That's all from the BBC Africa Live page this week. Keep up to date with what's happening on the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or checking the BBC News website.

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And we leave you with this picture of a model waiting backstage ahead of Africa Fashion Week in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. It's one of our favourite pictures from the week.

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Earlier we highlighted 10 British MPs of African heritage who were all elected in Thursday's general election in the UK.

There are two more who have been brought to our attention:

• Kemi Badenoch who has spent some of her life in Nigeria won the Saffron Walden seat for the Conservative party with 61.8% of the vote
• Bim Afolami whose father is from Nigeria won the Hitchin and Harpenden seat for the Conservative party with 53.1% of the vote

A fight between soldiers over food aid in Somalia has led to the deaths of at least 14 people in Baidoa, the AP news agency reports, external.

It says, quoting a policeman, that the fight started when some soldiers tried to steal some of the aid and other soldiers tried to stop them.

Twenty people were also injured, AP reports.

Somalia is facing a severe shortage and Baidoa has attracted thousands of people hoping to receive assistance.

Olushambles and Kibarkingmad, our satirical presidents, have taken inspiration from Zambia and decided to create a new capital city.

Priority number one is a presidential palace, followed closely by three golf courses:

Image source, Getty Images

Investment firm Quantum Global has ranked Botswana the best place to invest in Africa in its latest report, external.

It said Botswana has done well across the board, including credit rating and how easy it is to do business.

Somalia was ranked the hardest place in Africa to do business:

Image source, Quantum Global

The mother of a Ghanaian army major killed by a mob has said she wants to meet his killers, reports Adom Online, external.

It quotes her as saying this during her son's funeral earlier today:

We reported earlier that Major Maxwell Mahama was given a state funeral after he was stoned to death by people who mistook him for an armed robber.

One of Nigeria's most influential Muslim leaders has said that he is ready to sacrifice his "last drop of blood" to defend Igbos in the north of the country, the Premium Times newspaper reports, external.

Emir of Katsina Abdulmumini Kabir's comments come after some activists in the north released a message earlier this week calling on Igbos, traditionally from the south-east of the country, to leave the region.

The emir called those behind the message "enemies of peace".

‘’You are my sons and daughters like any other person, Katsina is your home, so, feel free to go anywhere,’’ Mr Kabir told a group of Igbo leaders at his palace.

On Wednesday, the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, ordered the arrest of the activists.

Michael Kaloki
Nairobi

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A plan to rescue debt ridden Kenya Airways is expected to rushed through the parliament in Nairobi next week, before it closes ahead of elections.

The state is expected to swap loans it is owed for shares in Kenya Airways, which is roughly $1.4bn (£1.1m) in debt.

A major part of the airline's debt is the $243m worth of unpaid loans owed to the state.

The government will swap this outstanding debt for shares in Kenya Airways as part of a restructuring plan that aims to help the airline move back into profit.

The government hopes to get approval for the deal from MPs before the parliament's term ends next week - ahead of the general election in August.

The state currently owns nearly 30% of Kenya Airways while Air France KLM has a stake of nearly 27%.

Kenya Airways almost went into bankruptcy with an over ambitious plan to expand its fleet and buy several new aircraft at a time when passenger numbers were falling.

An al-Qaeda-linked group have said they were behind an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three Guinean peacekeepers in Mali, reports AFP news agency.

The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous al-Qaeda links, posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying it had targeted the UN base "with a set of mortar shells," AFP adds.

We reported earlier that the peacekeepers were killed in the attack on their camp in Kidal, in northern Mali.

South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party has lodged criminal charges against the country's Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and the state rail company over an allegedly corrupt deal.

This follows the leaking of thousands of emails, regarding the relationship between the government and the wealthy Gupta family.

Some of the messages allegedly detail the Guptas benefiting from a contract with the rail company by acting as an intermediary, the Reuters news agency reports.

The emails have been dismissed as "fake news" by a Gupta family spokesman.

When submitting the criminal charges EFF leader Julius Malema said: "We’re not here because we’re opposed to [President] Zuma… we’re here because we’re protecting the poor African masses.

“We want to protect the South African purse, which Zuma and his friends have turned into a personal purse.”

The hashtag #RIPMajorMahama has been trending all day in Ghana following the funeral of Major Maxwell Mahama who was killed by a mob last month.

They mistook him for an armed robber while he was out jogging.

This morning, he was given a state funeral:

The president led the tributes on Twitter:

And others joined in:

Image source, British Council

A 27-year-old South African geologist has won an international competition for the person who can explain science in the most engaging way.

Tshiamo Legoale was in the international final of the FameLab competition last night in Cheltenham, UK.

