Summary

  • Halima Aden wears hijab at top fashion shows in Milan

  • South Africans hold protest against foreigners in Pretoria

  • Police use rubber bullets and tear gas to break up groups of South Africans and immigrants

  • President Jacob Zuma insists South Africans 'are not xenophobic'

  • Shoot-to-kill policy announced for bandits in Kenya region

  • Earthquake strikes Africa's deepest lake affecting Zambia and Tanzania

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Friday 24 February 2017

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