Zimbabwe's Mugabe teases South Africa's Zuma about his political troubles
Nigeria's leader wanted to 'abscond' because of financial crisis
Tear gas fired at Kenya anti-corruption protesters
Switzerland seizes luxury cars of son of Equatorial Guinea president
About '700,000 Nigerians compete for 500 jobs' in tax offices
Gambian football star drowns in Mediterranean
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Image source, AFPEgypt has announced it will allow its currency to be traded freely on the open market, as part of measures designed to bolster confidence in its economy.
The central bank has devalued the Egyptian pound by 48% as a guidance rate before it takes effect.
The move aims to end the black market in foreign currency. It also fulfils a key condition from the International Monetary Fund, which is considering providing Egypt with a $12bn (£8.8bn) loan.
Egypt's main stock market rose 8% on the news.
The 19-year-old goalkeeper of The Gambian national women's football team drowned while crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of starting a new life in Europe, the president of the country's football association has told the BBC.
The family of Fatim Jawara confirmed the news of her death, Lamin Kaba Bajo said.
She was on board a boat that ran into trouble in the Mediterranean last month while crossing from Libya to Europe, her former coach told AFP news agency.
A journalist for the agency has tweeted a photo of the young football star:
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Image source, reMr Maimane has campaigned strongly against corruption in South Africa
South Africa's parliament will debate a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma on 10 November, opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has said, Reuters news agency reports.
The move to oust Mr Zuma follows a report by an anti-corruption watchdog which found "significant wrongdoing, improper influence, conflicts of interest and outright corruption, "all pointing directly to President Zuma and his cronies", Mr Maimane's Democratic Alliance (DA) said on its website, external.
The DA failed earlier this year to vote Mr Zuma out of office after MPs of the governing African National Congress (ANC) rallied behind him.
Mr Zuma has denied all allegations of corruption and has said he intends to continue to "shepherd" the nation.
Charlotte Attwood
BBC Africa, Nairobi
Police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters and journalists at an anti-corruption rally in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Hundreds of people have gathered at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park, to protest against government corruption.
It follows a corruption scandal that alleges $50m (£40m) of state funding meant for HIV and maternal healthcare programmes has gone missing.
Zimbabwe's Minister of Higher Education Jonathan Moyo says he feels like being "summoned by lions to their den" after he was arrested yesterday for alleged abuse of office and misappropriating $400,000 (£320,000) of government money.
Mr Moyo was freed on bail and was expected to appear in court today, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports, external.
He has repeatedly denied the allegations following the investigation launched by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).
Allegations include some $19,000 being transferred to a firm, Ace Cycles, "for 173 bicycles for Prof Moyo" and a further $27,550 to "SKM Motorcycles for 10 tricycles for Prof Moyo and the balance was withdrawn in cash", according to the Herald.
In a tweet this morning, Mr Moyo said:
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Nigeria's Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka has said he will cut up the green card which allows him to stay in the US if Republican nominee Donald Trump is elected president next week, the UK-based Guardian newspaper reports, external.
Speaking at Oxford University in the UK, Mr Soyinka said it was unlikely that Mr Trump would win but if he did then the "first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card holders must reapply to come back into the US".
"Well, I’m not waiting for that,” Mr Soyinka is quoted as saying.
“The moment they announce his victory, I will cut my green card myself and start packing up,” he added.
Mr Soyinka is scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs.
He was the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1986.
Image source, AFPJacob Zuma (L) and Robert Mugabe (R)
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma are due to attend the launch of the binational commission set up by the two countries to strengthen economic and political ties.
Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the two neighbours intend to take relations a "notch higher" through the commission while his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said they shared a relationship of a "special kind".
The commission is holding its inaugural meeting in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
Zimbabwe said it had 38 agreements with South Africa in areas ranging from trade to defence and outstanding agreements must now be "sealed and implemented", Mr Mumbengegwi said.
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