A journalist in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has been tweeting about a clash between street vendors and shop owners in Eastleigh district. 

He also posted a video of police officers arriving in the area. 

The reason for the clashes was not immediately clear.

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Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo used excessive force against protesters during a demonstration against a possible third term for President Joseph Kabila, the UN says in a report, external  (in French). 

The UN says it has documented the death of at least 40 people, killed in several cities across DR Congo, in protests which took place between 15 and 31 December last year. 

The DR Congo government has not yet commented on the report. 

The second and last term of President Kabila was due to have ended on 20 December last year, but has been extended to the end of this year. 

A UN-brokered deal calls for presidential elections, in which Mr Kabila will not stand, to take place at the end of the year. 

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Hotel security guards are among 33 people facing charges that they failed to help tourists during 2015's deadly attack on a beach in Sousse, Tunisian officials say.

They are accused of not assisting a person in danger, leading to their death, spokesman Sofian Sliti said.

It comes after a UK judge said the Tunisian police response had been "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly".

The attack by student Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people, most of them British.

He opened fire on holidaymakers in an attack claimed by so-called Islamic State.

Read the full story here .

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BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Residents of an informal settlement in Boksburg in the outskirts of Johannesburg have demanded that the South African government relocate them to safer areas. It comes as emergency workers continue an attempt to rescue a five-year-old boy, who fell into a disused mineshaft in the area at the weekend.

Residents say the ground is unstable and liable to subsidence because of previous mine working. Protesters have staged angry protests over the past two days, blockading roads with burning tyres and rubble. 

Richard Thole became trapped in the mineshaft on Saturday afternoon, while playing with friends. Rescuers have been using specialised camera equipment to assist in the search.     

Hundreds have gathered around the disused shaft to monitor the operations despite advice from emergency services personnel that the ground is unstable. Earlier today, a rock fall caused panic among onlookers.   

Residents have accused rescue workers of not working quickly enough to find the child. 

Twitter users have been circulating this photo of King Mohammed of Morocco in Abidjan with fashion designer Pathe Ouedraogo. 

Mr Ouedraogo, who was born in Burkina Faso and moved to Ivory Coast as a teenager, previously designed shirts for Nelson Mandela and singer Miriam Makeba.

King Mohammed certainly seems to be taking a leaf out of flamboyant dresser Mr Mandela's book. 

But will he be out on the town back in Morocco sporting his trendy new look?

It's the third day of Lagos social media week. , external

The event, which is in its fifth year, attracts entrepreneurs, journalists and businesses to discuss technology and digital innovation. 

The BBC's Anne Soy and Didi Akinyelure, 2016 winner of the BBC's Komla Dumor award, are taking part in a Women In Digital session: 

Watch the video below to find out how Kenyan farmer Joseph Ombimbo Nyakwaka and his wife Beatrice spent $1,000 (£800) they received from a US charity. 

Our correspondent Alastair Leithead has been talking to aid professionals and other aid recipients in Kenya to find out what people do when they are given direct cash transfers instead of more traditional forms of aid. 

You can read his full report here .

A little more on the opening of the Somali parliament: Hassan Ali Kheyre has been confirmed as prime minister and sworn in. 

Mr Kheyre will now work on putting together a cabinet.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is set to meet the chairperson of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Louise Martin, to discuss the hosting of the 2022 games, Eyewitness News reports, external .

On Tuesday, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said the country could not afford to live beyond its means and suggested the cost of hosting the event in Durban, as planned, had now become prohibitive.  

Durban was awarded the Games in 2015 after being the only city to make a confirmed bid.

As recently as December, South African officials said they were "fully committed" to holding the Games there.  

The possible withdrawal of Durban has sparked interest by the British city of Liverpool. 

New Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Mohamed has opened a new session of parliament - the first since his election last month. 

He told MPs that corruption and Islamist militant group al-Shabab were the two greatest enemies of Somalia and he would fight to eliminate them.

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A health crisis is looming in Tanzania’s refugee camps following an increase of refugees arriving in the country, medical charity MSF has said.

Some 290,000 refugees, over three-quarters of them from Burundi, are crammed into three overstretched camps - Nyarugusu, Mtendeli and Nduta - MSF says.

Nduta camp which was set up to relieve pressures at Nyarugusu, in the western province of Kigoma, is home to 117,000 people, more than double its intended capacity. 

It is expected to host 150,000 refugees by April if the daily arrivals of 600-1,000 people continue.

MSF, which offers medical services at the camp, says it has recorded a fourfold increase in the number of outpatient consultations. 

It says overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions are contributing to cases of malaria, diarrhoea, respiratory tract infections, and skin problems. 

MSF’s head of mission David Nash says there’s an urgent need to set up a new camp:

Mr Nash also says the decision by Tanzania's government to withdraw automatic refugee status to Burundians arriving in the country may affect the humanitarian assistance that can be made available to them. 

Several major roads into Pretoria were blocked this morning by coal truck drivers staging a protest about renewable energy.

The drivers, who are employed by power utility Eskom to collect and deliver coal to power stations around South Africa, are demonstrating about Eskom's decision to make use of more renewable energy. 

The drivers, associated with the Coal Transportation Forum, are reported to be gathering at Marabastaad, where they will march to the Union Buildings. The CTF has criticised investment in renewable energy, saying it will destroy thousands of jobs in the coal sector.

Here are some photos posted on Twitter, showing the protest:

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