President Donald Trump's sacking of the head of the FBI has again led people to ask about whether this could happen in an African country.

Mr Trump's administration has said that James Comey's dismissal had to do with his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, but there is speculation that it is also connected to the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged links with Russia.

We reported earlier that South Africa's former anti-corruption chief Thuli Madonsela said that she would not have been sacked.

A Kenyan commentator and IT guru has said that Americans should now look at themselves for the questions she often gets about Africa:

A former top English footballer, who has a big social media following, has made a joke connecting the continent to what has happened in the US:

The Fifa Council has ratified, external the decision to give Africa nine automatic places when the World Cup expands to 48 teams in 2026.

The move was confirmed on Wednesday in Bahrain - the continent currently has five spots at the tournament.

A tenth African country will take part in a six-nation play-off tournament to decide the last two spots.

The Bureau of the Fifa Council made the original proposal of how it planned to allocate the 48 places, external on 30 March.

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The campaign team backing Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election has hired controversial data-mining company Cambridge Analytica (CA) which supported the election of US President Donald Trump and the UK campaign to leave the EU, the Star newspaper reports.  , external

It says a small CA team had already arrived in the country to prepare for the August elections and will be using its software to target undecided voters on Facebook. 

CA says its software collects social media data which can be used to target specific sets of voters, the Star reports.

A story in the Guardian UK on Sunday, external says the firm uses "psychological warfare", to change "hearts and minds" through its highly targeted work. 

The article also alleges that its strategies may have compromised the UK Brexit vote. 

A former CA intern featured in the story said that the company had already worked on elections in Kenya and Ghana. 

Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, external says in the story that CA's operation involves intentionally obfuscating news reports from mainstream media by providing "alternative facts": 

CA was founded by US mogul Robert Mercer who also funds the alt-right website Breitbart which was run by President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Stellenbosch University in South Africa says it is investigating who is behind "racist" Nazi-inspired posters that appeared on campus notice boards on Monday sparking outrage on social media.

They were put up by a group which identified itself as The New Right and read: "The Anglo-Afrikaner Student" and "Fight for Stellenbosch". 

The posters looked similar to Hitler Youth propaganda used in Nazi Germany

Stellenbosch University says it views the meeting advertised on the posters as an attempt to polarise that institution adding that it strongly condemns any organisation that preached racial superiority.

Some people, claiming to be students, have used social media to voice their unhappiness at what they say is inequality and racism on campus saying these posters were indicative of a bigger problem in the prestigious institution.

Ugandan Stella Nyanzi, who has been held on remand after being charged with cyber harassment for referring to President Yoweri Museveni as "a pair of buttocks" has been released on bail.

The bail hearing for the Ugandan activist who is charged in connection with calling President Yoweri a "pair of buttocks" has been adjourned for 20 minutes because Ms Nyanzi collapsed as she tried to get up, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports.

She was helped up and led away by prisons officers  

One of her lawyers told Patience that Ms Naynzi has been diagnosed with malaria.

The case has been seen as a test for the boundaries of freedom of speech in the country.

People are sharing pictures of some of her supporters outside the court.

Femi Kuti, son of late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has vowed to repeat his attempt to set a new world record after falling short.

The official Guinness World Record for "the longest continuous note on a saxophone using the circular breathing method" is held by Vann Burchfield, who managed 47 minutes five seconds in 2000. 

Kuti clocked in at 46 minutes 38secs last Sunday.

He shares his tips here with the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme:

South Africa's Springboks have been drawn in a group with New Zealand and Italy for the rugby World Cup in 2019. 

A second African team will also be part of the group to be decided in a qualifying competition.

Among those countries vying for this place are Namibia, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

The bail hearing for Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi, charged over calling President Yoweri Museveni a "pair of buttocks", is still going on.

Her lawyers are arguing that she needs to be released on bail to get medical help.

The state prosecutor has said that if she meets the bail requirements then she should be released, but has urged the court to ask for Ms Nyanzi to have a mental health assessment, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports from the court.

The lawyer told the court that "only God and perhaps the doctors can tell this court what kind of sickness she is suffering from at the moment."

Stella Nyanzi, the Ugandan accused of insulting the president - BBC News

Stella Nyanzi, who has been held on remand after being charged with cyber harassment for referring to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni as "a pair of buttocks", is back in court for a bail hearing, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports from Kampala.

She came to court supported by two prison officers.

Her lawyers are arguing that she needs to be released on bail to get medical attention.

The head of Gambia's central bank Amadou Colley, appointed by the previous President Yahya Jammeh, has been sacked. 

No official reason has been given for the sacking and Mr Colley told the Reuters news agency that he did not know why he had been fired: 

"We received our letters today without giving us any reason for our sacking, only stating 'Your services have been terminated with immediate effect'," he said. 

Mr Colley served under President Jammeh who has been accused by some in the new administration of having looted millions of dollars during his 22-year rule.

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Since taking office in January President Adama Barrow has replaced officials in key positions to exert his authority. 

Mr Barrow defeated the former president in elections in December, but Mr Jammeh only stepped down after weeks of diplomatic pressure.

He is now living in exile in Equatorial Guinea.

Listen: The Gambia's President Adama Barrow on his first 100 days

South African lawyer Thuli Madonsela, who once headed the country's anti-corruption body, has been reflecting on President Donald Trump sacking the head of the FBI, James Comey.

Mr Comey was leading an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign last year and the Russian administration. 

Ms Madonsela, who is now teaching in the US, led two investigations into alleged corruption involving President Jacob Zuma.

She was able to release two highly critical reports, and in a tweet she says that in South Africa the president would never have got away with sacking her.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked army chief General Paul Malong. 

No reason was given on state media but there have been several recent resignations of high ranking officers and other officials in the South Sudanese administration. 

The BBC's James Copnall says Mr Malong is seen by many South Sudanese as a very powerful figure and they will be waiting to see how he responds to his dismissal. 

Many people have raised concerns about ethnic bias and war crimes in the civil war which has mired South Sudan in conflict for the last four years. 

General Malong will be replaced by General James Ajong.

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