People have been taking to the streets in South Africa's main city of Johannesburg this morning to protest against xenophobia. 

It follows violent protests against immigrants in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria last month, in which angry mobs attacked Nigerians and looted shops belonging to Somalis, Pakistani and other foreigners.

Marchers have been chanting "Down with xenophobia" and "We are one Africa" as they make their way through the suburb of Hillbrow, where there is a large migrant community.

A local journalist has been tweeting from the scene:

Locals have accused foreign migrants of taking their jobs and allege that Nigerians are heavily involved in dealing drugs to young people. 

Migrants say most of them are law-abiding, and they make a huge contribution to the economy. 

Read: South Africa's townships - a magnet for entrepreneurs

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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The death of Ahmed Kathrada emphasises that a golden generation of anti-apartheid heroes has nearly gone.

Along with the likes of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, he was part of a group untainted by corruption, acting as a moral compass for the nation.

His generation literally gave up most of their adult lives to fight to liberate black people from the yoke of white minority rule.

"Uncle Kathy" stayed relevant to the struggle of the downtrodden until the end.

He was critical of the current administration, asking President Jacob Zuma to resign following a damning court judgement against the president.

His significance in the anti-apartheid struggle was also to deracialise it. 

Under apartheid, even prisoners were treated differently depending on their racial origin: White prisoners got the most privileges, followed by those of Indian origin, while black people got the least.

Mr Kathadra refused to accept his privileges unless they were also extended to his black comrades.

He proved that the fight was not just left for black Africans to wage on their own, and that is how I will remember him.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has ordered that the national flag be flown at half-mast in honour of anti-apartheid stalwart Ahmed Kathrada, who has died aged 87 after failing to recover from brain surgery.   

Mr Kathrada spent more than 26 years in prison for fighting apartheid. 

In the latter part of his life, he became a fierce critic of Mr Zuma, calling on him to step down after he became mired in corruption scandals. 

Another veteran anti-apartheid activist, Barabara Masekela, has paid tribute to Mr Kathrada, as this tweet by a local journalist shows:

In its tribute, South Africa's governing African National Congress said: 

People have also been sharing images and videos on Twitter of Mr Kathrada - a close comrade of South Africa' first black President Nelson Mandela.

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

At least 140 people have been killed in a meningitis outbreak in six states in Nigeria, including the federal capital, Abuja. 

More than 80 of the deaths occurred in north-western Zamfara state.   

Confirming the news, a director at Nigeria's centre for disease control, Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzol, said the death toll was expected to rise.

More than 1,000 people have been infected.

Dr Gwarzol said the disease is spreading, with fears that it could get out of control if it reaches overcrowded areas like refugee camps and prisons. 

He said the authorities are taking all necessary measures to rend the outbreak. 

Minister of Health Isaac Adewole has said a new strain, which may have been imported from a neighbouring country, is now prevalent and requires a different type of vaccine. 

Read more: How can I spot the signs of meningitis?

South Africa's IOL news website has shared this cartoon paying tribute to Ahmed Kathrada, which sees the anti-apartheid icon reuniting with his old friend Nelson Mandela in the afterlife:

A friendly match between Ivory Coast and Senegal was abandoned when fans invaded the pitch in Paris.

The sides were level at 1-1 on 88 minutes when a handful of fans broke onto the pitch, with one appearing to rugby tackle Senegal's Lamine Gassama.

Players ran from the pitch and referee Tony Chapron opted to end the fixture.

Herve Penot, reporter for French sports newspaper L'Equipe, told the BBC's Newsday programme that he saw the chaos coming early on:

Read the full BBC Sport story

Veteran anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg has been speaking to the BBC about the death of Ahmed Kathrada, with whom he was imprisoned on Robben Island for fighting minority rule: 

Listen to the full interview:   

Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's renowned anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, following his death at the age of 87. 

Neeshan Balton, Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, confirmed that the anti-apartheid struggle veteran “breathed his last today”.

He added:

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Along with Nelson Mandela, Mr Kathrada was among eight African National Congress activists sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.

They were convicted of trying to overthrow the apartheid government.

Mr Kathrada spent 26 years in prison, 18 of which were on the notorious Robben Island.

South Africa's Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: 

Four Nigerian students have been wounded in India following an attack on them in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, in the latest violence against Africans in the country. 

India's Foreign Minister Sushma Sharawaj said in a tweet that the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh had assured her of an impartial investigation into the "unfortunate incident": 

Indian newspapers have reported that five people have been arrested over the attack in Noida, near the capital, Delhi.

Earlier, more than 100 people protested at a bus junction in the city, demanding that all Africans living in residential neighbourhoods in Greater Noida be asked to leave rented homes immediately, The New India Express newspaper reported, external . 

The protest came after a student died of a suspected drug overdose. 

Five Nigerian students were detained over the case, but then released because of a  lack of evidence, the newspaper reported. 

Some African embassies complained to the Indian government last year about a spate of attacks on students from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo in India.  

Watch: Being black in India

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