Summary

  • Nigerian police question Davido over friend's death

  • Charges dropped against three men in South Africa cannibalism case

  • Street vendor boss who 'insulted' Mugabe bailed

  • Arsenal manager fooled by fake George Weah news

  • Kenyan fruit-sellers "admit possessing illegal bags"

  • Kenya bans city protests amid election row

  • Justice for South African family after 46 years

Live Reporting

Natasha Booty and Farouk Chothia

  1. Ebola vaccine trials 'successful'

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    Health workers in Liberia during Ebola outbreakGetty Images

    Liberia was one of the hardest hit countries by the Ebola outbreak

    The first study of two separate vaccines against the Ebola virus has found that they can both protect against the haemorrhagic fever for at least a year.

    The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was conducted in Liberia and involved 1,500 patients.

    Those given the vaccines successfully created a powerful antibody response for a year.

    The trial suggests that both vaccines could be used to save lives in any future epidemic of the disease.

    Ebola killed more than 11,000 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in an outbreak in 2014-15.

  2. Kenya convictions for selling fruit in plastic bags

    A man collects plastic bags from a dumping siteReuters

    A total of 11 people have pleaded guilty to possessing banned plastic bags in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, the privately owned Business Daily newspaper has reported.

    The group - which included street vendors selling apples and sugar cane in plastic bags - were arrested two days ago following a raid by environment officials, the newspaper added.

    Magistrate Martin Rabera let them go free, saying:

    The court sympathises with you as you are first offenders. However, we are sending a strong warning to the accused and the public that as long as you continue breaking the law, we will be here for you."

    Business Daily also quoted Jane Alango, who was prosecuting, as saying:

    Besides polluting the environment, the bags have killed many animals. People can use baskets and other containers in place of the bags.

    Today these people should be used to set an example to those still using the banned bags."

    A ban on plastic carrier bags came into force in Kenya in August.

    The law provides for a fine of up to $38,000 (£29,000) or a prison sentence of up to four years for anyone caught selling, manufacturing or carrying them.

  3. Liberia poll hit by fraud claims

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    A Liberian woman casts her ballot to vote in presidential and general elections in West Point, Monrovia, Liberia, 10 October 2017AFP

    Liberians are hoping that violence will not break out after results are announced

    One of Liberia's leading political parties has called for a halt in announcing results of Tuesday's presidential election.

    In a statement, the Liberty Party said it was deeply troubled by the discovery of irregularities and fraud, and threatened the National Elections Commission (NEC) with legal action.

    The first official results had been expected later today.

    The party's candidate, Charles Brumskine, was one of the contenders to succeed Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

    Correspondents say that irregularities would taint the country's first democratic transfer of power in more than 70 years.

    An NEC spokesman told Reuters that it was unaware of the Liberty Party's complaint.

    * An earlier version of this entry incorrectly referred to the Liberty Party as the Liberal Party.

  4. Today's wise words

    Our African proverb of the day:

    You cannot run and scratch your bottom at the same time."

    A Kanuri proverb sent by Yerima Mustapha Othman in Lagos, Nigeria

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