That's all from BBC Africa Live today. Keep up-to-date with what's happening across the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or check the BBC News website.

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And we leave you with this picture of Seun Adigun - part of Nigeria's first bobsled team - at the Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, they came last.

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A few years ago the mountain ski resort of San Simone, northern Italy, shut down due to financial difficulties.

Recently, the tourists have started to return - but it isn't the slopes that are attracting the visitors, it's six newly built igloos.

Even more intriguing is the fact that they have been built by migrants from places like the Gambia and Senegal, who are staying in an empty hotel in the town.

Davide Midali, who came up with the idea, tells Lawrence Pollard how it came about:

Shingai Nyoka
BBC Africa, Harare

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Zimbabwe is set to revive its railway network using funds raised from Zimbabweans living abroad.

Today President Emmerson Mnangangwa commissioned the first phase of the $400m (£286m) project.

Most international investors have been too afraid to invest in huge infrastructural projects citing political risk.

So the government is turning to some of the millions of Zimbabweans who fled the country during the economic meltdown.

Reports say the group is made up of more than a 1,000 Zimbabweans, most of whom are based in South Africa.

South Africa's elite police force have said there is an arrest warrant out for Ajay Gupta, after his lawyer denied it existed.

The Hawks told EyeWitness News, external Mr Gupta - one of three brothers accused of using their friendship with former President Jacob Zuma to wield enormous political power - was expected to hand himself over.

The Gupta family lawyer told the South African broadcaster earlier that reports of the warrant were "malicious", and argued he had not seen it.

But the Hawks have said the warrant is for Mr Gupta, and not for the lawyer.

• Read the earlier post on the Gupta lawyer here.

Miguna Miguna - the lawyer who played a key role in the mock inauguration of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga - has been given his passport back by the government.

Kenya's courts ordered its return after it was confiscated earlier this month.

However, Mr Miguna, who was deported to Canada, says the returned passport had been defaced.

Last week, Judge Luka Kimaru declared Mr Miguna's deportation "illegal", ordering the government to reissue the lawyer with his Kenyan passport within seven days.

Mr Miguna was deported after playing a prominent role in the "swearing-in" of Mr Odinga as "the people's president" in Uhuru Park, Nairobi, on 30 January.

He was arrested in a dawn raid on his home on 2 February, after he goaded police officers to come and arrest him, and deported on 7 February.

The government has not commented on the state of Mr Miguna's passport.

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The Israeli authorities have jailed 16 Eritrean asylum seekers after they refused to be deported to Rwanda.

These are the first asylum seekers to be indefinitely detained under Israel's mass deportation plan of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals to Rwanda and Uganda.

Some 600 asylum seekers have been handed deportation notices so far, with some 35,000 asylum seekers at risk of being affected, reports the Israeli refugee rights organisation the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants.

The asylum seekers were picked up from the Holot detention centre, where some people have started a hunger strike.

The Israeli government issued a notice to thousands of African migrants in January to leave the country or face imprisonment.

The government promised the migrants up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within 90 days.

Earlier this month, the Israeli government decided they would give asylum specifically to Eritreans who deserted the army.

Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

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Mozambican authorities have issued a warning after it emerged 94 people in one province were killed by animals like crocodiles and hippos in the last two years.

Elephants, buffalo, leopard and hyenas were also blamed for the deaths in Tete province in 2016 and 2017.

One district alone accounted for 25 of the deaths, the province's head of land, environment and rural development, Óscar Nicolau Zalima, said.

Another 70 people suffered serious injuries during the same period.

However, it was not all bad news, according to Mr Zalimba.

Figures dropped between 2016 and 17, thanks to efforts to reduce confrontations between wildlife and man.

But in order to minimise human deaths and crop destruction, Mr. Zalima said, the authorities often resort to killing the animals.

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News

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South Africa's Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s has announced an additional 57 billion rand ($5bn; £3.5bn) will be allocated to free university education for students from poor and working class families.

