That's all from the BBC Africa Live page today. Keep up-to-date with what's happening across the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or checking the BBC News website. 

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And we leave you with this image of a minibus taxi in South Africa's city of Cape Town.

The Kenyan force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is to be replaced after a critical report into how the crisis in July was handled (see earlier post)   

Mr Ban's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told journalists in New York that he has asked for the "immediate replacement" of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki.

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Cyclists and motorists in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, will pay parking fees for the first time according to a directive by the city officials. 

It says that monthly parking fees in Bujumbura would range from $2 for a bicycle to $60 for a big lorry.  

Buses, the main means of transport in the city of about five million people, would have to pay around $6 a month.  

This is the latest move by the government to raise money after western donors cut aid to the poor central African state last year after President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a controversial third term in office. 

The BBC's Gildas Yihundimpundu in the city says that many people fear that the fees will have a knock-on effect, and the prices of goods will rise.

Many residents battle to survive in a city where the average salary of a working person is about $80, he adds.

The government has also scrapped free scholarships for university students.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is “deeply distressed” by the highly critical report into the UN peacekeepers’ response to July’s violence in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, a statement from his office says (see earlier entry).

The report, external said:

Mr Ban acknowledged the challenges the mission, Unmiss, faced but "is, nonetheless, alarmed by the... mission's failure to fully implement its mandate to protect civilians and UN staff during the fighting," the statement from his office says.

Hundreds of people died in the fighting.

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Reno Omokri is a Nigerian pastor who runs the Africans for Trump Facebook page, external. He used to work for former President Goodluck Jonathan, but returned to the US after Nigeria's last election. 

He's been tells the BBC's Veronique Edwards that he supports Mr Trump's social conservative policies like banning abortion. He's also supporting "The Donald" because he's a successful businessman.

Listen to full interview here: 

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If you're a defender for one of the EPL teams who have been run ragged by Everton forwards Romelu Lukau and Yannick Bolasie this season, we might be able to help. 

After the revelation (see earlier post) that the pair disguise their next moves by speaking to each other in Lingala on the pitch, we turned to our BBC Afrique colleague Mila Kimbuini, herself from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the language is widely spoken. 

We presented Mila with a series of English footballing cliches for translation into Lingala. 

We are not claiming these are the exact phrases the pair use in Premier League games. 

• Stick it in the box! - "Tinda N’ango cote oyo!"

• On my head  - "Mutu"

• Down the line - "Landa nzela"
• Have a go -  "Marquer nbala moko"
• One-Two - "Zongisela Nga Ango"

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Julius Malema, the party leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has stepped up his campaign against President Jacob Zuma. 

EFF supporters have been protesting outside the High Court in the capital, Pretoria, to demand the publication of a report on a scandal that has become to be know as "state capture" prepared by Thuli Madonsela before she finished her term as Public Protector. 

Mr Zuma's lawyers are arguing that the report should not be released because he had not been given enough time to respond to the allegations. 

Mr Malema has urged supporters to come out to the streets tomorrow to put pressure on Mr Zuma to step down. 

Here's excerpts from the speech:

A local media has shared a video of the speech:

The protest is being organised by a coalition of political parties and civil society calling themselves the People’s Assembly Against State Capture. 

A UN inquiry has found that peacekeepers in South Sudan failed to protect civilians during the violence in the capital, Juba, in July, the Reuters news agency reports.

It quotes the report as saying:

It's unclear how many people died in the violence, but the fighting between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and then Vice-President Riek Machar in effect led to the end of the peace deal between the two men.

The report also referred to an attack on a hotel, just a mile away from a UN base, during the days of violence.

In the attack a journalist was killed, women were raped and the entire hotel complex was ransacked. 

The BBC's Newsnight programme put together the story of that day in the words of five of the people who were there. 

Actors read their testimony to protect their identities:

Everton's Romelu Lukaku and Yannick Bolasie, who form one of the Premiership's most prolific strike partnerships (eight goals and seven assists between them this season), have revealed that their shared Congolese heritage is one of the secrets of their success. 

Bolasie told the local Liverpool Echo newspaper, external that the pair speak to each other in Lingala to outfox defenders trying to guess their next move:

Lukaku is Belgian but with Congolese parents, while Bolasie plays for the Democratic of Congo national team.

Alex Duval Smith
BBC News, Abidjan

Early results released by Ivory Coast's electoral commission show an overwhelming number have voted in favour of the new constitution. 

The results came from the capital, Yamoussoukro, and overseas voters in 13 countries. In the United States, turnout among the 3,412 registered voters was 30%.   

But in France only 5.1% of the 18,278 registered Ivorian voters cast ballots.  

A high turnout was reported by the commission from voting districts in the capital. 

The commission has resumed announcing results after interrupting the process without giving a reason in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 

Among the proposed constitutional changes are some of the eligibility criteria for candidates for the presidency and the creation of a senate and the post of vice-president.

Opposition parties had called on voters to boycott the poll. 

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Abdullahi Yusuf Osman

Unidentified warplanes have struck Qandala, a town in northern Somalia held by so-called Islamic State (IS), the Jowhar news site, external is reporting.

There was no immediate word on any casualties. 

A small group of fighters loyal to IS seized the small Red Sea port town in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland last week. 

Somali media reported the fighters withdrew from the town less than 24 hours after they seized it, but Qandala's district commissioner who fled the town said the group is still in control of the town. 

