South Sudan's president 'prays for forgiveness'
Mauritania MPs 'vote for flag to show colonial fight'
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is back after seven weeks abroad
Buhari: 'I've never been so ill'
Appeal to find hijacked South African baby
Africa gets its own web address with launch of .africa
SA man and fiancee on unlawful sex charge released in UAE
Mozambique discovers illegal Chinese prawn exporters
Japan to withdraw troops from South Sudan
Cholera cases in Somalia soar
SA pellet-shooting farmer 'denies mistaking worker for monkey'
Somaliland calls for US travel ban exemption
SA opposition demonstrate over welfare payments
Madagascar 'dam bursts' after Cyclone Enawo
SA man crosses Atlantic on paddle board
Rebels in DR Congo 'sentenced to death'
South Africa taxi drivers protest over Uber
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Friday 10 March 2017
Roderick MaCleod
BBC Africa, Nairobi
Nini Wacera and Kaz Lucas are the self proclaimed "sex queens" of Nairobi.
They co-host a popular podcast called The Spread which they hope will help women and girls talk openly about, and reclaim, their sexuality.
Meet Kenya's podcasting 'sex queens'
A video being shared on Twitter showing ecstatic supporters of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari rushing towards a runway was not of his return today.
We mistakenly posted the footage in this entry - and so we have now removed it.
The video was from when he was campaigning for election.
Image source, ReutersNigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari thanks his deputy for holding the helm
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler, has been addressing the press, talking about his illness, and said he had rested as much as was humanely possible.
Quote MessageI am feeling much better now. There may however be need to have further follow-ups within some weeks.
Quote MessageI have received the best of treatment I can receive.
Quote MessageI couldn’t recall ever being so sick since I was a real young man including the military goings ups and downs.
In a weak voice, he spoke about blood transfusions and the drugs he was taking.
He urged Nigerians to continue to work hard and to take the education of the future generation very seriously.
But he seemed in good spirits, joking with officials. He thanked his deputy Yemi Osinbajo for holding the helm during his absence:
Quote MessageYouth and intelligence is clearly behind him, age and purely military experience is purely behind me."
He said the vice-president would remain in charge for the time being:
Quote MessageI deliberately came back towards the weekend so that the vice-president will continue and I will continue to rest."
All charges against a South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee over unlawful sex in the UAE have been dropped, South Africa's Times Live newspaper reports. , external
Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who had stomach cramps, was pregnant.
They were arrested for sex outside of marriage, which is illegal in the UAE.
Mr Culverwell's mother had pleaded for their release, saying "the only thing they did wrong was fall in love".
South Africa's foreign ministry had not been able to help the couple as it was a matter of domestic UAE law, according to News24.
Image source, CULVERWELL FAMILThey couple were arrested for sex outside of marriage, which is illegal in the UAE.
Paul Brown
BBC Monitoring
Image source, AFPThese Japanese peacekeepers who arrived in November were mandated to use force
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that the Japanese government will end its participation in a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan at the end of May.
"As South Sudan enters a new phase of nation-building, we have judged that we are able to put an end to construction efforts in which the SDF is engaged in Juba," Mr Abe is quoted by the Kyodo news agency as telling reporters today.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga later stressed that the withdrawal is not because to a deterioration in security in the area where the troops are working.
The Japanese troops who arrived in South Sudan in November 2016 were the first in nearly 70 years to be deployed overseas with a broad mandate to use force if necessary.
South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in 2011, has been devastated by civil war since 2013.
Read more: Soldiers will kill you for no reason
Martin Patience
BBC News, Nigeria correspondent
Nigeri's President Muhammadu Buhari is back in town but is he back for business?
It will be critical in the next few days that the Nigerian leader demonstrates to the public that he is in robust health and in full command.
Otherwise the rampant speculation over the 74-year-old's unspecified medical condition will not go away.
His political opponents are questioning whether the president is fit enough to hold office.
A sluggish presidential performance will give them more ammunition.
Comparisons will also be drawn to his vice-president Yemi Osinbajo who displayed an energy as acting leader in the past few weeks strikingly different to President Buhari’s own style.
The president may be back but for now, anyway, it is not business as usual.
The hashtag #BabaOyoyo, external , meaning welcome back father, is trending in Nigeria with the arrival home of President Muhammadu Buhari after nearly two months away on medical leave.
Many people have been retweeting this Tweet from the first lady who posted a photo of herself hugging her husband:
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
"The Eagle has landed" is also a common refrain:
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
There has been much speculation about the president's health - with many predicting he wouldn't return:
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
A South African man has joined a shortlist of people to have achieved an impressive feat of crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a stand-up paddle board.
Chris Bertish, 42, accomplished the 4,050-mile (6,517km) journey alone and unassisted with no support boat, carrying everything he needed on board.
Mr Bertish arrived in Antigua, in the Leeward islands of the Caribbean, at 08.32 local time (12.32 GMT) on Thursday after departing from Agadir, Morocco, 93 days ago.
SUP the Mag, external reports that Bertish said he was in good spirits despite losing 20lb ( 9kg):
Quote MessageIt seems mind-boggling that I’m alive at all, to be honest., I really had a lot of support and guiding hands from many different sources, both high and low.”
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Naziru Mikailu
BBC Abuja editor
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he is feeling much better now.
Addressing the nation after returning form weeks of medical leave in the UK, Mr Buhari said he was feeling much better and thanks Nigerians for their support.
Quote MessageI realised I’m a little bit more tired now than 18 months ago.
And he added:
Quote MessageNigeria will continue whether we are here or not."
Naziru Mikailu
BBC Abuja editor
Image source, Kaduna governmentPresident Buhari arrived at a air force base in Kaduna this morning
President Muhammadu Buhari has met his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, and the governors of Nigeria's states after his arrival home from London this morning.
The meeting took place at his official residence in the capital, Abuja, where he has just been briefing the press about his health.
We'll update you with the details soon.
Hundreds of taxi operators in South Africa have gathered at Johannesburg's main airport to protest against ride-hailing app Uber.
The Meter Taxi Association in South Africa says Uber drivers do not pay for operation permits and are calling for authorities to ban its operations.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Police say the protest is illegal and that they will clear taxi operators who are blocking the main roads leading to the airport.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani says it has been causing causing chaos to east of Johannesburg
Uber, which operates in a number of African cities, was launched in South Africa four years ago.
Since then it has attracted half a million users and 4,000 drivers.
Uber drivers are also holding a small demonstration in Johannesburg calling for protection against attacks from metered taxi-operators:
Watch the moment Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari landed this morning in Kaduna:
Nigeria's President Buhari arrives home after medical leave in London.
After seven weeks away in London on medical leave, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home.
His absence has led to much speculation over his health.
The 74-year-old, flew into an air force base in the northern city of Kaduna.
The state's governor captured the moment Mr Buhari stepped off the plane:
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Mr Buhari had to go to Kaduna as the capital's airport is temporarily closed for repairs.
He has now arrived back in the capital, Abuja, and an aide has tweeted that he feels much better:
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Mr Buhari's office has repeatedly refused to disclose details of his condition.
The BBC's Martin Patience in Lagos says critics are now questioning whether the president is fit enough to hold office.
His extended leave came as Nigeria grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades, he says.
Today's Africa proverb:
Quote MessageA turtle knows how to bite a turtle.
A Sudanese proverb sent by Abuelgasim Elsir, Khartoum, Sudan
Image source, AFPWelcome to the BBC Africa Live page where we'll be keeping you up-to-date with news and trends across the continent, including the arrival home this morning of Nigeria's president after an absence of seven weeks away in London.