Summary

  • Teen couple suspended for 'marriage proposal' return to class

  • Oscar Pistorius' film condemned

  • Cameroon protests: '30 killed'

  • Eight people were taken to hospital after brawl at ANC conference

  • Kenyan protesters demands electoral changes before re-run

  • Nigerian zoo closed after lion kills attendant

  • 'Fears for life' of Niger's alleged coup-plotter

  • Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Morocco submit bids to host 2018 CHAN

  • 'Marseille attacker had Tunisian passport'

  • ozambique's President Nyusi to run for re-election in 2019

Live Reporting

Natasha Booty and Dickens Olewe

  1. Calm in Cameroon after deadly protests

    The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, said yesterday he condemned violence on all sides after police shot dead at least eight people during protests by English-speaking secessionists.

    Today, the situation is reportedly calm.

    The unrest came on the 56th anniversary of the incorporation of the Anglophone region into Cameroon.

    Activists calling for independence of the region raised the separatist flag and staged protests in several towns. One Twitter user posted this map of the regions which separatists want to break away:

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    The English-speaking minority has been protesting for nearly a year against what they say is discrimination in education and the judicial system by the Francophone majority.

    Both French and English are official languages of Cameroon.

    Read more on the BBC News website.

  2. Nigerian zoo closed after lion kills attendant

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    Zoo management said the victim had a "very good relationship" with the animals he cared for

    A zoo in Nigeria's state of Oyo has been closed after a lion attacked and killed an attendant, the Punch news site is reporting.

    A statement from the authorities said that the decision was taken following advice from the zoo's management.

    It said that the attendant had died from injuries sustained in the attack:

    One of the lions at the zoo had accidentally attacked one of the attendants, Mr Hamzat Oyekunle popularly known as Baba Olorunwa.

    Oyekunle was reported to have later died from injuries sustained from the incident.”

    It added that the attendant had fed the lions "for over five years" and that he had "a very good relationship with all the animals in the zoo".

  3. Tear gas fired at anti-election body protesters

    Supporters of Kenya's presidential challenger Raila Odinga are protesting against the electoral commission ahead of a repeat election on 26 October, the Daily Nation reports.

    The news site reports that police have fired tear gas at demonstrators who have lit fires and blocked roads in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold in western Kenya.

    Those taking part in the protest were heeding a call from the opposition alliance, Nasa, which is demanding key changes to the electoral commission's staff and systems ahead of the re-run.

    The results of August's presidential election, which handed President Uhuru Kenyatta victory, were annulled over voting irregularities.

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  4. Ramaphosa condemns ANC violence

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    Mr Ramaphosa is seen as one of the frontrunners in the race to replace President Jacob Zuma

    South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned violence that broke out over the weekend during an African National Congress (ANC) conference in the Eastern Cape.

    At least eight people were injured, some seriously, in a brawl between two ANC factions over who was meant to be at the conference, Times Live reports.

    It adds that chairs were broken and the foyer of the conference's venue was covered in blood.

    A video of the fighting has been shared online:

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    Mr Ramaphosa said it was not "behaviour expected of members of the ANC":

    It's something that we as the ANC should be deeply ashamed about. This is not behaviour expected of members of the ANC. We condemn violence as a method to resolve differences and disputes among us."

    Away from the fighting, Oscar Mabuyane, an ally of Mr Ramaphosa was elected the new ANC provincial chairperson at the event which was boycotted by a faction allied to Phumulo Masualle, the province's premier and the out-going party chairman.

    Mr Mabuyane's win is a big boost to Mr Ramaphosa ahead of of the party's national conference in December where delegates will choose the party leader, who will be a shoo-in as the country's next president.

    The Daily Maverick reports that out of the 1,706 delegates registered in the provincial conference only, 906 remained behind to vote for new leaders.

    It adds that the delegates who did not take part appeared to be supporters of Phumulo Masualle and ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is reportedly planning to run for the presidency.

    In his speech at the event Mr Ramaphosa said that party had to be united.

    "The task is to forge unity. Seek to choose the leadership that will bind the ANC together," Times Live reports.

    Read:Cyril Ramaphosa - the man who wants to make South Africa great

  5. Today's wise words

    Our African proverb of the day:

    You only gossip about the elephant once it has turned its back."

    Sent by Oware Agar in Nairobi, Kenya

  6. Good morning

    Welcome to BBC Africa Live where we will bring you the latest news from around the continent.