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And we leave you with this picture of a retailer selling colourful cloths, external at the Al Hutaib Emporium in Uhuru Street in Tanzania's city of Dar es Salaam:

Naziru Mikailu
BBC Abuja editor

A faction of Nigeria's main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of its interim leader, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, for another year, despite the fact that its annual convention had to be abandoned today.

Police blocked delegates gathering at the venue in the southern city of Port Harcourt following a court ruling cancelling the event - a case brought by another faction of the party.

Splits in the PDP mean there are two leaders, and the other camp supports former Borno state governor Ali Madu Sheriff.

Not to be dissuaded by the police, some PDP officials in Port Harcourt met elsewhere to show their support for Mr Makarfi.

He told the BBC Hausa Service: 

The party descended into chaos immediately after losing last year's general elections.  

See earlier post for more details

Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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At least one person has been killed and several others injured in clashes between the security forces and protesters in Mali’s capital, Bamako.

The violence started after supporters of a radio pundit, who was arrested on Monday, gathered outside a court where he was making an appearance.

Popularly known as Ras Bath, he has criticised the Malian army and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in recent days.

Police are reported to have fired tear gas at the protesters after they threw stones and set vehicles alight.

Flamboyant Kenyan athlete Ezekiel Kemboi has announced his retirement, hours after winning bronze in the 3,000m steeplechase, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper is reporting. 

His compatriot Conseslus Kipruto won the race in Rio, breaking the Olympic record. Kemboi is a two-time Olympic champion.

He will also be remembered for his famous jig in 2013 in Daegu, South Korea, after winning the race.

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Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto won gold and set a new Olympic record in the men's 3,000m beating compatriot Ezekiel Kemboi who came third. 

Surprisingly, no Kenyan qualified for the 5,000m final. 

South Africa's Caster Semenya also eased through the women's 800m semifinals amidst controversy that has dogged her. She'll need the same steely performance tomorrow to brush off the negative press she's getting. 

There are several events tonight, the headliner is Kenya's Julius Yego, who is the Javelin world champion. Here's a list of other events to look out for:

Men’s Javelin Qualifiers starts at 19:30 GMT

(Anyone throwing more that throws more than 83 m or the next best 12 performers qualify for Saturday’s final)

• South Africa’s Rocco Van Rooyen
• Kenya’s Julius Yego (reigning World Champion)
• Ghana’s John Ampomah

Women’s 100m Hurdles semi-finals start at 11:45 GMT

• Nigeria’s Oluwatonilola Amusan

(First 2 in each heat and the next fastest 2 from the three semi-finals progress to the final later on Wednesday at 01:55 GMT)

Women’s Long jump FINAL starts at 00:15 GMT

• Nigeria’s Ese Brume

Men’s 200m semi-finals  01:05 GMT

HEAT 2:

• Nigeria’s Ejowvokoghene ‘Divine’ ODUDURU

(First 2 in each heat and the next fastest 2 from the three semi-finals progress to Thursday’s final)

Women’s 200m FINAL 01:30 GMT:

• Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou

Women’s 100m FINAL 01:55 GMT

• Semi-finals are earlier in the evening

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk sensationally broke the 400m world record and won an Olympic gold medal on Sunday, finishing in 43.03 seconds - 0.15 quicker than the time Michael Johnson clocked in Seville in 1999.

BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Okwoche caught up with the 24-year-old to discuss the race and how seven-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, with whom he has spent time in Jamaica, gave him huge confidence.  

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Today's announcement by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) that they will vote together in mayoral elections in three South African cities is a crushing blow for the governing African National Congress (ANC).  

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It means the party which liberated South Africans from apartheid is likely to lose control of the commercial capital, Johannesburg, despite the fact that it won the highest number of votes in the city in the 3 August local government elections, albeit without an outright majority.  

The opposition parties said they did not enter into a formal coalition agreement but have instead agreed to work together against what they described as an arrogant and corrupt ANC.

EFF leader Julius Malema held his media briefing in the poor shanty town of Setswetla in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. 

And the DA was in Sandton, the richest square mile in Africa. The difference couldn't have been starker moving from one press conference to the other. 

Mr Malema said he harboured no grudge against President Jacob Zuma but he wanted him out of power because "this man is costing South Africa too much with corruption."

The ANC's refusal to agree to Mr Zuma stepping down was one of the issues which scuppered its efforts to form a coalition with the EFF in Johannesburg, the metropolitan council of Tshwane, which incorporates the capital, Pretoria, and Nelson Mandela Bay, named after one of the ANC's greatest leaders.  

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Mr Malema said the EFF would vote with the DA when councils meet to choose mayors, despite the fact that he regarded it as a "racist" party.  He described the DA as the "better devil" (see earlier post). 

This opens the way for the cities to have a non-ANC mayor for the first time since apartheid ended in 1994.   

DA leader Mmusi Maimane  told me that this could be the beginning of a coalition that would bring the ANC to below 50% in the national election due in 2019. 

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Tanzanian's president has offered to buy a disabled man a motorised tricycle after seeing him in a news report ingenuously using a bicycle to move around. 

In statement read out during a news broadcast, John Magufuli said that he will use money from his salary to buy the tricycle and hand it over in a week. 

