Summary

  • Government says it does not know where Bongo Fleva artist Roma Mkatoliki is

  • Second major ratings agency downgrades South Africa to junk status

  • 'Delta Force' vigilantes freed in storming of Ghana court hand themselves in

  • Thousands attend anti-Zuma marches in cities across South Africa

  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu joins protests

  • Pro-Zuma rally at ANC headquarters in Johannesburg

  • Longtime Gambia opposition party UDP wins most seats

  • Somali militants reject new president's amnesty offer and dismiss war declaration

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Friday 7 April 2017

Live Reporting

Hugo Williams, Tom Spender and Nabihah Parkar

  1. Wise words

    Today’s African proverb: 

    People shouldn’t be given advice on their departure but on their return."

    A Nuer proverb sent by Deng Nhial Chioh, Juba, South Sudan, and Kalany Tekjiek Nyany, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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