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And we leave you with these pictures from the catwalk at Lagos fashion week, which closed over the weekend:

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Naima Mohamud
BBC Somali service

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An unexpected passenger joined a flight in Somalia after a baby boy was born mid-air, Jubba Airways has confirmed to the BBC.

The flight was travelling from Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, the Dubai-based airline said.

The woman, who was seven-months pregnant, started to feel contractions shortly after take-off, according to fellow passenger Kamil Abdiaziz - who also happens to be a Jubba Airways employee.

Mr Abdiaziz noticed the woman’s distress and immediately alerted the cabin crew, according to the Somali news website Hiiran.com.

Thanks to the quick actions of the cabin crew and trained paramedics on board, the baby was delivered at 32,000ft.

Hiiran.com has pictures of the new-born baby, external, who has been named Kamil, after the man who helped his mother.

An ambulance took the mother and the baby to hospital after the plane landed safely in Mogadishu.

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

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Nigeria has the highest number of children - three million of a global total of 20 million - not to have been given the vaccine against measles, a new health report says

Two other African countries - Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo - are also singled out as having high numbers of un-vaccinated children.

The report comes at a time of concern over a possible outbreak during the dry season. In Nigeria, November to March is the peak period for the measles epidemic.

Between January and September last year more than 3,000 suspected cases of measles were reported in parts of the north-east.

Health facilities in the region have been damaged by ongoing conflict and nearly seven million people are in need of health assistance.

The report authors - the Measles and Rubella Initiative, the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Unicef and the World Health Organization - say large outbreaks of the highly contagious viral disease put children at risk of severe health complications such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, blindness and death.

Earlier this year in Nigeria, a two-week mass vaccination campaign targeting children from 10 months to 10 years inoculated more than four million children in conflict-affected areas.

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After President Uhuru Kenyatta was announced by Kenya's electoral commission as the winner of last week's repeat presidential poll with 98% of the vote, he conceded that it was not the end of the matter:

Opposition candidates now have seven days to mount a legal challenge if they think they have the grounds to do so.

Main opposition leader Raila Odinga, who pulled out of the re-run, says he will make an announcement tomorrow about what he describes as "the way forward".

At least one petition has already been filed today at the Supreme Court to challenge Mr Kenyatta's victory.

It was submitted by human rights activist Okiya Omatah before the electoral commission's official announcement:

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The US has pledged $60m (£45m) to support a regional counter-terrorism force in the Sahel, a semi-arid area south of the Sahara desert.

Groups linked to al-Qaeda and so-called Islamic State operate in the vast desert region.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement:

The announcement came as the UN Security Council met to discuss how to drum up international support for the force set up by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, known as the "G5", reports the Reuters news agency.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley rejected proposals to allow the large UN peacekeeping mission in Malito help the joint force, saying its resources must not be overstretched, Reuters says.

Ishaq Khalid
BBC Africa, Nigeria

Some women from north-east Nigeria have testified before a presidential panel investigating alleged human rights violations by the country’s military in the fight against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The women, most of them from Bama area in Borno State, told how their husbands were rounded up indiscriminately by the military in the last couple of years.

Some of them told the panel that they have not seen or heard about their husbands since they were seized about three years ago.

One of them, Yakura Haji Babagana, appealed to the authorities to release her husband if he was alive.

She says her family has been in a miserable state since his arrest and some of the their children have died.

Another woman, Hafsat Palnami, brought along her 24-year-old son, who she said had been tortured by the military while in detention.

She said he was detained for more than three years before being "dumped" in a hospital in the city of Maiduguri where his family later found him with some of his toes missing.

She says since his release about six months ago, he has been unable to talk and walk, and his hearing and sight have also been impaired.

Those who appeared before the panel today in the capital, Abuja, said they believed their relations were not Boko Haram members.

The investigative panel was set up by the Nigerian presidency to look into allegations of human rights violations following reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accusing the military of extra-judicial killings, torture and forced disappearances of thousands of civilians.

The military has always denied allegations of human rights abuses in its fight against Boko Haram.

