Summary

  • Biafrans "plan Trump celebration rally" in Nigeria

  • Internet blocked in Cameroon's English-speaking regions

  • Nigerian funk pioneer William Onyeabor dies

  • Senegalese troops at Gambian border "poised for action"

  • Holidaymakers flown out of The Gambia

  • Lightning 'kills mourners' in Zimbabwe

  • Paramilitary forces "fire into the air" at Ivorian port

  • Vigil for SA photographer kidnapped in Syria

  • Deadly attack on Mali military base

  • Gabon's Panthers defeat Burkina Faso's stallions at Afcon

  • Egypt goalkeeper becomes oldest player at Africa Cup of Nations

  • Nigeria urged to compensate camp bomb victims

  • Ugandan soldier shot in al-Shabab video

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Wednesday 18 January 2017

Live Reporting

Dickens Olewe and Lucy Fleming

  1. Zimbabwe Mugabe death prophecy pastor 'in court'

    A  Zimbabwean pastor who predicted the death of President Robert Mugabe has arrived in court in the capital, Harare, according to an Al Jazeera reporter.

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    Patrick Mugadza announced last week that the 92-year-old head of state would die on 17 October this year.

    His lawyer, Gift Mtisi, told the BBC that he was relaying a "message from God. Police would have to prove that God didn't say it".

    Mr Mtisi said his client had initially been charged with undermining the authority of the president, then "criminal nuisance" and finally "insulting people of a certain race or religion".

  2. Egypt adds ex-footballer to terror list

    Mohamed AboutrikaGetty Images

    Aboutrika alienated some of his fans when he publicly endorsed Mohamed Morsi in 2012

    Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, his lawyer says.

    Mr Aboutrika is accused of financially supporting the Brotherhood, which Egypt considers a terrorist organisation.

    In 2012, he endorsed the successful presidential bid by Mohamed Morsi, a Brotherhood member.

    The move by the 2008 BBC African Footballer of the Year alienated some of his fans.

    Any person named on the country's terror list is subject to a travel ban and faces having their passport and assets frozen.

    Mr Aboutrika's lawyer, Mohamed Osman, said the move was "contrary to the law", adding that his client had "not been convicted or formally notified of any of the charges against him".

    "We will appeal this decision," Mr Osman said. Mr Aboutrika has strenuously denied the allegations.

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  3. Jammeh’s rule extended by three months in The Gambia

    The Gambian parliament has adopted a resolution that allows President Yahya Jammeh to stay in power for three more months.

    Copy of the parliamentary resolution_

    It was passed on Tuesday as a 90-day state of emergency was approved by the parliament.

    Today was officially meant to be the president's last day in office after he lost elections in December.

    At first he accepted defeat to Adama Barrow, but then launched a legal challenge to have the results annulled.

    The Supreme Court hearing his challenge is unable to meet until May because its judges, most of whom come from neighbouring countries, are not available till then.

    Regional leaders have been trying without success to persuade Mr Jammeh to hand over power.

    The parliamentary resolution condemns the "unlawful and malicious interference in the internal affairs of The Gambia by the AU Peace and Security Council, government of Senegal and Senegal's representative at the UNSC (Security Council)". 

  4. Wise words

    Today's African proverb:

    What you do not know how to cook finishes the firewood."

    An Acholi proverb sent by Maryano Otto in Kampala, Uganda

    A pot cooking on firewood in NigeriaAFP

    Click here to send in your African proverbs.

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