At least 26,000 South Sudanese have fled over the border to Uganda following recent fighting, the AFP news agency quotes the UN as saying.

Despite a cessation of hostilities between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those supporting Vice-President Riek Machar, Andreas Needham, the spokesman for the UN refugee agency, said the flow of people leaving the country has continued. 

More than 90% of the new refugees were women and children, he said.

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The Star newspaper in Kenya has shared a video showing Congolese music star Koffi Olomide , externalkicking one of his female dancers. 

The video, shot at Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, shows him walking towards a group of women and kicking one of them. 

The Star reports that the woman was targeted by the singer after she had had an altercation with another woman.

The paper also reports that the musician, who is in Kenya for a concert, has apologised to the woman. 

The hashtag #KofiOlomide , externalis trending in Kenya, with the twitterati giving their reactions:

Cameroonian goalkeeper Sammy Ndjock was caught on film making one of the worst errors imaginable for his US side Minnesota United: throwing the ball into his own net.

But his team are trying to see the lighter side of things and have produced a spoof short video suggesting that it was Ndjok's love of jam (or jelly in America) sandwiches:

Others have responded with their own jelly misfortunes:

Abdourahmane Dia
BBC Afrique

In Mali, fighting has resumed this morning in the northern town of Kidal between Tuareg rebels and the pro-government militia, Gatia.

It is still unclear who got the upper hand. Most inhabitants of the town have stayed at home or have fled to the UN military base there. 

In a statement published today, the UN mission in Mali has condemned the fighting that has "erupted between two signatories of the peace accord" and has called for an "immediate cessation of hostility".

The number of casualties has not been given by either party as the situation in Kidal is still confusing 

The city has always been considered to be the stronghold of the Tuareg separatist group, MNLA. 

Under the Algiers peace accord, each signatory's armed group is supposed to keep its positions and checkpoints until their men are redeployed. 

But the government and the UN haven't been able to move on with the disarmament programme.

In the meantime, Mali is battling a surge in militant attacks. The country is still mourning the death of 17 soldiers killed in the central city of Nampala earlier this week.

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We reported earlier about the impending judgment on a case against Feisal Mohammed, who is accused of being the leader of a poaching gang in Kenya. 

He denies the charges.

The BBC's Ferdinand Omondi is at the trial in the coastal city of Mombasa and says there's been a snag partly over the idea that the court session is being held outdoors in the grounds of the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The defence are seeking to stop the judgement arguing that verdict is being given in the premises of the complainant.

The prosecution has disputed this.

Our reporter says that as it stands it's unclear if the judgement will be made today. 

Isa Sanusi
BBC Africa, Abuja

Nigeria's army says that an unknown number of its soldiers have gone missing following an ambush by Boko Haram fighters on Thursday in Nguro Gongon, a village in north-eastern Borno state. 

A statement issued an army spokesperson, external also said 19 other soldiers were injured following the encounter with the Islamist militants 

Army spokesperson Col Sani Usman Kukasheka added that a rescue team has been deployed to the area while the injured soldiers have been taken to the state capital, Maiduguri.

The statement said that the ambush followed a successful operation to clear some Boko Haram camps.

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A Nigerian hit musical is being performed in London. 

Wakaa The Musical, was big in Lagos and it's the first Nigerian-produced musical to be performed at a London theatre.

The show follows the fate of a group of young graduates as they find their way in the world.

It aims to give audiences a taste of modern day Nigeria:

Kenyan sports people have been at state house in the capital, Nairobi, to see President Uhuru Kenyatta before they fly off to Brazil for the Rio Olympics.

The BBC's Abdinoor Aden snapped members of the rugby sevens team arriving:

Doping allegations have dogged Kenya's preparation for the Olympics, but the president said the athletes should now focus on the competition:

"Shangilia Kenya" means "cheer on Kenya".

British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe had said that South African athlete Caster Semenya's participation in next month's Olympics would be unfair. 

"Semenya will dominate the women's 800m field in the Rio Olympics to the extent it will no longer be sport," she told  BBC 5 Live radio. 

