Summary

  • Outrage as Mugabe's son-in-law gets top job

  • Nigerian 'babies among 11 kidnapped for ransom'

  • Zambia's main opposition leader arrested

  • American woman killed in unrest-hit Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia-Djibouti railway line officially opens

  • Nigeria's leader orders sale of presidential jets

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Dickens Olewe, Farouk Chothia and Lamine Konkobo

  1. Song flown to Paris

    Leocadia Bongben
    BBC Sport in Yaounde

    Rigobert SongAFP

    The 40-year-old's family has thanked Cameroonians for their support

    Cameroon's legendary footballer Rigobert Song waved to the crowd as he was taken away from a hospital in the capital, Yaounde, to the airport to fly to Paris for treatment.

    Song was rushed to hospital on Sunday after suffering "cerebral hemorrhage", his doctors said. 

    Cameroon's health minister, Andre Mama Foudam told journalists that Song was being taken to Pitie Salpetriere hospital in Paris following the intervention of President Paul Biya:

    I am grateful to the head of state for instructing the government to take the necessary measures to ensure that Song recovers.

    We hail the professionalism of medical doctors in Cameroon and we appeal to all to have confidence in the health system in Cameroon."

    Meanwhile, Song's bother, Alexandre Song, expressed gratitude to Cameroonians for their love and support.

    “At this moment my family is living difficult times. We are touched by the love and support of Cameroonians and elsewhere.

    We wish that those who tarnish the image of Song, publishing rumours and indecent photos, think about us and the children who are reading. Let’s uphold our dignity."

  2. 'Petrol bombs' at South African campus

    Protesting students have thrown petrol bombs and have started fires at South Africa's University of Cape Town (UCT), a university statement says. 

    One security guard was injured, and police used stun grenades to quell the unrest, it added. 

    This is the latest unrest to hit campuses over a government proposal to increase tuition fees by up to eight percent next year. 

    The statement said that students threw stones at security staff and stormed a building, breaking doors and windows. 

    it added: 

    Several petrol bombs were also thrown starting fires in the P9 parking area outside the Steve Biko Students’ Union building.

    Protesters then ran amok on upper campus setting several fires. Security tried to extinguish the fires and attempted to disperse the group. One security officer was injured.

    The protesters are demanding free education, disrupting classes at many universities since the government proposed the fee increase on 19 September. 

    A local media is tweeting about the protest: 

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  3. Nigeria to sell presidential jets

    President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at the Plaza Hotel, September 21, 2016 in New York City.AFP

    Mr Buhari took office last year with a promise to tackle corruption

    Nigeria has put up two of its 10 presidential jets for sale as a part of a campaign to cut down on "waste", a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari has said. 

    Newspaper advertisements for the sale of a Falcon 7X executive jet and a Hawker 4000 had been authorised by the presidency, Garba Shehu said in a statement. 

    He added that the move to cut down the presidential fleet was "by no means complete".

    Some of the other presidential aircraft would be handed to the Nigerian Air Force to boost its operations, Mr Shehu said.   

  4. Today's wise words

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    The pear baked in ash makes the king eat ash."

    An Igbo proverb sent by Chima Chiazor Coscen, Obior, Delta State, Nigeria

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