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The president of West Africa's regional bloc says that The Gambia could be plunged into violence by the president's decision to reject election results in which he was defeated, AP news agency reports.

Ecowas head Marcel Alain de Souza said President Yahya Jammeh must respect The Gambian people's choice, describing his U-turn as shameful. 

Mr Jammeh conceded victory to property developer Adama Barrow immediately after the election, but changed his mind on Saturday. 

He alleged that the 1 December poll was marred by irregularities and demanded a new vote organised by a "God-fearing" electoral commission. 

Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo will have a full in-tray when he takes office next month, after he defeated incumbent John Mahama in last week's election. 

Here's a video of his interview with BBC Focus on Africa's Akwasi Sarpong: 

And if you prefer a write-up of the interview see our earlier post. 

A Gambian journalist has been tweeting updates from the press conference being given by the coalition which was declared the official winner of presidential elections:

A correspondent for the UK's Guardian newspaper, also in Banjul, says the statement marks a change in tactics from president-elect Adama Barrow's camp:

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The coalition led by Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow has called for long-serving ruler Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately and hand over power, Reuters news agency reports. 

Mr Jammeh has said he plans to contest his election defeat at the Supreme Court, after a shock U-turn on Friday when he renounced his previous concession to his opponent. 

Gambia currently has no sitting Supreme Court and the coalition said in the statement that the president has no constitutional authority in his final days in office to name new judges to hear his petition. 

You watch a press conference being addressed Mr Barrow's aides here: 

All flags are flying at half mast in Nigeria's south-east Akwa Ibom state to mourn the at least 100 people who died when a church building collapsed in the state capital Uyo on Saturday.

The state government has announced two days of mourning, which began on Sunday. 

Those inside the Reigners Bible Church included Akwa Ibom state governor Udom Emmanuel, who survived the disaster. 

The church was still under construction and workers had rushed to complete it for the ordination, witnesses said.

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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has vowed to defeat anti-government protesters, saying his regime will not be overthrown by activists on "keyboards and WhatsApp", AFP news agency reports. 

His comments came after opposition activists called for a two-day nationwide strike next week to protest against a cut in fuel subsidies and a rise in the price of goods, including medicine.

Mr Bashir told supporters at a rally in the eastern town of Kesala that "in the past few days we have heard some people, who are hiding behind their keyboards, calling for the overthrow of the regime", AFP reports. 

He added: 

Our colleague Robert Kiptoo has sent us this video of a busker in the northern town of Matunda who entertains locals with his own homemade mobile music studio.

One-man band Shikuku Wekesa, who sings, drums, plays the accordion and the cymbals all at the same time with his ingenious device, says he earns about $20-30 a day by playing to passers-by. 

See him in action below:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane or Yaya Toure will be crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year winner later today.

Fans from across the world voted for who they want to win the award in 2016.

The shortlist will be cut down in no particular order.

Three names will be eliminated live on Sport Today on BBC World Service radio and online from about 15:40 GMT.

And the winner will be revealed in a live broadcast on BBC Focus on Africa TV, radio and here on Africa Live from 17:45 GMT.

Police in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, say they have smashed a fake embassy racket, in which Chinese and Nigerian fraudsters allegedly conned people out of thousands of dollars by issuing them fake visas and promises of work in the Caribbean, the local Punch newspaper reports., external

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Following a sting operation, police arrested two Chinese and two Nigerian suspects at the premises of the "fake embassy" in the suburbs of Lagos, the paper adds. 

  The suspects have not yet commented on the allegation and have not yet appeared in court.   

Victims of the fraud are quoted by the paper as saying that they paid up to $4,000 (£3,100) each for flights and visas to travel to Trinidad and Tobago, on the promise of well-paid jobs when they arrived. 

Instead, those arriving with the fake documents were arrested at the airport and deported back to Nigeria. 

“They beat me up and starved me for two days. I was lucky to have been deported,” one of the alleged victims told Punch. 

Trinidad and Tobago's High Commission confirmed to the paper that they did not use agents to issue visas and had no connection to the arrested Chinese suspects.

South Africa's Western Cape has more botanic biodiversity than the rainforests of the Amazon. Most of this is composed of "fynbos" - scrubland plants - the majority of which do not grow anywhere else in the world.

Fynbos has given one entrepreneur the opportunity to develop her business from a backyard near Cape Town and to become a major horticultural supplier.

BBC Africa Business Report travelled to Paarl in the Western Cape to speak to Jacky Goliath of De Fynne Nursery.

Cameroonians have been getting creative on social media to poke fun at a minister who greeted President Paul Biya with a bow so deep that it almost looked like a yoga pose.

Here's the photo of Sports Minister Pierre Bidoung in action, to which one Twitter user has added some geometric signposts to help illustrate the angle:

The hashtag #BidoungChallenge is now trending in Cameroon, with many trying to outdo the minister with their own gymnastic greetings: 

And it looks like even the army has been getting involved:

Egypt's Coptic community has held a funeral service for 25 Christians killed in a bombing on Sunday at a church next to the main cathedral in the capital Cairo, the AP news agency reports. 

The victims' coffins were laid in front of the altar, with their names displayed on the side facing the congregation. 

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The spiritual head of Egypt's Orthodox Christians, Pope Tawadros II, led the service and at one point, lent on his staff and quietly prayed in front of the coffins, AP reports. 

He had cut short a visit to Greece and returned home after the bombing. 

Dozens of others were injured in the blast in a chapel adjoining St Mark's cathedral during a Sunday service.  

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The Gambia's electoral commission chief has warned President Yahya Jammeh that his bid to overturn the election result will not change the fact that he lost to property developer Adama Barrow, Reuters news agency reports. 

Alieu Momarr Njai told the agency: 

Mr Jammeh said on Saturday that he he would challenge his defeat in the Supreme Court, alleging that the poll was marred by irregularities.

Initially, he accepted defeat and said he would go and retire on his farm.

Mr Barrow won 222,708 votes (43.34%), compared with Mr Jammeh's 208,487 (39.6%). A third candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 89,768 (17.1%).

 Read: How Jammeh lost 

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Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo says a special prosecutor's office will be set up to fight corruption, as he did not want to give the impression that he is carrying out a "witch-hunt" against his opponents. 

In an interview with BBC Focus on Africa radio presenter Akwasi Sarpong, he said:

Mr Akufo-Addo also told the BBC that his main priority once he is inaugurated will be to tackle the economic crisis and bring down the "alarmingly" high level of unemployment among young people:

Mr Akufo-Addo defeated President John Mahama in last week's election securing 53.85% of the votes while his his rival got 44.40%. Turnout was at 68.62%.

Mr Mahama accepted defeat, and is expected to hand power to Mr Akufo-Addo next month.

Read: Mr Akufo-Addo in profile    

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