The 25-year-old South African has higher than normal testosterone levels and was asked to take a gender verification test to prove she was a woman after having won the World Championship gold medal back in 2009.

Now she is the favourite for the 800m Olympic gold.

You can listen to Radcliffe's comments here.

BBC Monitoring

Somalia's Shabelle Media Network website is reporting that suspected al-Shabab militants "have attacked a Burundi army base in the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu".

Burundian soldiers are part of the African Union mission in Somalia, Amisom.

It adds that the fighting caused heavy casualties but the exact number still remains unknown.

Al-Shabab has carried out several attacks on Amsiom army bases in the past.

Nigeria's Information Minister Lai Mohammed has just paid us a quick visit here at the Africa Live page.

We pointed out that our main headline is about President Muhammadu Buhari's comments about government talks with the Niger Delta militants. We also highlighted our proverb of the day and invited Mr Mohammed to contribute his own.

He came up with a Yoruba proverb:

Click here and scroll to the bottom to send us your African proverbs.  

Martin Patience
BBC News, Nigeria correspondent

Nigeria's Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun has said there is no need to panic as Africa's largest economy is expected to slide into recession. 

Ms Adeosun was responding to an International Monetary Fund prediction that the Nigerian economy will contract by almost 2% this year. 

The minister said that Nigeria's economy is in a tough place. 

While the country's GDP figures for the second quarter of this year have yet to be released they're expected to show that Nigeria's in recession for the first time in more than 15 years. 

Africa's largest economy has been battered by the slump in global oil prices as much of its earnings depend on oil.

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Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate for US president, gave his closing speech at the party's convention in Cleveland, Ohio. 

His 75-minute speech covered various topics with some themes touching on Africa. 

While criticising Hillary Clinton, his challenger for the presidency, he said: 

"In 2009, pre-Hillary, Isis was not even on the map. Libya was stable. Egypt was peaceful."

Mr Trump also talked about limiting immigration from countries that face challenges from terrorism: 

It wasn't the time to spell out the detail, but several African countries could be categorised as being "compromised by terrorism" including Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Somalia, Libya, Tunisia and Mali, to name a few.

Zimbabwe's government has announced the dates when civil servants will get their delayed salaries, the Herald newspaper, external reports.

A cash shortage has meant that wages have been held up.

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Earlier this month a stay away called by the #ThisFlag movement was widely observed as many had not got their pay for June. A second stay away - called after that money was released - was not so successful.  

The Herald reports that soldiers will now be paid on Monday and health workers will get their money next Wednesday..

Teachers, though, have to wait until the 2 August and other civil servants will get their pay on 6 August.

Much has been written about how people looking for honey work with birds in sub-Saharan Africa.

Birds call honey guides fly ahead of hunters and point out beehives which the hunters raid, leaving wax for the birds to eat. 

But now new findings suggest that this cooperation is a two-way conversation. 

Claire Spottiswoode from the University of Cambridge and the University of Cape Town, led the study and she spoke to BBC Newsday's Julian Keane.  

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the upsurge of militant activity in the country's oil producing Niger Delta.

Attacks on oil facilities have severely reduced Nigeria's output and threatened the fragile economy.

The militants say they want a more equal distribution of the oil wealth.

Mr Buhari confirmed earlier reports of talks and added:

This contrasts with a statement he was reported to have made in April when he was quoted as saying, external: "We will deal with the [oil militants] the way we dealt with Boko Haram."

But one of the militant groups, the Niger Delta Avengers, has denied that there are talks.

On its website it says: "We are not aware of any peace talk."

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  Read more: Why Nigeria's 'Avengers' are crippling the oil sector

A Kenyan court is set to make a ruling on ivory trafficking charges against Feisal Mommed, a suspected ringleader of an ivory smuggling gang. 

Mr Feisal is charged with trafficking in and possession of 413 pieces of ivory.

He denies the charges.

The ivory that he is alleged to have tried to smuggle is on display near where the judgement will be made in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa.

Police allege the ivory was found in a car dealership in the city in June 2014. 

The judgement is expected to given at the Kenya Wildlife Services Marine Park headquarters rather than inside a formal courtroom.

Today’s African proverb: 

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