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And we leave you with this photo taken outside Liberia's electoral commission in the capital, Monrovia, reminding voters about tomorrow's general election:

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Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

Calm has been restored to Mozambique’s northern port town of Mocimboa da Praia after 30 armed Islamist militants attacked the town last week.

The governor of Cabo Delgado province, Celmira da Silva, described the raid, which began on Thursday, as “extremely frightening”.

Local residents told the governor that most of those in the armed group were Somalis, who had been recruiting and training Mozambicans.

The Mozambican police said during clashes between the security forces and militants, that lasted several days, 16 people were killed - two policemen and 14 of the attackers.

Four policemen were wounded and are receiving medical care.

Visiting the town on Sunday, Ms Silva stressed that everyone should go back to work as normal from today.

However, she said the government was still trying to understand the group’s origins:

Alex Duval Smith
BBC Africa, Dakar

The stand-off between the Turkish government and an influential exiled cleric has surfaced in Senegal.

Supporters of the cleric Fethulah Gulen say a decision this morning in a court in the capital, Dakar, marks a small victory in their battle to save nine schools they run in Senegal.

The case was brought by Gulen supporters in Senegal after the government recently closed down their schools and placed the company which owns them, Horizon Education, into receivership.

At today's hearing, the government offered to return the control of the company to its owners. Moussa Sarr, the Gulenists' lawyer, welcomed the move:

"This does not mean the schools can reopen but it's a first step. I hope the state is being sincere and that when talks resume, a solution can be reached very soon.

"The government's move improves the mood. It's a first step but there's also another case before the Supreme Court. So let's see how we go."

Nearly 3,000 children had been attending the Gulenists' nine schools in Senegal.

Mr Gulen's movement has been running schools across Africa for the last 20 years.

The fee-paying establishments have been seen as disciplinarian and high-achieving.

Mr Gulen used to have the Turkish government's support.

But last year the US-based cleric was accused of orchestrating a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Senegal is the latest country to come under pressure from Turkey to close its Gulenist schools.

Read more:

• Turkey's post-coup crackdown hits 'Gulen schools' worldwide
• Who are the Gulenists?

A video has emerged of a mob in India's city of Delhi beating a Nigerian man, Indian media reports.

According to the ANI news agency, external, the video was shot on 24 September.

In the footage, the man can be seen with his feet tied to a lamp post as his attackers keep hitting him with sticks:

Image source, NDTV

Indian broadcaster NDTV, reports that residents accused him of robbing a house, external.

The Nigerian man was taken to the police after the attack and had injuries to his head, face, limbs and back, it says.

The police told NDTV that after he was treated in a hospital, he appeared before a judge, who sent him to jail.

As a result of the footage, police say action will be taken against the attackers, the broadcaster says.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

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Public hearings into the deaths of more than 100 psychiatric patients have begun in South Africa.

Known as the “Life Esidimeni tragedy”, the deaths occurred between March and December 2016 following a "reckless" attempt by the government to save money, an official report by the health ombudsman found.

Most of the patients died of starvation, dehydration and diarrhoea, according to the report.

They had been transferred from private specialised care centres to various non-governmental organisations in the Gauteng province, many of which were unregistered and did not have equipment or staff to care for the patients.

It took months for the families to be notified of the deaths - many said they were not even notified about the planned move.

The three-week-long hearings, led by Dikgang Moseneke - a retired deputy chief justice - could lead to prosecutions and also assist families in civil claims against the state.

Image source, AFP

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has given a bonus of $85,000 (£65,000) to each of the players who clinched a place at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

A 2-1 win over Congo Brazzaville saw them qualify for the global showpiece for the first time since 1990.

The president had special praise for match-winner Mohamed Salah, who scored a penalty in injury time to secure the qualification:

He also thanked Argentine coach Hector Cuper for making "our dreams come true."

During the meeting with the president, Cuper said:

Read the BBC Sport story for more.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg

Image source, AFP

Prosecutors here in South Africa have dropped murder charges against a woman accused of killing her daughter's rapist, saying the chances of a successful prosecution were slim (see earlier post).

South Africa has one of the highest rates of rape incidents in the world, more than 40,000 cases were reported in the last year’s figures.

