President Kenyatta takes commanding lead in Kenya poll
Opposition rejects results as 'fake'
Popular Senegalese singer in jail over WhatsApp message
Claims electoral system was 'hacked'
Election commission promises to investigate allegations
Protests break out in some opposition areas
Zimbabwe's government approves $1bn university project
Six Red Cross volunteers killed in CAR
Rwandan leader won poll with '98.79% of vote'
Ten football fans arrested over Senegal stampede
South Africa's opposition pushes for parliament to be dissolved
Watch us on Facebook as we mark South Africa's Women's Day with journalist Redi Thlabi and student campaigner Fasiha Hassan.
On the agenda are women's rights past and present, politics and the future of the rainbow nation.
A popular singer in Senegal is in jail awaiting trial after she shared an audio recording on WhatsApp in which she is alleged to have made disaparaging comments about President Macky Sall.
Amy Colle Dieng’s lawyer, Cire Cledor Ly, has confirmed to BBC Afrique that his client is being held in jail.
Ms Dieng, a well-known singer in the local Mbalax style, is said to have shared the content in a WhatsApp message group for supporters of Karim Wade, the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, currently exiled in Qatar.
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Alastair Leithead
BBC Africa correspondent
Image source, ReutersAn election official rests near sealed ballot boxes at a tallying centre in the capital, Nairobi
The final results of Kenya's elections are still being confirmed. Raw polling station data published directly online puts incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta comfortably ahead, external in the race for the presidency, but these provisional results still have to be verified and Kenya's Human Rights Commission has said that analysis of electoral forms show some errors.
Opposition candidate Raila Odinga has alleged that the electoral commission computer system was hacked and an algorithm installed to rig the result. He provided computer logs as evidence:
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said it was investigating these allegations, but sought to reassure the public that a system was in place which would prove the veracity of the final result.
It's not yet known when that will be announced.
Image source, YouTubeA 16-year-old blind vlogger in Morocco, Mehdi Malakane says he puts "serious work" into his YouTube channel where he shares his novel ideas for items that can help other blind people.
He produces the videos alongside a friend who edits them, and says:
Quote MessageWithout a computer I can do nothing in my life. The virtual world brings together seers and blind people, making it possible to communicate and create friendships and professional relationships."
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Among his concepts are a light detector which senses if a room is illuminated or not, so that blind users know when to turn the lights on.
With just over 5,300 followers so far, Medhi hopes to grow his YouTube presence and attract financial investors who can help make his ideas a reality.
He is also active in politics, serving as an MP in Morocco's Children's Parliament in the capital, Rabat.
In this role, he has created a cartoon for children in Morocco explaining their rights.
Medhi's YouTube page, TGBro (Tutorial & Gaming Brothers), can be found here, external.
Six Red Cross volunteers were killed in an attack on a health centre in south-east Central African Republic on 3 August, the aid organisation has said.
Civilians and medical staff may also have been killed, Reuters news agency reports, without giving further details.
Affiliate organisation the IFRC condemned the attack in a tweet:
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Some dramatic photos have come in of riot police intervening to quell protests in the opposition stronghold of Mathare, a poor neighbourhood in the capital, Nairobi:
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Image source, ReutersReuters has also filed photos of protests in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold in western Kenya:
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Image source, EPAThe opposition has been waging a long campaign to oust President Zuma
South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance says it will push for parliament to be dissolved and for early elections to be held.
The announcement comes a day after the scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in parliament.
Mr Zuma is due to step down after general elections in 2019.
The DA has tweeted:
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The Tunisian security forces say they've killed two suspected Islamist militants in an ambush in a mountainous area near the Algerian border.
One of those killed is said to have been a senior commander in a group known as Okba Bin Nafaa, which has links with al-Qaeda.
Last week, the UK government praised Tunisia for its work on improving security at its airports and holiday resorts.
In 2015 dozens of tourists were killed in jihadist attacks in Tunisia.
A BBC reporter in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu in western Kenya has tweeted:
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Image source, -A former assistant minister in Kenya is battling it out with her son for a parliamentary seat.
Beatrice Kones is the governing Jubilee party's candidate for Bomet East in western Kenya, while her son, Kevin Kipngetich Kalya Kones, is fighting the seat for the Chama Chas Mashinani (CCM) party.
Ms Kones told The Nation newspaper, external:
Quote MessageI will easily trounce my son and reclaim the seat I lost in 2013."
Ms Kones told The Star, external that she believed her rivals were using her son to undermine her politically:
Quote MessageIt is unfortunate some of my political foes, led by Governor Rutto [of the CCM party], are using my son to fight me. It is because they sense danger. But I am not afraid of him and I know he will finally back down in my favor.”
However, her son is confident that his party's policies will lead him to triumph over his mother:
Quote MessageIt is my belief that CCM stands for what we aspire for as a people. Look at its stand on devolution. That is what I stand for since my late father also did the same.”
Image source, -Kenya's electoral commission says it will investigate allegations by the opposition that its IT system was hacked into and results were manipulated.
The commission has been tweeting live from its press conference in the capital, Nairobi:
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Kenya's electoral commission has called on people to remain peaceful after the opposition rejected results as a sham.
It said in a tweet:
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Kenya's Internal Security Minister Fred Matiangi has urged Kenyans to continue with their normal activities, saying no unrest has been reported following disputed elections.
A Kenyan newspaper has been tweeting his comments:
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A BBC reporter in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has tweeted:
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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has not yet commented on opposition claims that the election has been rigged to give him victory.
The electoral commission is due to publish the final results of the polls later.
Mr Kenyatta has shared this picture on his Twitter account from yesterday, which probably captures his mood today as well:
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Our reporter in Kisumu, Odeo Sirari, has sent these photos of car tyres set alight following protests in which police used tear gas. The fire has now been extinguished:
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Image source, Odeo Sirari/BBCPolice have used tear gas to end disturbances in western Kenya, a BBC reporter tweets:
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"All is well", that's how Kenya's electoral commission chief executive Ezra Chiloba reacted to the opposition's rejection of election results, reports Reuters news agency.
The commission is due to give a press briefing shortly. We'll bring you the details as they come in.
While results of Kenya's general election are being disputed by opposition challenger Raila Odinga, here's a look back at the events of yesterday when voters up and down the country exercised their democratic right:
A quick look back at how Kenya's election day unfolded
As opposition leader Raila Odinga claims that Kenya has just witnessed its worst voter theft ever, Kenyans are wasting no time in making their views known on social media:
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