Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, South Africa

Another week, another shooting in South Africa’s troubled province of KwaZulu-Natal.

Three people have been killed after they were attacked on the side of the road in Folweni on the south coast. Three others are in a critical condition in hospital.

Police spokesman Lt Col Thulani Zwane said the six were travelling on the M35 motorway on Sunday afternoon when a vehicle intercepted their Ford pick-up:

KwaZulu-Natal has experienced a spate of shootings and political assassinations in recent weeks.

The police said they did not want to speculate about the motive in the latest attack, but said it might be related to a row over taxi routes.

Meanwhile, there have been four arrests after five people from the same family were shot dead in Mariannhill near Pinetown last week.

Police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala confirmed the arrests and said she did not believe the attacks were linked.

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Nigerian security forces have raided the family home of Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, his younger brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu has said.

The Indigenous People Of Biafra (Ipob) group, founded by Nnamdi Kanu in 2014, was banned by the government last month.

On the day it was declared a terrorist group, army officers also raided the family home in Umuahia in south-eastern Abia state.

Prince Emmanuel said the soldiers took away items such as television sets, a generator and clothes, the Vanguard and Punch newspapers report.

Nnamdi Kanu spent more than a year-and-a-half in jail without trial on treason charges.

He was released on bail in May but his brother says his whereabouts are now unknown.

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Tunisia's Health Minister Slim Chaker has died after suffering a heart attack following a charity run.

Mr Chaker, who was aged 56, had been taking part in the run in the coastal town of Nabeul on Sunday to raise awareness about cancer.

Mr Chaker fell ill after running 500m and then making a speech at the start of a race, reports AFP news agency.

He later died in military hospital in the capital, Tunis, AFP adds.

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed wrote on Facebook that he had lost "a brother, a friend and a colleague", reports BBC Monitoring.

A deal which could generate immense health benefits in Africa was signed earlier this year by two major pharmaceutical companies, Cipla and Pfizer, working with the American Cancer Society.

It means that six African countries will save more than 50% of the current cost of cancer medicines.

Those six are Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Dr Megan O'Brien, from the American Cancer Society, is the chief organiser of the deal.

She told BBC Newsday that they chose those six countries because that's where the deal will have the most impact:

You can read more about the initiative in this recent feature from the New York Times, external.

Militants have attacked a UN military base in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing one UN peacekeeper.

The attack occurred in a village near the city of Beni.

UN mission spokesperson Florence Marchal is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying:

An army spokesman blamed Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Reuters reports.

ADF fighters are active near the border between DR Congo and Uganda.

According to the AFP news agency, Congolese troops clashed with the Ugandan rebels in the area on Sunday.

The day before, the ADF attacked around 10 motorbike taxis in the area, it says.

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South Africa has signed a deal to send six black rhinos to Chad, more than 40 years after the critically endangered animals were last seen there.

An agreement has been signed by environment ministers from the two countries.

The rhinos are expected to be flown to Chad in the first half of next year.

There are estimated to be about 5,000 black rhinos left across the continent.

South Africa's rhino population has suffered severe poaching in recent years.

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The first of more than 1,600 suspected Boko Haram militants are due to appear in a series of trials scheduled to start later today in Nigeria.

Most of the defendants were arrested in the last few years as the Nigerian government stepped up its campaign against the Islamist militant group.

Boko Haram has been fighting for the last eight years to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.

There are at least 5,000 suspects being held in different locations in the north-east of the country who are expected to face trial in the coming weeks.

To date a small number of people have been tried and convicted for links to the insurgency.

The BBC's Ishaq Khalid in the northern city of Bauchi says it is an enormous challenge for a judicial system plagued with corruption.

The Nigerian courts are also chronically slow and these are cases with more difficulties than most, he says.

Egyptians are celebrating qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

Jubilant fans have been lighting up the sky:

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It was a late win against Congo-Brazzaville. Mohamed Salah scored the penalty for Egypt in the 95th minute to beat Congo 2-1.

The Liverpool star's winning goal sparked wild scenes of celebration:

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And this recording of a commentator crying at the result has been shared widely on Twitter:

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