Aliou Sall, brother of Senegalese President Macky Sall, has quickly become a political liability for the government with critics describing him as a symbol of nepotism, an investigation by the Jeune Afrique newspaper reveals, external. 

The key word here is "symbol", but the paper says that it does not reflect the reality.

According to Jeune Afrique, the 47-year-old Aliou Sall is an influential man in his own right. He is the mayor of a district of Dakar, the capital, and a successful businessman with high-profile connections. 

And that's exactly the problem, says Jeune Afrique, as "Mr Brother" is now the punchbag of anyone with a nasty comment to offer against President Sall.

But the paper concludes that there is no evidence of corruption against him.

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Kenya's cartoonist Gado has replaced his daily caricature with an imaginary satirical missive from the African Union warning about travel to the United States of America. 

It's intended to mimic the travel warnings issued by Western governments to various countries on the continent when trouble breaks out.

The faux statement concerns the police shooting of black men and the tension building up ahead of the US presidential elections. 

South Africa's Education Minister Blade Nzimande has said that a small group of students are trying to spread "anarchy" during violent protests against a proposed rise in tuition fees, the AP news agency reports.

It adds that Mr Nzimande said that the initially peaceful demonstrations had been hijacked.

Some of the country's top universities are due to re-open this week after they were closed as a result of the protests.

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Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper is reporting that the country's Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed is in the running for the African Union chairperson post. 

The incumbent Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who was expected to step down in July during the African Union summit in Rwanda's capital, Kigali decided to stay on until the next summit after the three candidates running for the position failed to get a two-thirds majority.

A famous Nigerian actress, Rahama Sadau, has been expelled by the Hausa indigenous film industry known as Kannywood, after she featured in a music video which they say was "immoral". 

The Kannywood star appeared in the video with popular singer, Classiq, in a song titled I Love You.

In the film you can see her being hugged by Classiq.

The statement from the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (Moppan) says that Ms Sadau was "hugging and cuddling the music artist" in clear violation of code of the conduct "known to all practitioners".  

It goes on to say that the body would not tolerate behaviour that goes against the conduct and ethics governing the industry. 

The statement also says that they hope the expulsion would serve as a "deterrent for other actors and actresses" and urged them to be ambassadors of the society they represent.

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Gabon's opposition has followed through on its promise to boycott a national unity government proposed by President Ali Bongo.

As a result, the 40-member cabinet unveiled over the weekend by Prime Minister Emmanuel Issozet Ngondet features only one member of the opposition, Bruno Ben Moubamba. 

Mr Moubamba, a little-known opposition figure, polled less than 1% of the vote in August's controversial presidential election. 

The leading opposition candidate, Jean Ping, who maintains his rejection of Mr Bongo's victory, has stayed away from the government. 

President Bongo beat Mr Ping by less than 6,000 votes.

However Mr Moubamba's inclusion in the new government could be seen as a blow to the opposition that now appears a little less united than before. 

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Ghana's former President Jerry Rawlings has been named chairperson of a foundation that will collect funds for the construction of a memorial in celebration of the political legacy of Thomas Sanakara, the former left-wing revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso. 

President Sankara, a champion of a radical form of African renaissance, was killed in a coup in 1987 after leading Burkina Faso for four years during which he promoted transparency in public office and a populist agenda based on the involvement of the masses. 

Mr Rawlings, who led Ghana during the same period was a close Sankara ally and a personal friend. 

His government severed ties with Burkina Faso following Sankara's assassination.

The proposed memorial is estimated to cost around $8m (£6.2m) and will be funded by small contributions from supporters of the former Burkinabe president.

The memorial will include a museum.

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A doctor at a hospital in the Ethiopian town where people were killed during a protest at a religious ceremony on Sunday said that more than 100 people died, the Bloomberg news agency is reporting, external.

The government had put the death toll at 52.

Bloomberg says that the people were either drowned or "crushed to death".

It said the deaths occurred as people were running away from armoured vehicles which were being used to disperse the crowds.

“Around 100 people died and some people are saying there are also a lot of people buried under water,” the doctor told Bloomberg from Bishoftu. 

“We are expecting more.” He said that he had not yet seen anyone who had died from bullet wounds.

Ethiopia has begun three days of national mourning for those who died.

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Anthony Irungu
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Today is World Habitat Day, designated by the UN to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. 

I'm at the exact spot where a building collapsed in April in the Huruma area of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, killing 52 people. 

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The problems facing Huruma residents resonate across Africa’s informal settlements, as a result of rapid urbanisation, that unfortunately has not been planned for.  

The authorities are planning to demolish several blocks of flats here, but despite the obvious dangers, many people have refused to move.     

“This is my home, I can’t move, we have lost relatives but we choose to forget, the drainage is poor and there is no water,” a resident of Huruma told me. 

A BBC reporter in Cameroon says that plans are being made to evacuate former international footballer Rigobert Song to France.

He is currently in hospital in Yaounde after what some reports say was a stroke, others have described it as a bleed on the brain.

A family member told the BBC that he was unconscious.

Song played for Cameroon more than 100 times, including appearing at four World Cup finals and eight Africa Cup of Nations finals.

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Delegates at a meeting of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have been debating whether to allow countries to trade their ivory stockpiles.

Namibia and Zimbabwe have put forward a proposal to that effect, but it has come into criticism from others who argue that it would encourage poaching.

Kenya recently set fire to its huge ivory stockpile of more than 100 tonnes in a symbolic move against the trade in ivory.

CITES is tweeting that the proposal has been rejected at committee stage:

Protests against a proposed increase in university tuition fees are continuing at South Africa's University of Cape Town. 

Eyewitness News has been sharing tweets about the protests. It has shared pictures and videos from the university showing students gathering. 

In one video, it shows a student who has refused to join in the march and had been calling his colleagues "future unemployed youths":

President Jacob Zuma has called for a meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis, the report adds:

Kenyan police have arrested 40 Oromos for holding an illegal meeting in a public park in the capital, Nairobi, the privately-owned Daily Nation newspaper reports, external. 

The paper quotes Gigiri area police boss Vitalis Otieno saying that the police were called to the area after the group became rowdy. 

"Some of them are in the country illegally... we are interrogating them and scrutinising their documents,” he added.   

The group's leader however said that they had notified county officials about the meeting and paid the required fee, the report says.

Former Cameroonian international Rigobert Song is in hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke, the Press Association is reporting.

Song, who played for Liverpool and West Ham, and a coach employed by Cameroon's national football federation, was taken to hospital in Yaounde, Cameroon.

A member of Son'gs family told a BBC reporter in Cameroon that he was unconscious.

Former team-mates of his have been sending their best wishes:

Samuel Eto'o tweeted in French: "I wish you courage and a speedy recovery big brother."

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Ethiopians are observing three days of national mourning after at least 52 people died during a protest at a religious festival in the Oromia region on Sunday.

There is a dispute over what caused the deaths.

A statement on Ethiopia's state broadcaster said the mourning is to "commemorate innocent citizens who lost their lives because of the violence instigated by anti-peace forces".

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn earlier blamed rioters for the "mayhem" which led to a stampede.

Opposition activists say the panic was caused when security forces fired teargas and bullets into the large crowd which had gathered for a thanksgiving ceremony.

They also say that the death toll is far higher than the official figure of 52.

There has been months of tension in Ethiopia's Oromia region after a series of protests in which Oromo people have been complaining of political and economic marginalisation.

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