Initially announced by former president Jacob Zuma in December - there are still concerns about whether this plan would be feasible in the long-term.

He also announced an increased Value Added Tax - up from 14% to 15% - as part of the South African budget.

Critics have said this was one of the after effects of Mr Zuma’s tenure, which was characterised by financial mismanagement and the alleged looting of state funds.

But there is some reprieve; Mr Gigaba announced some above average increases in social grants, the livelihood of 17 million South Africans.

The budget is expected to affect the wealthy negatively too. On top of last year’s so-called “wealth tax”, they will also be paying higher taxes on their estates and higher VAT on luxury goods – money the government hopes to use towards its plans to address prevailing inequalities here.

On World Mother Language Day, we wanted to find out how other languages adapt to new words - which are often coined in English.

So we asked colleagues from the BBC World Service's new Amharic, Tigrinya and Afaan Oromo services for their translation of four common tech words : application, wifi, internet and computer.

Watch their responses:

This week, the BBC World Service launched language services in for Igbo and Yoruba, bringing the total number of african language services to 12.

Read more on the BBC website.

Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

Villagers in one region of Mozambique have begun attacking traders and fishermen - accusing them of controlling the rains to help their businesses.

The superstition, known as "tie rains", has swept through provinces in central Mozambique like Tete and Zambezia, forcing authorities to act swiftly.

The Mozambican police have said there’s no such thing or person called “tie rain” - and warned they will not tolerate anyone accusing people of controlling the rains.

Inacio Dina, spokesperson of the general police command, said:

This is not the first time superstition has swept through Mozambique, putting lives in danger.

Five bald men were killed in the country last year after it was rumoured their heads contained gold.

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Black Panther, set in the fictional African country Wakanda, has more than doubled the amount of money it was predicted to take in its opening weekend.

The US and Canada box office takings of more than $242m (£173m) put it miles ahead of the $120m (£86m) it had been estimated to make.

The movie is now the second highest-grossing four day opening of all time - behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which earned $288m (£206m).

Based on the Marvel comic book character, Black Panther revolves around the ruler of a fictional central African nation who moonlights as a costumed crime-fighter.

The film has drawn praise for having a predominantly black cast, the majority of whom speak with African accents.

Read more on the BBC News website.

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The Islamist militant group al-Shabab is under financial pressure, prompting a drive to squeeze revenue out of poor rural communities, concludes an investigation by the Guardian newspaper, external.

The report says al-Shabab militants in Somalia are extorting huge sums from starving communities and forcibly recruiting hundreds of children as soldiers and suicide bombers

One recent defector from central Somalia reportedly told government interrogators that the group forces “Muslims to pay for pretty much everything except entering the mosque”.

Another defector is quoted in the report as saying some people risked harsh punishments to listen in secret to the BBC.

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Renowned Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais will stand trial in March over an article in which he criticised the country's Attorney General.

He is charged with “outrage to a sovereign body,” considered a crime against state security, and “insult against a public authority”.

Mr Marques de Morais was brought to international attention after he was convicted of libel for his 2011 book Blood Diamonds: Torture and Corruption in Angola.

The book accused seven generals of being linked to murder, torture and land grabs in Angola's lucrative diamond fields.

He also spent 11 in solitary confinement for an article he wrote in 1999 which criticised the government.

The latest charge was first made in June under the former president, the long-standing Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

But he stood down in August and there were hopes things would change under the new President, Joao Lourenco.

The American Bar Association says, external "the continuation of the case against Rafael comes as a disappointment":

Portugal's Observador's newspaper points out, external that the trial comes despite pressure from US House speaker Paul Ryan in June:

Mr Marques de Morais has been summoned to court on 5 March.

A post-mortem is being carried out to discover whether two bodies discovered in South Africa are those of a teenager with albinism and her nephew who were snatched at gunpoint last month.

Gabisile Shabani‚ 13‚ and Nkosikhona Ngwenya‚ 15 months, were taken by three armed men from their home in Witbank, Mpumalanga province, on 28 January.

