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The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to replace President Jacob Zuma because he has "failed the test" and weakened state institutions.

In a statement, the foundation called on the ANC to ensure that the country was placed in "safe and capable hands".

The foundation's criticism comes as a court is hearing a bid by President Zuma to block the release of a report by former anti-corruption tsar Thuli Madonsela.

It also criticised the government's handling of the protests at universities, sparked by its proposal to raise tuition fees by up to 8% in 2017, saying the institutions were being brought "to their knees".

The criticism also comes a day after National Prosecuting Authority dropped fraud charges, which were seen as politically motivated, against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. 

The foundation which was set up in 1999 to promote the ideas of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid revolutionary who died in 2013. 

Read: Jacob Zuma fights for his reputation

Eleven people have been arrested over the death of a fish seller who was allegedly crushed in a rubbish truck last Friday, the AFP news agency reports. 

The death of Mouhcine Fikri, 31, sparked rare protests in the northern city of al-Hoceima. 

He entered the truck to retrieve his wares after police seized them. 

BBC Monitoring says that a local newspaper Al-Ahdath al-Maghrabiya is reporting that the phrase "Crush the hell out of him", which was allegedly used by a local policeman after Mr Fikri entered the rubbish truck and subsequently became the rallying hashtag on social media for the protests, was fabricated. 

The paper quotes an unnamed source as saying that "a wide-ranging internet scan, watching all videos and listening to all testimonies showed that no-one present at the moment of death uttered the words". 

Meanwhile, well-known Moroccan website Hespress posted a video , externalshowing the victim's father saying he "does not want his son to be the cause of sedition" and that he trusts the investigations being carried out.

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the bodies of six opposition supporters killed on 19 and 20 September during demonstrations against the delay in the presidential election have been displayed in coffins at the headquarters of the main opposition party, UDPS, to allow fellow party members to pay their respects, the Jeune Afrique newspaper reports, external. 

The bodies were brought from a morgue in Kinshasa, the capital, and about 2,000 people gathered for the funerals, Jeune Afrique says. 

President Joseph Kabila was due to step down next month at the end of his second and last term, but a deal brokered by his government with one faction of the opposition proposed to keep him as head of state until April 2018 when the presidential election will be organised. 

The main opposition parties, including Etienne Tshisekedi's UDPS, have rejected the deal and vowed to maintain pressure on Mr Kabila to step down. 

The bodies of the UDPS supporters are expected to be buried today. 

Jean-Marc Kabund, UDPS general secretary, told AFP: 

A report into the violence in September commissioned by the interior ministry blamed the deaths on the opposition. 

In the discussions about Ethiopia's new ministers some of the focus has been on the ethnic make up of the cabinet.

At the forefront of the recent wave of protests has been the complaint that some ethnic groups - the Oromos and the Amharas- have been excluded from the political and economic developments in the country.

Two key posts have been given to ethnic Oromos: Workneh Gebeyehu is now foreign minister and Negeri Lencho heads the communications ministry.

As part of the job Mr Negeri, who up to now ran Addis Ababa university's school of journalism, will be running the state media outlets.

For an insight into his views on the state-controlled media we can turn to an interview that he gave in 2013, external.

He recalled a conversation he had with the journalists:

The state dominates the media scene in Ethiopia, it controls the only domestic TV channel, all but one of the radio stations and most of the newspapers.

Under the current state of emergency, the viewing of certain TV channels broadcast from abroad has been banned.

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Several African countries are lagging behind in meeting the demand for contraception for women, according to a health organisation. 

Family Planning 2020, external says in a report, external that at least five countries on the continent recorded the lowest percentage of women whose demand for contraception is met:

These are: 

• Democratic Republic of Congo 40%
• Benin 36%
• Eritrea 30%

• Chad 25%
• Guinea 25%

Jason Bremne from the Family Planning Initiative 2020 discussed the report on the BBC's Newsday programme. Listen below:

The US government has extended sanctions against Sudan for another year, saying that Khartoum's policies remained an "extraordinary threat" to its national security, the AFP news agency reports. 

"The actions and policies of the government of Sudan continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States," President Barack Obama said in a statement. 

Sudan has been subject to a US trade embargo since 1997 for its alleged support of terror groups.

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A picture of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame driving Morocco's King Mohammed VI is eliciting a lot of interest on social media. 

The king has been in Rwanda for a state visit and left the country yesterday. 

Our reporter says that the two leaders were in the car alone for the 10-minute drive from State House to Kigali International Airport. 

Thomas Naadi
BBC Africa, Accra

Ghana's electoral commission is going to the supreme court to overturn a high court decision that allowed one of the candidates it disqualified from the presidential race to resubmit his nomination papers.