In a majority of the attacks, the victims and the perpetrators are known to each other – which sometimes leads to cases being dropped because of intimidation, the authorities say.

A number of campaigns have been held in the country in recent months, some led by men, calling for harsher sentences for rapists.

Campaigners have also called for the government to do more to help women feel safe.

But women's rights activists have decried slogans advising women to “stay safe”, saying it almost absolves attackers and places the responsibility of not being rape squarely on women.

Others say not enough is being done to address the heart of rape culture.

Ferdinand Omondi
BBC Africa, Nairobi

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A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that young people in the developing world may be better off finding jobs in rural areas rather than cities.

That is because demand for food production is high while industrialisation is slowing down.

The report says rural people who relocate to cities will find it hard to get a job and risk joining the urban poor.

By contrast it points out that rural areas have the potential for economic growth as the food production industry feeds the growing demand in urban settlements.

More than 100 hippos have died in Namibia in a remote national park in the past week, reports Namibia's New Era newspaper.

Officials in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism told the newspaper that they expect they could have died from anthrax, a bacterial disease found in arid climates.

The newspaper tweeted images from the Bwabwata national park showing lifeless hippos:

The director of parks and wildlife, Colgar Sikopo, told New Era that anthrax normally occurs while the level of the river is low.

He added that vets were trying to determine the cause of death.

Gunmen attacked a market in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt early this morning, reports AFP news agency.

Most of the victims were market women, said trader Agnes Tarila.

Local resident Arutere Utuama said: "As soon as I heard of the incident I ran to the market where I counted at least 10 bodies."

Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni told AFP that the motive for the killings was not clear yet.

Image source, Getty Images

Rana Jawad
BBC North Africa correspondent, Tunis

At least eight migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean following a collision between the boat they were on and a Tunisian navy vessel.

The accident took place in a stretch of water between Tunisia and Malta on Sunday night.

The boat was trying to reach Italy when it collided with a Tunisian navy vessel that approached it around 34 miles (54km) from Al Ataya beach in the island of Kerkenah.

The boat is believed to have been carrying around 70 people. Although dozens have been rescued, many are still unaccounted for.

Tunisia’s ministry of defense says it’s investigating the circumstances of the incident and that they are still searching for victims. All the people who have been rescued are Tunisian.

Image source, Reuters

Some observers believe that there has been an increase in migrants leaving from Tunisia because of tighter controls off the Libyan coast, North Africa’s most popular transit route for the Mediterranean crossing.

Last week, the Tunisian navy rescued 140 people. Most were Tunisian migrants from boats that set off from the country’s south-eastern coast.

Official figures also show that more than 500 Tunisians and people from sub-Saharan Africa were arrested during attempted crossings in September.

Image source, Reuters

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote has criticised Tanzanian President John Magufuli for scaring away foreign investors, reports the Financial Times, external.

Mr Dangote highlighted a plan to allow the government to take 16% of an investor’s assets for free, says the FT.

The newspaper goes on to explain that the Nigerian businessman Mr Dangote is one of the biggest investors in Tanzania and has built a $650m (£494m) cement plant in Tanzania.

The mining laws have already changed this year and the president has accused international miners of under-reporting how much they were exporting from the country.

Acacia Mining and Petra diamonds are among the companies that have reduced their operations since the changes.

Charlotte Attwood
BBC Africa, Monrovia

Liberia's outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has just addressed the nation calling for peaceful elections tomorrow.

The 78-year-old reminded voters that they were empowered:

Twenty candidates are standing to replace Mrs Sirleaf, Africa's first female president, in a first round on Tuesday.

Ishaq Khalid
BBC Africa, Abuja

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Nigeria has now started the trials of thousands of suspects accused of being involved with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Sources at the ministry of justice have told me that four judges have started their trials at the military detention facility in Kainji town, north-central Niger state, where more than 1,600 suspects are being kept.

It is not clear how many have been arraigned on the first day of the trials.

Up to 1,670 people will be tried in the coming weeks with a further 5,000 people after that. Many of the suspects have been detained for years.

This is the biggest series of terrorism-related trials in Nigerian history.