Today, Brigadier Leonard Hlathi confirmed to South African newspaper the Sowetan, external two bodies had been found miles west, near to capital city Pretoria.

One had been dumped in a swamp, but both "were in a bad state", according to Brigadier Hlathi.

"A postmortem needs to be conducted to determine the cause of death and DNA tests to also confirm it is them‚" he said.

There are fears the two were taken because Gabisile had albinism. It is suspected her nephew was taken because he was mistaken for another toddler, who has albinism.

People with the condition - caused by a lack of pigment in the hair, eyes and skin - are often targeted in east Africa because of a belief their body parts could hold magic powers.

“There have been stories of people living with albinism being murdered for their body parts," eMalahleni executive mayor Lindiwe Ntshalintshali told South Africa's Citizen News, external in early February.

"These children have a right to live like any other child. The false belief that their body parts have extraordinary powers must be eradicated. Albanism is a genetically inherited condition.”

One person has been arrested in connection with the case, which sparked protests from Gabisile's school friends:

Stephanie Hegarty
BBC Africa, Lagos

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A sketchy picture is emerging from the town of Dapchi - where Boko Haram militants attacked a school on Monday evening.

Officials have been slow to call this a kidnapping, saying many of the girls and teachers ran into the bush and may be found.

But two fathers, who told the BBC that their daughters are missing, said they saw a truck full of students being taken away.

One father, a member of the parent teachers association, said that 93 children are still missing, not 51 as the government claim.

Earlier teachers at the school said they believed the militants were only looking for food.

Read our earlier post here.

Our reporter Pumza Fihlani has been keeping an eye on all the latest with the South African budget - and reporting back on the more, ahem, interesting developments:

Here on the Africa Live page, we will also be keeping an eye on the developments from Parliament, so keep checking back.

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The Nile is one of the world's most famous rivers.

Now you can travel along the length of it with our team to find out how a new dam being built in Ethiopia is threatening to cause a serious rift with neighbouring countries Egypt and Sudan.

All you have to do is click here to explore for yourself.

Kennedy Gondwe
Lusaka

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A Chinese man has been sentenced to nine months' hard labour for selling replicas of Zambia's national football kit.

Lusaka Magistrate Greenwell Malumani sentenced Huang Bing after finding him guilty of selling goods bearing a false trademark.

Bing was arrested last month for selling 24 replicas valued at $350.

In sentencing Bing, the magistrate said the offence amounted to theft.

“The trademark is patented and is a work of creativity so people can learn to be creative when their works are protected,” Malumani said.

“This is one case that should send a clear message especially for a foreign nationals that come to do business in Zambia.”

A hundred civil societies in Tanzania have come together to express concerns over what they termed as the dwindling human rights situation in the country.

In particular, the group is worried by state-sponsored brutality against opposition leaders and supporters.

Speaking to the BBC's Aboubakar Famau, Paul Mikongoti, the acting executive director of Legal and Human Rights Centre, raised concerns over political parties which were unable to operate.

He added the discovery of dead bodies with injuries "which suggest this person was brutally tortured" and newspapers which were "being summoned for airing some news which does not go well with the government" was particularly worrying.

He also pointed to the death of a young student, who was killed at the weekend during a peaceful protest - allegedly by police.

Mr Mikongoti said human rights' groups had put together a range of suggestions - the main one being establishing a new constitution:

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Liberia's new president George Weah has said he inherited "a country that is very broke, depleted a political malfeasance", reports AFP news agency.

The former footballer, who is currently in France, said he ordered a complete audit "to make sure that what belongs to the government goes to the government".

Speaking on his first official trip abroad as president, he said healthcare and education are lacking:

Mr Weah took over as president from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in January.

Earlier this month she won the $5m (£3.6m) Ibrahim prize for African Leadership.

Read more:

• George Weah: From footballer to Liberia's president
• Weah faces his toughest challenge
• The legacy of Africa's first elected female president