Each scientist competing had to deliver a three-minute presentation and was judged for content, clarity and charisma.

She started off her semi-final speech dancing and singing Kanye West's Lyrics "I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger".

And she speaks about phytomining - growing plants near gold waste to extract the metal.

Watch her here in the semi-final, 46 minutes in:

We appreciate a geology based pun on the live page.

So we noted that in Ms Legoale's her Twitter bio, external she describes herself as "rock loving", leaving the reader to assume she's talking about the music.

Kenya's tea industry is in crisis.

The country’s largest producer of black tea has seen production fall by over a third this year because of the drought.

The rain has now come but is it too little too late?

Anne Soy reports.

There were 19 extrajudicial killings in Ethiopia between October 2016 and last month, the Addis Standard reports, external quoting research by an independent Ethiopian human rights organisation.

The Human Rights Council (HRCO) looked into what has been going on since the state of emergency was declared in October last year.

Its findings were released at the end of last month but they were largely missed because of the internet blackout that ended on Thursday, says the Addis Standard.

HRCO found that 15 of the 19 killed were from the Oromia region - the epicentre of the unrest which led to the imposition of the state of emergency.

It also found that more than 20,000 people have been detained since last October.

The government says it introduced the state of emergency to help quell the unrest.

Image source, Reuters

Zambia's opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, has managed to send a message on Facebook to his supporters from the maximum security prison where he was moved earlier today.

Mr Hichilema is facing treason charges in the country's High Court.

It's not clear how he got the message out.

He said:

Mr Hichilema was detained in April after a convoy he was travelling allegedly got in the way of a presidential motorcade.

He is being accused of trying to usurp the powers of the presidency.

Rights groups and diplomats have expressed concern about the opposition leader's incarceration.

The church is also speaking out. In a strongly worded statement from the Conference of Catholic Bishops, it warned that Zambia was slipping towards a "dictatorship".

Image source, AFP

Half a billion people in Africa currently live without electricity.

The BBC's Matthew Davies looks at the various efforts currently going on to change this:

Image source, AFP

The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA) has asked the South Sudan government to stop blocking international journalists from working in the country.

At least 20 foreign journalists have been refused permission to enter South Sudan, Elijah Alier from the country's Media Authority told the AFP news agency earlier this week.

Mr Alier was quoted in local media accusing the blocked journalists of disseminating “unsubstantiated and unrealistic stories” that incite violence and hate.

The FCAEA denied that, saying: "The affected journalists are experienced professionals".

"The blocking of these international journalists has coincided with a deterioration in security in the country, as well as the declaration of famine and the largest refugee crisis in Africa, all issues of global concern," the statement said.

According to AFP, foreign journalists who want to visit the country have to be cleared by the Media Authority before being granted a visa.

Three UN peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in Kidal in the north of Mali north, the UN has told AFP news agency.

On Thursday the UN camp "came under heavy rocket/mortar fire" and "a little later a position nearby was attacked" outside their base, the UN mission Minusma said in a statement.

Minusma began work in 2013, providing security and assisting Malian troops struggling to keep the country safe.

While no-one appears to have said they are being the attack yet, the Kidal camp has been targeted constantly by jihadists, with dozens of peacekeepers killed.

Jihadists killed two peacekeepers on 23 May near Aguelhok, close to the border with Algeria, while a Liberian peacekeeper was killed earlier in May close to Timbuktu.

Both attacks were claimed by a powerful jihadist alliance, the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous al-Qaeda links.

Image source, AFP

David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

In a major blow against wildlife crime, two animal dealers selling baby chimpanzees have been convicted following a BBC investigation.

The two men were sentenced to six months in prison in the first case of wildlife trafficking ever brought in Ivory Coast in West Africa.

The case has been hailed as a significant step in the struggle to save endangered animals from smugglers.

A lawyer for the Ivory Coast government said that the judgement “sends a signal” that the country is now taking the issue of animal trafficking seriously.

Ibrahima and Mohamed Traore had been arrested while trying to sell an infant chimp to a BBC reporter posing as the representative of a wealthy Asian buyer.

Since they have remained in prison since their capture last December, they have already served their sentences and are therefore free.

Read more: Arrests 'big step' in chimp trade battle

The funeral of a Ghanaian military commander who was killed by a mob is coming to an end, as people are tweeting:

Capt Maxwell Mahama is trending on Twitter in Ghana:

He was given a state funeral, attended by President Nana Akufo Addo, as Ghana's Citi Fm tweets:

He was killed on in May while he was out jogging by a mob who mistook him for an armed robber.

He was stoned to death and his body burnt, according to a military statement.

The president also posthumously promoted the dead soldier from the rank of captain to major.