The trials are to be conducted in secret at detention facilities across the country - although they are not military tribunals.

Human rights activists and some families of the suspects have expressed fears that this will undermine transparency.

The trials are likely to last for months, or even years, because of the huge number of suspects who will be tried individually, according to Justice Minister Abubakar Malami.

Plus the judicial system here is chronically slow.

More than 20,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced by Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency in several countries in the Lake Chad region.

Many people, including women and children, have also been abducted by the militants.

Image source, Reuters/BBC

Sir Nicholas Soames has defended holding a personal meeting with President Robert Mugabe while on a visit to Zimbabwe.

The veteran Conservative British MP said he met the president last week to reminisce about his father's role as the last governor of Southern Rhodesia.

Sir Nicholas said they met for old times' sake, adding: "It was purely for Auld Lang Syne and I'm glad I did it."

But Labour MP Kate Hoey called the visit a "body blow" to people who had suffered under the Mugabe regime.

The 93-year-old president has been quoted in Zimbabwean press reports, external saying Sir Nicholas' visit showed the British wanted dialogue with his country.

Read the BBC News story for more

At least 37 people were killed in a police crackdown in protests immediately after Kenya’s 8 August election, the country’s human rights watchdog has said.

In three days of violence, 35 people died as a result of “excessive use of force by police", the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has said in a report about the vote.

The dedication to its findings, entitled Mirage at Dusk, reads in part:

Last month, the Supreme Court annulled the presidential vote because of irregularities.

The rerun is scheduled for 26 October, although the opposition coalition has threatened to boycott the poll unless the electoral commission makes some staff changes.

Police fired teargas and shots in the air today as hundreds of opposition demonstrators marched through the capital, Nairobi, demanding reforms. A photographer for the Reuters news agency was at the protest:

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

According the AFP news agency, opposition leader Raila Odinga reiterated at a press conference that he would not take part in a re-run if his demands are not met:

Click here to read the full report Mirage at Dusk, external

Matthew Davies
Editor, BBC Africa Business Report

Image source, AFP

One of Africa's largest diamond mining companies, Petra Diamonds, is in financial trouble.

The firm, which has operations in South Africa and Tanzania, says it is likely to breach the terms of its loans by the end of the year.

It is a double whammy for Petra – it has been hit by labour disputes at its mines in South Africa and tighter regulations in Tanzania.

Most of Petra's operations are in South Africa and include the famous Cullinan Mine.

But industrial action has disrupted production, even though a three-year wage deal was signed last week.

And early last month, officials in Tanzania seized a parcel of diamonds from the Williamson Mine, claiming it was undervalued.

The Tanzanian government has made several such claims recently, especially against the country's gold mines.

The possible breach of Petra's lending covenants did not come as surprise to analysts, but the company’s shares in London fell around 5% on Monday morning.

Petra will provide an update on its position when it posts its annual results next week.

People are still reacting to this video posted by the International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday showing a lorry pulling two other lorries through a river-like road in Democratic Republic of Congo:

This South African tweeter takes inspiration:

While this French journalist urges people to use it to give perspective:

And this Nepalese tweeter compares the road to his own country:

Finally, this South African tweeter ponders what the video tells us about the distribution of resources in DR Congo:

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, South Africa

South African state prosecutors have provisionally dropped their case against a woman who allegedly stabbed a man to death and wounded another after she said she found them raping her 27-year-old daughter last month.

The woman from the Eastern Cape Province had initially been charged with murder and attempted murder.

A provincial spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority said the woman’s charge sheet showed that she had “attacked the men because she was trying to save her daughter”.

The NPA has decided not to proceed with the case, saying it could not be “successfully prosecuted in court”.

Today's hearing was held in the Lady Frere Magistrate Court, where the woman has received the support of many community members who helped raise money for her bail.

Following the NPA’s decision an inquest into the death of the alleged rapist will be conducted and could influence what further action, if any, will be taken against the woman.

Raissa Ioussouf
BBC Afrique, Antananarivo

In the highlands of Madagascar, relatives exhuming the bodies of dead relatives and dance with them.

It's an ancient ritual – known as the “turning of the bones” – and a moment for joy and celebration.

I went along to one such ceremony: