capital, Blantyre, the AFP news agency reports. 

She has been sharing her visit on social media: 

Tulanana Bohela
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's high court today has made a landmark ruling setting the minimum age for marriage for women at 18 years - the same as for men. 

This is being seen as a major step towards combating child marriage in the country.

The court ruled that a 1971 law saying that women could get married at 15 was unconstitutional.

Zimbabwe's science minister and member of the governing Zanu-PF's politburo has tweeted a warning to phone and internet companies:

Hokoyo is a Shona word meaning "beware" or "watch out".

The warning comes after Wednesday's nationwide stay away to protest at the lack of jobs and unpaid wages was organised through the messaging site WhatsApp.

But it was not clear which group was behind it and the authorities have not been able to trace who has been sending the messages.

Further protests have been called for next week.