Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been moved to a maximum security prison apparently without explanation, the BBC's Karen Allen reports.

He is due to stand trial at the High Court for treason.

His party has been tweeting about the move saying that he was flown to the new prison:

Our correspondent is trying to find out why he was moved.

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Top UN human rights official Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has called for an international investigation into what he called widespread human rights abuses in Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He had given the Congolese government a deadline to set up a joint probe with the UN, but this has passed.

The UN has documented over 40 mass graves in the last few months, but says the real total could be higher.

There has been heavy fighting in the area between government troops and a militia known as Kamuina Nsapu since August last year.

The UN says it received information that many of the mass graves were dug by government troops.

Read more: DR Congo's Kasai conflict: Voodoo rebels take on Kabila

In Kenya, retired pilot Nick Ng'ethe is helping teenagers who dream of becoming pilots train at a fraction of the cost.

He uses his own simulator to train young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Video journalist: Hassan Lali.

The BBC News website's Africa desk team have been keeping an eye on 10 candidates in the UK elections who are of African heritage.

They were all MPs in the previous parliament and have all won their seats again:

• Helen Grant who has a Nigerian father won Maidstone and the Weald for the Conservative party taking 56.4% of the vote
• Adam Afriyie who has a Ghanain father won Windsor for the Conservative taking 64.4% of the vote
• Mark Hendrick who is British-Somali won Preston for the Labour party taking 68% of the vote
• Chuka Umunna who has a Nigerian father won Streatham for the Labour party taking 68.5% of the vote
• Chi Onwurah who has a Nigerian father won Newcastle Central for the Labour party taking 64.9% of the vote
• Sam Gyimah both of whose parents are Ghanaian won Surrey East for the Conservative party with 59.6% of the vote
• Kwasi Kwarteng both of whose parents are Ghanaian won Spelthorne for the Conservative party with 57.3% of the vote
• Kate Osamor both of whose parents are Nigerian won Edmonton for the Labour party with 71.5% of the vote
• James Cleverly whose mother is Sierra Leonean won Braintree for the Conservative party with 62.8% of the vote
• Priti Patel whose parents are Ugandan Asians won Witham for the Conservative party with 64.3% of the vote

South Sudan's rebels have claimed responsibility for an ambush on a convoy of buses driving towards the capital Juba that killed at least 14 people, a spokesperson told Reuters news agency.

Rebel troops were targeting government troops, Lam Paul Gabriel is quoted as saying.

He added that soldiers were escorting civilians and they were killed in the crossfire.

Mr Lam said its fighters killed 40 people, including at least two colonels, in an attack that included the use of rocket-propelled grenades.

But South Sudanese police spokesman Daniel Justin Boulogne said 14 people had been killed.

South Sudan's Eye Radio has tweeted more information about the people who have died:

A firefighter has died dealing with the wildfires in South Africa's Western Cape province, Eyewitness News, external reports.

The organisation that he worked for has tweeted the news:

Enca says that Brad Richards could have suffered 70% burns. It adds that a second firefighter is in hospital being treated for burns.

South Africa has declared a disaster in the Knysna area where the wildfires hit (see earlier story).

Lesotho's Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has admitted defeat in a parliamentary election to his opponent Thomas Thabane, Reuters news agency reports.

It adds that a government statement said that King Letsie III has accepted Mr Mosisili's resignation.

The Independent Election Commission announced the result of the election two days ago.

Reuters adds that this eases concerns of political instability in the country.

It is the third election in three years caused by a bitter power struggle.

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Kenya's Daily Nation, external has picked up on an award won by a Kenyan judge - but this is not one to celebrate.

It reports that Judge Said Juma Chitembwe has been given the Gold Bludgeon by campaign group Women's Link Worldwide, external for overturning a guilty verdict against a defendant accused of defiling a minor because the 14-year-old wanted to have sex.

Women's Link Worldwide says that under Kenyan law "a person is guilty of 'child defilement' if that person engages in penetrative sex with a person under 18 years of age".

It adds that the behaviour of the minor should not be taken into consideration and argues that the judge's decision is "a dangerous precedent assuming that girls who consent to sex before age 18 should not be afforded special protections provided to children".

Image source, Reuters

Knysna in South Africa has been declared a "disaster area" amid wildfires, Enca reports, external.

The government is set to announce the practical implications of that later this morning.

The scenic coastal town has been devastated by wildfires which were fuelled by strong winds and the worst winter storm in 30 years.

Up to 10,000 people have been evacuated and military equipment was being deployed to douse more than 25 fires.

News 24 reports, external that a mother and toddler caught in the fire have died.

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said that al-Shabab "won't get away with" Thursday's attack on an army base in which at least 38 people died, the Reuters news agency reports.

Al-Shabab said 61 soldiers were killed in the early morning raid about 70km from the north-eastern town of Bosaso, but local security officials have said the death toll was lower.

In a statement, quoted by several news sources, external, Mr Farmajo said:

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