Istanbul Basaksehir, second in the Turkish top flight, have signed unattached striker Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor.

Here's the club's tweet:

BBC Sport points out that he is still being paid by about four other clubs so it is possible that his wage demands are low. 

All six worshippers killed in Sunday's shooting at a mosque in Canada's Quebec City were of African origin. 

They included Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, and Ibrahima Barry, 39. Said to be brothers, they were born in Guinea. 

They were described as IT workers, with Ibrahima having worked for the province's health-insurance agency and had four children. 

Mamadou Tanou was a father of two and was reportedly sending money home to Guinea.

"Tanou lost his father three years ago, so it became his responsibility to support not only his family here but also his family in Africa. Now that's all been cut," a family friend told the Globe and Mail newspaper.

The other four killed were of Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan origin. 

Read more about them here

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A secret network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees as pets has been exposed by a year-long BBC News investigation. 

The BBC's research uncovered wildlife trafficking in Ivory Coast and led to the rescue of a one-year-old chimp. 

Science editor David Shukman reports:

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A key malaria treatment has failed for the first time in patients being treated in the UK, doctors say.

The drug combination was unable to cure four patients, who had all visited Africa, in early signs the parasite is evolving resistance.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people are treated for malaria in the UK each year - always after foreign travel.

Most are treated with the combination drug: artemether-lumefantrine.

But clinical reports, now detailed in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, showed the therapy failed in four patients between October 2015 and February 2016.

All initially responded to therapy and were sent home, but were readmitted around a month later when the infection rebounded.

Dr Colin Sutherland from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told the BBC: "It's remarkable there's been four apparent failures of treatment, there's not been any other published account [in the UK]."

Listen to his full interview:

Read more on the BBC New website.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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A prominent South African prosecutor who oversaw the convictions of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius and former police chief Jackie Selebi has resigned from his job. 

Gerrie Nel handed in his resignation yesterday, giving his employers 24 hours’ notice. 

Nicknamed “The Pitbull” for his aggressive arguments in court, Mr Nel is one of the most high profile and successful prosecutors in South Africa. 

He achieved international fame when he successfully prosecuted Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. 

He was also widely praised for getting Selebi, als a former Interpol president, jailed in 2011 for taking bribes worth around $156,000 (£103,000) from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti.

Today is Mr Nel's last day at the National Prosecuting Authority. 

He is reportedly joining a mainly  Afrikaner civil rights group, AfriForum, where he will set up a private prosecutions unit.

Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Addis Ababa

Officials of the African Union-recognised government in Western Sahara have welcomed the admission of Morocco into the pan-African body, saying it provides an opportunity to address the decades-long dispute over the territory. 

African leaders meeting in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, unanimously voted to allow Morocco to rejoin the continental body it quit more than three decades ago. 

But several countries, led by South Africa and Algeria, had expressed concerns during the debate, insisting Morocco should first recognise the independence of Western Sahara. 

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Morocco left the AU's predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity in 1984, after it recognised the independence of Western Sahara, regarded by Morocco as part of its territory. 

King Mohammed VI had been lobbying intensely over the last year to have Morocco back in the AU. 

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West African forces have arrested a senior Gambian army general and have seized weapons from the private residence of exiled former ruler Yahya Jammeh, force commander Francois Ndiaye has said. 

General Bora Colley, the head of an elite commando unit, had been arrested in neighbouring Senegal, he said, without giving details. 

Regional troops had also raided Mr Jammeh's residence in his home village of Kanilai, recovering arms and ammunition, General Ndiaye said, adding: "The situation is under control."

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General Colley was the former commander of the military camp in Kanilai, where Mr Jammeh had planned to go and retire before being forced into exile after refusing to accept defeat in the 1 December election, The Gambia's Freedom newspaper reported, external.

Four guards for Mr Jammeh's wife, Zainab, were also arrested, in the border town of Karang in Senegal, General Ndiaye said. 

Regional forces have been helping President Adama Barrow to consolidate his power in the tiny West African nation since Mr Jammeh went into exile more than a week ago. 

Mr Jammeh had tried to cling to power, but left after under pressure from Senegalese-led troops and mediators. 

Read: How West Africa is standing up for democracy

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