Papa Kwesi Nduom from the Progressive People's Party was stopped from running over a problem with his nomination papers.

It said in a statement that it has gone to the supreme court in the "interest of public policy and to ensure the credibility of the electoral process".

Meanwhile, three other disqualified candidates are also challenging the decision of the electoral commission to disqualify them. 

The commission has been hit with multiple lawsuits after disqualifying 12 presidential candidates. 

The general elections are set to be held on 7 December but many Ghanaians fear the lawsuits could affect the timetable of the electoral commission.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

South Africa’s major cities are struggling with water shortages amid a heatwave. 

In Johannesburg, the water supply in some suburbs has been cut as reservoirs ran dry at the weekend. 

Meanwhile, a water tanker has been deployed to parts of the capital, Pretoria, mainly in the townships. 

Cape Town is implementing its own restrictions from today which include a ban on the use of hosepipes for watering gardens.

Also, residents may only wash their cars using a bucket and there's a ban on the use of portable play pools. 

Some are expecting further restrictions as the heatwave in the region continues.

The Times Live website says the key Vaal River system is at "an alarmingly low 27% as of Monday night".  

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The government of Rwanda said 22 French senior military officers helped to plan and execute the 1994 genocide, in which more than 800,000 people were killed, BBC Afrique reports. 

The new allegations against the French army were made in a statement released by Rwanda's National Commission for the Fight against Genocide. 

They come a week after an investigating judge in France announced a new probe into the plane crash that killed the former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana that sparked the genocide. 

Relations between France and Rwanda have been tense over responsibility for the genocide, with the countries severing diplomatic ties between 2006 and 2009. 

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

Court proceedings have begun in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, over whether a report about President Jacob Zuma by the country's corruption watchdog can be released to the public.

The president's lawyers are arguing that their client was not given sufficient time to reply to the report. They are also arguing that the proper procedure was not followed when the report was drawn up.

South Africa's opposition want the report to be released arguing that the details could provide grounds for the impeachment of the president.

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Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has dropped or moved several of his key allies in cabinet, including the minister of foreign affairs and finance.

The changes can be seen as part of the reforms which the government says are aimed at addressing public’s grievances. 

The cabinet reshuffle comes as the country is under a state of emergency following nearly a year of anti-government protests from two of the country’s biggest ethnic communities. 

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The new-look cabinet includes a mix of the old guard, new faces and renowned academics. 

The removal of Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom came as no surprise as he has been endorsed by the continent to run for the leadership of the World Health Organization. 

His replacement is the deputy leader of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization- which is part of the ruling coalition. 

Several other key posts were handed to technocrats who the prime minister says are competent and committed to reforms.

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Partial results of Sunday's referendum in Ivory Coast on a new constitution put the yes-vote ahead, Ivory Coast's electoral commission (Ceni) says. 

The new constitution, backed by President Alassane Ouattara, is billed by the government as an opportunity to turn a page on strife and instability mainly around the divisive issue of identity. 

Opposition parties boycotted the vote and analysts say a yes win is a certainty as there is no minimum turnout for the constitution to be adopted. 

The most important factor in this vote is the turnout, BBC Afrique's Valerie Bony in Ivory Coast says. 

According the partial results released by the Ceni, around 40% of the Ivorians registered to vote went to the polls. 

Ivorians living abroad appear to have massively followed the opposition's call to boycott the vote, our correspondent adds. 

Only 5% of them voted on Sunday, according to the partial results. 

A court in South Africa is hearing a bid by President Jacob Zuma to block the release of a report by former anti-corruption tsar Thuli Madonsela.

She probed allegations that he let the wealthy Gupta family wield undue political influence in his government.

Mr Zuma said the report was unlawful as he had not been given a proper chance to respond to the allegations. He and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing.

Mr Zuma has been dogged by allegations of corruption for more than 15 years. 

An Al Jazeera journalist is tweeting from outside the court where supporters of opposition party EFF have gathered to call for the release of the report:

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has announced a new look cabinet in the aftermath of political protests which have led to the declaration of a state of emergency.

Mr Hailemariam has appointed 21 new ministers, including fresh faces heading the ministries of finance and foreign affairs.

A government Twitter account has announced that parliament has approved the new list.

Some are portraying the reshuffle as a reaction to the recent wave of protests which led to the announcement of a state of emergency last month:

Defence Minister Siraj Fegessa - who is overseeing the state of emergency - remains in his position.

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South Sudan's capital, Juba, has been facing a prolonged fuel-shortage that is taking a severe toll on the country's economy. 

Scenes of motorists queuing at petrol stations are an indicator of how bad the scarcity has hit the country. 

Privately-owned Eye Radio in Juba has shared a photo of cars queuing up at a petrol station:

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