A year ago, a group of al-Shabab fighters in Puntland pledged allegiance to IS. 

The breakaway faction is led by Abdikadir Mumin, who the US put on a sanctions list last month because of what Washington called "terrorism activities".

The BBC's Milton Nkosi in South Africa's main city Johannesburg has sent us this short video of today's heavy rain.

He said the heavens opened, which has provided welcome relief after a heatwave that has caused water restrictions (see earlier post).

He added that there has been some localised flooding in areas where drainage systems are poor.

But today's rainfall will not be enough to end the water shortage as it will take weeks of constant rainfall before the restrictions can be lifted.

The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza has been talking to people in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, about today's big changes in government.

There are new ministers in 21 out of the 30 cabinet posts. The reshuffle has in part been seen as a reaction to the recent wave of protests.

He promoted several people from the Oromo ethnic group and brought highly-educated technocrats into the government.

Oromo activists have been at the forefront of the demonstrations.

Many of those in Addis Ababa who Emmanuel spoke to appeared to welcome the changes:

Some people have been referring to the fact that 12 people in the new cabinet hold PhDs:

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Rana Jawad
BBC North Africa correspondent, Tunis

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Friday's death of Moroccan fish seller Mouhcine Fikri’s has triggered outrage on the streets and online.  

His story resonates with people across Morocco because the reason he died is seen as a symbol of everything that is wrong with the state. 

It is still a country with high unemployment and poverty rates and a place where many feel that state authorities often abuse their powers. 

Northern Morocco has a long history of political dissent and its locals believe they are marginalised more than the rest of the country. 

Although protests are not rare in the country, the demonstrations since the weekend are on a wider scale, and are said to be the biggest since people took to the streets back in 2011, during the so-called Arab-spring revolutions in the region. 

Back then, the state placated people's anger by introducing political and economic reforms and the royal family gave the government greater powers.

Today, with the arrest of 11 people over Mr Fikhri’s death, the authorities appear to be sending another strong message, to absorb some of the anger on display.

Martin Patience
BBC News, Nigeria correspondent

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has met leaders from the Niger Delta in a bid to end militant attacks on oil installations in the region. 

The BBC understands that representatives of the militants were among those taking part in the talks in the capital, Abuja.

For a government dependent on oil sales for almost all its revenues the continued attacks in the Niger Delta represent a major crisis. 

The violence has slashed production and helped plunge Nigeria’s economy into recession. 

Militant groups say they’re fighting for a greater share of the resources for local communities but the government accuses them of holding the country to ransom.  

One senior government official told the BBC that he did not expect the latest talks to lead to an immediate breakthrough, and he warned that the Nigerian government wasn’t ruling out a military solution to end the attacks.

Nigerian senators have rejected a motion about whether they should consider a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve a $30bn (£25bn) loan.

Last week, the president said he wanted the money for investment, especially in infrastructure.

The requested loan amounts to more than the federal government's entire budget for 2016.

The BBC's Abuja editor Naziru Mikailu says that this should not be seen as a rejection of the loan request as discussions had not even reached that point.

This was about whether that request should be considered and it appears that the senators may have rejected it on a technicality, Naziru says.

The president can still resubmit his loan plan.

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Phil Avery
BBC Weather

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Prolonged drought across the nations of southern Africa has now affected approximately 18 million people, according to a United Nations climate envoy, with more effects likely in the coming months.  

South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique have all felt the effects of the drought, which has been exacerbated by one of the three strongest El Nino weather phenomena since 1950.

Poor rainfall has also been accompanied by higher than normal temperatures, increasing the demand for scarce water resources. 

October signed off with 11 new temperature records across South Africa and with water restrictions in Johannesburg seeking to cut demand by 15%.

In Zimbabwe, water restrictions are in force in both Harare and Bulawayo. Across the border in Mozambique, it is estimated that crop loss could be reaching 40% in central and southern areas. 

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Dozens of people have been arrested at an army barracks in Kenya after turning up with fake call-up papers, it's been reported.

Authorities say that the 57 were held when they arrived at the Recruits Training School at Moi Barracks in the city of Eldoret along with hundreds of genuine Kenya Defence Forces recruits, Nairobi News reports, external. 

All of those arrested held letters telling them to report there on 31 October following a nationwide army recruitment process, the paper says.

According to Ali Samatar, the local director of criminal investigations, the fake letters were spotted because they "had anomalies and had not been genuinely issued by the State Department for Defence", Kenya Standard reports, external. 

He says he's liaising with the armed forces to find out where the letters came from.

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More than 200 mainly African migrants have crossed the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco having forced their way through barbed-wire border fences.

The authorities then rounded up the migrants from the hills on the Spanish side of the border.

The UN says more than 1,000 people have crossed over the heavily fortified border to reach Ceuta in 2016.

Morocco's bid to rejoin the African Union after leaving the organisation 32 years ago over a dispute about the membership of Western Sahara appears to have hit a hurdle. 

The chairperson of the African Union Commission, South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has not yet taken any step to inform the member states of Morocco's request, holding back the process, Jeune Afrique reports, external. 

To unblock the situation, King Mohammad VI has asked Chadian President Idriss Deby - the current AU head - to urge the African commission to look into its request. 

Morocco's bid for membership is up against a resistance over the same issue of Western Sahara. 

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