Africa highlights: Friday 11 August 2017 as it happened

Summary

Kenya's electoral commission says it is working to announce poll outcome
Opposition says it will not be party to the announcements
Tension in opposition strongholds
Early celebrations in governing party strongholds
Ivorian sprinter Ta Lou to run in 200m world final
Egypt train crash 'kills 18'
South Africa's Van Niekerk upset on missing out on gold
Morocco to bid to host 2026 World Cup

Live Reporting

Natasha Booty and Damian Zane

Wayde Van Niekerk distraught as he wins silver medalpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
Olympic and world 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk breaks down during his interview with the BBC over what he believes is a lack of respect for his achievements:
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There was quite a lot of people who felt I didn't deserve it. I'm glad I could put out a good fight."
The South African athlete finished second to Turkey's Ramil Guliyev in last night's 200m final.
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'I need more respect,' says Wayde Van Niekerk
Clean-up under way after Garissa firepublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
Image source, Baskhas Jugsodaay/BBC
Our reporter Baskhas Jugsodaay took these photos of the remains of the market in Garissa, eastern Kenya, after it was set on fire yesterday.
It followed clashes between supporters of rival candidates for the governor seat, which was won by the Jubilee Party's Ali Bunow Korane with 51.8% of the vote.
Image source, Baskhas Jugsodaay/BBC
Image source, Baskhas Jugsodaay/BBC
Kenya's election in front pagespublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
Newspaper front pages in Kenya are, unsurprisingly, dominated by the election.
The Star leads on the response of the electoral commission, the IEBC, to claims by the opposition alliance that its candidate, Raila Odinga, won the presidential poll.
The Daily Nation says Nasa's move is "doomed" alongside a picture of former US Secretary of State John Kerry who was in Kenya as an election observer and praised the work of the IEBC.
Image source, Daily Nation
And the Standard carries a picture of the Bomas tallying centre, which is where the election results will be announced:
Kenya waiting for resultspublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
There's an expectation that the final result of Kenya's presidential race will be announced today, but the electoral commission, the IEBC, still has until Monday to make the announcement.
The opposition Nasa alliance says its candidate, Raila Odinga, won the poll but preliminary figures from the IEBC suggest that incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has a significant lead.
Nasa claim that the IEBC's computers had been hacked so that the results could be manipulated.
The IEBC has warned the opposition that its claims of victory for its presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, could be deemed illegal.
Image source, EPA
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Some of Raila Odinga's supporters took to the streets on Thursday after Nasa controversially said that he had won the poll
Wise wordspublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
Today’s African proverb:
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A tree can only be bent while it is still young."
A Kinyakole proverb sent by Moses Mayegu in Kampala, Uganda
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Good morningpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 11 August 2017
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