Rescue workers are searching for the body of a Catholic bishop in a river in Cameroon after he went missding two days ago.

The death of the Bishop of Bafia, Jean Marie Benoit Balla, has been confirmed by the Archbishop of Doula, Samuel Kleda, who is also the president of the Episcopal Council

Bishop Baila's car has been found along the banks of River Sanaga. Some newspapers and social media sites are reporting that a suicide note was found in the car, but others are suggesting that he was murdered.

There have been a number of unsolved mysteries deaths of Catholic clergy in Cameroon. Archbishop Kleda has called for calm as the search for the bishop continues.

Uganda's prestigious Makerere University has threatened disciplinary action against a female student for wearing a skirt which was "cut into many strips" and which exposed "part of her nakedness" at a student dinner, local media reports.

In a letter addressed to Rebbeca Nadumba, the university management said: "It is alleged that the picture which appeared last Friday/Saturday (May 27) in the social media of a lady dressed in a red top and red long robe-like skirt, but cut into many strips that exposed part of nakedness, was your picture".

The letter added that if it is true that that was her then she had breached university regulations requiring students to dress "in a neat and decent manner", and not to bring the university into disrepute.

It gave Ms Nadumba until tomorrow to indicate why she should not be brought before the disciplinary committee for alleged violation of the dress code at dinner for students who had completed their studies.

She has not yet commented. On Twitter, there's been mixed reaction to the university's decision:

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Sudanese authorities have banned Egyptian street vendors from selling their wares in the country's western region of Darfur, in an escalating dispute between the neighbours.

Tension has been growing between the two countries after Sudan accused Egypt of supporting Darfur rebels. Cairo has dismissed the accusations.

The commissioner of El-Fasher in North Darfur, Tijani Abdallah Saleh, issued the directive banning the Egyptian street vendors, the private Sudan Tribune news site reported., external

A separate police statement said foreigners will be monitored as they could be rebel informants.

Mr Saleh also ordered owners of residential and business premises to get government authorization before leasing out their properties to foreigners.

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UK banking giant Barclays says it has slashed its stake in its South African operations as part of a global strategic re-think unveiled last year.

It has placed a stake of 33.7% in Barclays Africa with institutional investors, raising some $2.9bn (£2.2bn).

Barclays, which has decided to focus on its two core markets of Britain and the United States, now holds a stake of only 16.4% in the unit.

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One in five children born as a twin in sub-Saharan Africa dies before their fifth birthday, according to new research in the Lancet.

The study is the first to analyse death rates among twins in the region.

The report suggests improvements in survival for twins is lagging far behind other children.

The death rate among single-born children aged under-five halved between 1995 and 2014. For twins, the rate came down by a third.

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A new investigation has been ordered in Uganda into whether staff at the country's wildlife agency conspired with Chinese diplomats to export illegal ivory.

Five senior officials were suspended two years ago after it was discovered that confiscated ivory had gone missing from a Uganda Wildlife Agency strongroom.

Police in Uganda have made several large seizures of ivory since then - some destined for Singapore.

Officials at the Chinese Embassy in Kampala were unavailable for comment.

Uganda is thought to be a major transit point for trafficking ivory from the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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More than 40 people travelling through the Sahara Desert to reach Europe are suspected to have died of thirst after their lorry broke down in arid northern Niger, the Red Cross has told Reuters news agency.

Six survivors walked to a remote village where they reported that 44 people, including three babies and two other children, died of thirst, said Lawal Taher, the department head for the Red Cross in the Bilma region, Reuters reports.

Most of the 44 were from Ghana and Niger, he added.

There has been no independent confirmation of the report, but Mr Taher said the Red Cross had told the authorities and a search for the bodies was under way, Reuters reports.

Last June, the bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, were found in the Sahara Desert near the border with Algeria.

It appeared they had died of thirst after being abandoned by their smuggler, a government minister said at the time.

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