The committee, which has been touring Nigeria's regions to hear complaints of rights abuses, is expected to finish its assignment and submit its report in the coming weeks.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Today’s protests in South Africa against farm murders staged by thousands of farmers using pick-up trucks to block off major roads has again focused attention on racial divisions in the country.

Apart from a small number of black supporters, the protests were largely led by groups of white farmers dressed in black.

This gives an idea of the scale of the protest in the capital, Pretoria:

While many South Africans across the racial divide are sympathetic towards the victims of farm killings, the waving of the old apartheid flag by some protesters has not helped their cause.

Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa took to Twitter to express his disapproval:

The spokesman for the elite “Hawks” police unit, Hangwani Mlaudzi, told me that it is difficult to have accurate statistics about farm killings as “cases are not classified as farm murders. They form part of all murders under investigation”.

This is a point made by independent fact-checking unit Africa Check as well, external, which found in 2013 that - despite some people's perceptions to the contrary - white people in South Africa are less likely to be murdered than any other racial group.

The police have often said that the killings are criminal in nature - there is no specific syndicate targeting farmers.

The murders are part of a wider high murder rate.

In cases that have been successfully prosecuted the reasons range from personal grudges from farm workers to those searching for licensed firearms.

Kenyan cartoonist Victor Ndula has penned his take on Uhuru Kenyatta's landslide in the repeat presidential poll.

Mr Kenyatta took 98% of the vote in the repeat election which was boycotted by the main opposition. Turnout was just under 39%.

Laeila Adjovi
BBC Africa, Dakar

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The brother of Blaise Compaore, the former president of Burkina Faso, has appeared before a judge in Paris, as part of the inquiry into the murder of a journalist in 1998.

Francois Compaore, 63, was arrested on Sunday at the main international airport in Paris as he disembarked from a flight from Ivory Coast.

The brother and adviser of former long-time ruler Blaise Compaore is accused of having a hand in the murder of reporter and newspaper publisher Norbert Zongo.

His arrest came after a court in Burkina Faso issued an international arrest warrant charging him with “inciting murder’’.

Within two months, Francois Compaore will be questioned by a judge, who will decide if he can be extradited.

The government of Burkina Faso has already announced that it will proceed with the extradition request.

But Burkina Faso's Justice Minister Rene Bagoro says it could take a while:

Following his court appearance, Francois Compaore was released from custody, but has been told he cannot leave French territory without authorisation.

He now holds Ivorian citizenship - he and his brother fled to Ivory Coast after the 2014 uprising.

See our earlier post for more on this story.

Mercy Juma
BBC Africa, Nairobi

A group of breast cancer survivors in Kenya is making knitted prostheses for women who have been affected by the disease.

The Limau Cancer Connection in the capital, Nairobi, has been giving free "knitted knockers" to those who have had a breast removed.

Women who use them say they are more comfortable than silicon prostheses because they don't slip when you sweat.

Watch their story:

Adejuwon Soyinka
BBC Pidgin editor, Lagos

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two senior officials in his government over allegations of corruption - one of whom is head of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke.

The other is Babachir David Lawal, the cabinet secretary.

In a statement, presidential spokesman Femi Adesina said the president had acted on the recommendation of a government panel led by his deputy Yemi Osinbajo.

Boss Mustapha has been named as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) with immediate effect.

Mr Adesina said: “President Buhari also approved the setting up of a three-member panel to, among other things, look into the operational, technical and administrative structure of the [NIA] and make appropriate recommendations.”

However, the statement did not touch on what would happen regarding the allegations of corruption levied against the former NIA and SGF bosses.

Mr Oke was suspended in April over the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies in a residential apartment in Lagos' affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood, which was traced to his agency:

Mr Lawal was accused of using his company as a front to get a 200m naira ($555,000; £421,000) grass-cutting contract from an establishment under the supervision of his office set up to clear “invasive plant species” in Yobe State. He denied the allegations.

Tibebeselassie Tigabu
BBC Amharic service

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People in Ethiopia are only interested in the war crimes trial of Eshetu Alemu because it is happening in The Hague (see earlier entry).