Mr Magufuli, nicknamed the "bulldozer", has been known to make populist pronouncements since he came to office in November. 

Watch the TBC report, external (in Swahili) 

Image source, TBC

Ferdinand Omondi
BBC Africa, Mombasa

One woman I've spoken to here in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa has welcomed the decision by the authorities to ban night weddings as they have become the target of criminal gangs. 

Maryam Bakari said:

Another woman, Halima Abdalla, disagreed:

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Conseslus Kipruto has won gold for Kenya with a new Olympic record of 8.03.28 in the men’s 3000m steeple chase. 

USA’s Even Jager overtook double Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi on the final straight to win silver with Kemboi third.

Mohammed Awudu, one of the artists recently listed among Ghana's most talented, was born and raised in a slum community in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.

Now he wants to use art to turn the shanty town into an "art city".

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South Sudan's new vice-president has urged his predecessor Riek Machar to keep his political ambitions in check and help achieve peace in the country., AFP news agency reports. 

Taban Deng Gai is a former ally of Mr Machar, but broke ranks with him after a new round of violence broke out in the world's newest state in  June. 

Mr Machar left the capital, Juba, after the latest violence, resulting in President Salva Kiir sacking him as his deputy and giving the post to Mr Deng.  

Fans of South African athlete Caster Semenya have been celebrating her victory in the women's 800m heat. 

Here are some of their tweets: 

Image source, Reuters

South Africa's Caster Semenyastrides clear of the stress and straining going on behind her to win the women's 800m heat in 1:59.31 - still four seconds off her season's best.

Rana Jawad
BBC North Africa correspondent

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Libyans have taken to social media to pay their respects to prominent cartoonist, external and satirist Mohamed Dhaimish, who was known as "Alsature", which means "The Cleaver" in Arabic. 

The 60-year-old, who died at a hospital in London on Tuesday where he was being treated for an illness, was known for his staunch opposition to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

He became popular during the 2011 uprising, when the long-time Libyan leader was ousted and killed, and he continued to ridicule subsequent governments, officials and warlords.

However, over the past two years he appeared to have been drawn into the divide plaguing Libya’s political scene, and to some his work came across as more partisan. 

He was very critical of the UN-led mediation and his last Twitter profile picture depicted the UN envoy, Martin Kobler, with a Hitler moustache and words “No to Kobler” over a red cross. 

The grand mufti Sadeq Elgheriani, a top Muslim cleric, and unity government Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj were also the subjects of his recent work.

A former US ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones, tweeted:

He was profiled in 2012 by online news site the Huffington Post: The man who fought Gaddafi with pictures, external.

Image source, Nigerian consulate in Tokyo

The woes of the Nigerian men's football team have been widely reported but it looks like they could be over, well, at least for now. 

A Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu wants to reward the team after hearing about their financial difficulties.

He will pay them $20,000 (£15,350) for silver and $10,000 (£7,680) for bronze. Takasu told BBC Sport the $200,000 "is a special donation" and "it is better to deliver it to the team personally".

He added: I've made previous donations to a Japanese hockey team and other notable causes in the past but this right now with Nigeria is incredibly passionate for me.

He adds: 

Read the full story here

A British man who made news in 2005 for shooting dead a local man in his farm in Kenya has died, the Star newspaper reports, external. 

Thomas (Tom) Cholmondeley, 48, died after a surgery at a local hospital, the report says. 

He was the great-grandson of the fifth Lord Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya. 

Cholmondeley was found guilty of manslaughter but only spent eight months in prison. 

Image source, The Star

Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have fired warning shots and tear gas at demonstrators in the eastern town of Beni. 

At least one person is reported to have been killed. Hundreds of people gathered in the town's main street, burning an effigy of President Joseph Kabila. 

They said the authorities had failed to take action in response to the hacking to death of dozens of civilians on Saturday. 

The government blames the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the killings. The Islamist group, with origins in Uganda, is said to have killed hundreds of people in the Beni area in the past two years.

Image source, AP

Naziru Mikailu
BBC Abuja editor

Police in  Nigeria have sealed off the venue for the convention of the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), in the latest sign of the deep divisions which have hit the party since it lost power for the first time last year. 

A PDP official told the BBC that they have been denied entry to the Sharks football stadium in the southern city of Port Harcourt. The convention was due to start today.

The party tweeted photos of security forces, which it said had tried to block the governor of Rivers state, who is hosting the event, from leaving his office:

Two high courts have given different rulings on whether the convention can go ahead. 

Rival factions have been jostling for power for control of the party since it was voted out of office in elections last year. 

It ended the PDP's dominance of Nigerian politics since military rule ended more than 15 years ago, and has left the party struggling to chart a new course for itself.  

Read: Five ways Nigeria has changed

Image source, (Daniel Chu/Travelling Telescope

A Kenyan astronomer is travelling with her telescope to remote parts of the country to try to get girls interested in science. 

Susan Murabana's project, the Travelling telescope, external, plans to build East Africa’s first public observatory and planetarium, she told News Deeply Women and Girls Hub, an online publication, in an interview., external

She hopes the project will create jobs for science graduates in Kenya and also attract people from all over Africa. 

She says that people don’t realise how applicable astronomy is to other parts of life. 

She adds: