Human ancestor Lucy "probably died falling from an Ethiopian tree"
Tanzanian opposition politician Edward Lowassa arrested
Kenya grants bail to 'Rio fiasco' officials
South African school faces backlash over 'racist hair rule'
Second marathon runner from Ethiopia makes protest sign
Tanzania bans two FM radio stations
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Bono and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, have visited a camp of 2.3 million displaced people in north-eastern Nigeria.
Aid agencies have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency.
Bono: "I wasn't prepared to see a nine-year-old child bride, with all her friends who are child brides"
Sammy Awami
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania's government has temporarily banned two FM radio stations for allegedly insulting President John Magufuli and inciting violence in the country.
Magic FM, based in Dar Es Salaam, and Radio Five, which broadcasts from Arusha, are to be investigated by the information ministry.
It comes a few weeks after the government banned the newspaper Mseto for publishing “false information” as tension rises ahead of countrywide rallies planned by the opposition for Thursday.
President Magufuli banned all rallies after he won power last year, but the opposition Chadema party says it plans to go ahead.
It wants to protest against new cybercrime laws it says infringes the freedom of expression, the sacking of public officials without due process and the ban on political activities.
Read more: Tanzania's cybercrime laws
Image source, AFPThe banned radio stations are both privately owned
We reported earlier about the controversy in South Africa after a school in the capital, Pretoria, is alleged to have insisted that black students straighten their hair.
These pictures show people gathered outside the school in question, Pretoria Girls High:
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A local newspaper has counted the police vehicles present:
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Inside, Panyaza Lesufi, the provincial education minister, is meeting students, tweets Virginia Keppler from The Citizen newspaper:
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Another journalist at the meeting, Macdonald Thobang, is tweeting girls' accounts of other racism at the school:
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More on the Kenya’s “Rio fiasco” – the chairman of Kenya’s Olympic committee, Kipchoge Keino, has told the BBC’s John Nene that he refuses to resign from his job.
This is despite the fact that the government has disbanded the committee and arrested three of his associates over the alleged mismanagement of the Olympic team (see earlier post).
“I'm innocent, sijaiba chochote [I have stolen nothing]” he said as arrived back from Rio this morning at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the capital, Nairobi.
He was dismissive of the sports minister's decision to dissolve the Olympic committee, saying it should be the minister, Hassan Wario, who should resign over his "ineptitude".
Mr Keino, a two-time Olympic champion, won the inaugural Olympic Laurel in Rio for his contribution to education, development and peace through sport.
Image source, Getty ImagesKipchoge Keino received the Olympic Laurel during the opening of the Rio Games
The East African Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution to make Swahili an official language of the East African Community (EAC), reports Tanzania's Citizen Newspaper, external.
The newspaper goes on to say that the legislators agreed that the change was "long overdue" as the language "played a big role in uniting the people" of East Africa.
The next stage is that the EAC treaty will have to be amended, says the Citizen.
Three top officials of the disbanded National Olympics Committee of Kenya (Nock) are expected to appear in court today to answer to the charges of alleged mismanagement of the country’s team in Rio.
The head of the delegation, Stephen Soi, his deputy James Chacha and Francis K Paul, Nock’s secretary general, were arrested over the weekend as part of an investigation ordered by the president into what has been dubbed Kenya’s “Rio fiasco”.
They face criticism for kits not turning up and other arrangements for the team, including putting up some athletes in a shanty town after the closure of the Olympic village where they could hear gunshots.
Despite all this Kenya was Africa's most successful side in Rio, as some cartoonists point out:
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And here's an athlete taking a swipe at Mr Soi.
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One of the most outspoken critics of Kenya's Olympic arrangements was Wesley Korir, an independent MP and marathon runner.
He blamed Kenyan officials for his failure to complete the marathon, saying they mixed up his drink with Stanley Biwott's.
"I was given Stanley's and he was given mine caused both of us to have some serious stomach problems," he was quoted as saying.
Car lovers are posting their pictures of yesterday's car show in Ghana's capital, Accra:
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But Prime News says that, external looking at the type of cars on display "you will wonder if Ghanaians are really poor as we say".
Grillz made a similar point on Twitter
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And Simon in Accra adds:
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YFM reports, external that this is the second Accra Auto Show.
A week after marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa won silver for Ethiopia at the Olympics - making headlines forcrossing his hands above his head as he finished the race, a second Ethiopia runner has won the Quebec City Marathon in a similar fashion.
The gesture is made by Ethiopia's Oromo people who have suffered brutal police crackdowns.
A Twitter account in the Canadian city tweeted the moment Ebisa Ejigu won the race in 2:30:40:
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Mr Ebisa is a regular on the Canadian running scene, the Canadian Running Magazine reports, external.
He has listed his place of residence at Toronto since June, the magazine quotes the website Sports Stat as saying.
Mr Feyisa has not returned to Ethiopia since his protest, saying he fears for his life or could faceprison for making.
Read more: Endurance test for Ethiopian runner and What is behind Ethiopia's protests?
Gabon's government newspaper is leading with the nation waiting for the result of Saturday's presidential election:
Image source, L'unionIt adds that the result is expected on Tuesday.
But one of the main contenders, veteran diplomat Jean Ping, has already claimed victory and alleged electoral fraud.
He is running against incumbent Ali Bongo whose family has been in power for nearly 50 years.
The head African Union election observer mission in Gabon, Casam Uteem, told the BBC "so long as as the results are not made official, I don't think anybody can claim victory at this stage".
Aid agencies are warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria caused by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency.
Yesterday Nigeria’s richest man, the businessman Aliko Dangote, along with the Irish rock star Bono visited camps where some of the 2.5 million displaced by the fighting are now sheltering.
Mr Dangote told the BBC's Nigeria correspondent Martin Patience that the international community should give Nigeria help:
Quote MessageIf we don’t rebuild their homes, their schools, their lives, two million people could actually become a danger to the world."
Bono said he was there because this story of malnutrition not getting out.
Quote MessageFifty thousand children are going to die round here if they don’t get what the UN is looking for.
He added:
Quote MessageThese are just abstract concepts until you meet a malnourished child and until you meet a child bride and you think - oh that’s the face of Boko Haram, it's not men in battle fatigues out in the bush, it’s what they leave behind."
Our correspondent has been tweeting people's reactions to the pair's visit:
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The hashtag #StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh, external is trending in South Africa as a school in the capital, Pretoria, faces a backlash for allegedly telling black school pupils to straighten their hair.
Videos and photographs of pupils protesting at Pretoria Girls High School - some sporting Afros - went viral over the weekend.
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A petition, external, which has 5,000 signatures so far, has been set up asking the authorities to investigate the school:
Quote MessageLearners at Pretoria High school are demanding that racist practices at the school are brought to an end. Girls attending the school have been forced to straighten their hair; are accused of conspiring when standing in groups and face other intolerable comments and actions."
The provincial education minister is to visit the school this morning to look into the controversy.
The BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says Panyaza Lesufi has a no-nonsense attitude when it comes to such things.
He has shut down schools judged to be racist in the past, she says.
Today's African proverb:
Quote MessageIf your enemy has thrown the only spear he had at you, it means that he doesn't fear you."
Sent by Vairi Natale Gbiiti in Tombura, South Sudan
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The Kenya Wildlife Service hits the nail on the head this morning:
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