He was not a well-known figure in the Derg, Ethiopia's communist-inspired military dictatorship.

Most of the big names have already been tried - and pardoned - over the past few years.

In 2011, 23 top Derg officials, who had been convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, were freed after about 20 years in prison.

Most of them had originally been given sentences ranging from life imprisonment to the death penalty.

But the trauma of the “Red Terror”, as the regime’s purges in the 1970s were known, is still felt as it touched nearly every household in the country.

Unfortunately many of the families could not bury their loved ones, which culturally has meant there has been little closure.

To commemorate those who were killed during the regime, the "Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum has been built in the centre of the capital, Addis Ababa.

The thing that interests and troubles most Ethiopians is the fact that Derg leader Mengistu Hailemariam is still at large in Zimbabwe, where he fled when he was ousted in 1991.

In 2007, he was found guilty of genocide in absentia.

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Alastair Leithead
BBC Africa correspondent, Nairobi

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There was a sense of relief, as well as deja vu, at the national tallying centre, when the chairman of the electoral commission said Uhuru Kenyatta had won the presidential election – this time with a little over 98% of votes.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had verified results from the 266 constituencies where the election had taken place.

And after taking legal advice, commissioners decided to disregard the 25 constituencies where voting was suspended for security reasons.

Kenyans are tired of political wrangling, legal challenges and repeated elections, but it is unlikely this will be the end of the matter.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who called on his supporters to boycott the ballot, is expected to reject the result – given a turnout of just 38.84% and continuing legal challenges.

The Supreme Court still has to consider a petition questioning the legitimacy of the poll and, given the ambiguities over electoral law and the way the constitution is interpreted, further legal arguments are expected.

There have been violent clashes between opposition supporters and police in parts of the capital, Nairobi, and the west of the country and how Mr Odinga takes this defeat will determine Kenya’s path over the coming days and weeks.

Kenya's electoral commission has announced that President Uhuru Kenyatta won last week's re-run of the presidential election with 98% of the vote.

His main challenger Raila Odinga, who urged his supporters to boycott the poll, received 0.09% of the vote share.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati said today that the poll was free and fair, despite opposition complaints over the vote that led to it boycotting the process.

The IEBC says voter turnout was just under 39%.

Kenya's electoral commission (IEBC) says the results of last week's re-run of the presidential election will be announced shortly.

The IEBC is announcing the results county by county. National broadcaster NTV is live-streaming proceedings:

The BBC's Rod MaCleod has sent in this photo of residents in Kenya's western city of Kisumu, an opposition stronghold, watching the results being announced live on television:

Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to win a landslide in the re-run election as his main rival boycotted the vote.

Kenya's electoral commission says the result of a contentious presidential re-run will be announced this afternoon, despite voting not taking place in 25 protest-hit constituencies.

The AFP news agency quotes Consolata Nkatha, the election board's vice-chairman, as saying:

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says his fractured hand has healed because Pope Francis prayed for him to recover.

Speaking at a church service in central Uganda yesterday, President Museveni said:

In August, the Monitor reported President Museveni as saying, external that he hadn't had a sick day more than three decades:

An Ethiopian man with dual Dutch nationality has denied charges of war crimes as his trial began at The Hague in The Netherlands.

Eshetu Alemu, 63, is accused of ordering the execution of 75 people during the purges in Ethiopia in the late 1970s, known as "the Red Terror".

Prosecutors had the “wrong person”, the AFP news agency quotes him as saying.

He was dressed in a grey windbreaker and jeans, AFP says.

The BBC correspondent in court says reporters are not allowed to take photos of him.

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The US has expressed concern over the outbreaks of violence in Kenya following last week's election re-run.

US ambassador Robert Godec said in a statement:

He also urged the security services "to show maximum restraint in the use of force" and protesters to demonstrate peacefully.

The envoy also appealed to all Kenyans to come together and reject the politics of hatred and division:

Opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of last week's contest, saying it would not be free and fair.

President Uhuru Kenyatta had been declared the winner of the August vote, which was annulled by the Supreme Court because of "irregularities".