Summary

  • Nigerian singer dazzles at Romania's The Voice

  • Algerian bakers revolt over baguette prices

  • Uganda's President Museveni boasts about his old cows

  • BBC African Footballer of the Year praised

  • Transgender woman wins landmark case in Botswana

  • Oscar Pistorius 'bruised' in prison brawl

  • South Sudan declares state of emergency in three states

  • Zimbabwe voters 'need more time to register' after Mugabe crisis

  • Zanu-PF top leadership meeting postponed

Live Reporting

Natasha Booty and Clare Spencer

  1. UN: '400,000 malnourished children could die in DR Congo'

    A malnourished child stands on a bedAFP/ Getty Images

    The UN's children's agency warns that at least 400,000 children under five in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have acute malnutrition and could die unless there is intervention.

    Unicef says violence, mass displacement and reduced agricultural production over the past 18 months are largely to blame.

    The conflict has forced 1.5 million from their homes.

    “The true scale of the problem is becoming clear as people are returning home in some areas where the security situation has improved and health services have started functioning again," says Unicef country representative Dr Tajudeen Oyewale.

    Read more: 'Millions face starvation without aid'

  2. South Sudan's president declares state of emergency

    Ferdinand Omondi
    BBC Africa, Nairobi

    South SudanAFP

    Fights have been over scarce grazing for cattle

    South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in three states and ordered an immediate disarmament exercise.

    In a statement released on Monday night, Mr Kiir ordered his military chiefs to mobilise enough forces and equipment to enforce a state of emergency for up to three months.

    He also authorised them to use force if armed civilians did not lay down their weapons peacefully.

    And he has political backing. Dhoruai Mabor Teny, an MP for a county in Western Lakes, had earlier encouraged the president to suspend the constitution and deploy the military.

    At least 170 people have been killed in tribal clashes in one of the northern states - Western Lakes - in recent weeks.

    The violence in Western Lakes has been between armed youths from two rival Dinka sub-clans which has involved the burning of houses and the destruction of property.

    Previous clashes have been over scarce grazing for cattle and other cultural and political grievances. But the death toll in this latest outbreak has been much greater.

  3. Oscar Pistorius in prison brawl

    Oscar PistoriusReuters

    Pistorius is currently serving a 13-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend

    Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been injured after being involved in a fight in prison‚ Singabakho Nxumalo from the Department of Correctional Services told the BBC.

    He said that the incident happened last Wednesday:

    It is alleged that he was involved in an altercation with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit."

    But he added that a full investigation has been launched to determine the facts.

    He also said that the injuries are minor - he "sustained a bruise".

  4. World reacts to Egyptian Mohamed Salah's win

    SalahGetty Images

    Football fans are still reacting to last night’s news that Egyptian Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017.

    Hundreds of you have been telling us on our Facebook page that your favourite footballer should have been the winner be it Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mané of Senegal or Nigeria's Victor Moses.

    But one fan, Sanoussi Adam Hisseine from Abéché in Chad, hits out at the critics saying, "you’re all just jealous".

    The press are more charitable about the Liverpool footballer's win. The Daily Mail suggests it was well deserved:

    His contribution for his national team has also been outstanding. Not only did he help Egypt make it to the final of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon, he also played a major part in his country qualifying for the World Cup for the third time in their history."

    Football news website Goal.com points out just how significant that return to the World Cup was – it was after a 28-year gap.

    And it says that the pressure will now be on tomorrow:

    On Wednesday, Liverpool will be turning to him, again, for inspiration as they seek victory over struggling West Bromwich Albion in their next English Premier League encounter.”

    The Liverpool football club fan blog Liverpool Offside says it takes the edge off the “disappointing” result in Sunday’s derby against Everton:

    Salah’s smile, you guys. If that doesn’t make your day brighter, then I think all hope might be lost for you.”

    Watch back for that smile they are talking about here:

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    And the final word goes to Salah himself, who took to Instagram to show off his award.

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  5. Zimbabwe's ruling party rebuilds itself after Mugabe

    Shingai Nyoka
    BBC Africa, Harare

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    As Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has left the country on his annual holiday and for a medical checkup, the ruling party politburo organ meets formally for the first time since his fall.

    New Zanu-PF party leader Emmerson Mnangagwa will address the top decision-making body in preparation for the extraordinary congress on Friday.

    It is the first step in rebuilding his party.

    The extraordinary congress is expected to uphold the recalling of Mr Mugabe as leader and the expulsion of his wife Grace and others.

    Sources told the BBC that Mr Mugabe will not attend the congress - his family left on a chartered Air Zimbabwe flight for the East Asia last night.

  6. Today's wise words

    Our African proverb of the day:

    Men are like trees, they shed their leaves and sprout stronger."

    A Luganda proverb sent by John Gita in Kampala, Uganda

    Bertin Bo, 37, a member of the Bagyeli Pygmy community poses behind his home with a tiny cocoa plant on May 26, 2017 in the Kribi region, grown thanks to the help of training received from a local NGO. There are as many as 75,000 indigenous Baka, Bagyeli, Bedzang and Bakola Pygmies people living in the rainforest areas of Cameroon.AFP

    Click here and scroll to the bottom to send us your African proverbs.

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