Andrew Harding
BBC News, Johannesburg

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President Cyril Ramaphosa promised a fresh start for South Africa.

But his new cabinet is more of a balancing act than a radical shake-up.

He’s brought back some key figures who had been pushed out of government because – it’s widely believed – they’d tried to fight the corruption that flourished under former President Jacob Zuma.

The crucial finance ministry will now be considered in safe hands under Ntlanthla Nene.

Elsewhere allies have been rewarded, others given second chances, and a few key rivals in the ANC brought in.

President Ramaphosa and his governing party have much to prove before elections next year if they’re to convince South Africans that a reshuffle of mostly familiar faces can address the country’s formidable challenges.

• Read all about the reshuffle here.

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Eight Nigerian soldiers are reportedly missing after suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed an army convoy in the north-eastern state of Borno.

The New York-based Sahara Reporters website said three other soldiers were injured in the attack, which happened on the Damboa-Sabon Gari Road in Borno on 26 February.

The wounded soldiers have reportedly been moved to a medical facility in Biu town, southern Borno, for treatment.

The website quoted military sources as saying that the militants had escaped with an army gun truck.

The attack comes amid a major military operation to rescue hundreds of girls abducted by Boko Haram from a government boarding school in the neighbouring Yobe State on 19 February.

Anyone who lives in a city is used to the odd traffic jam.

However, a traffic jam caused by a Boeing 737 being pulled through the streets is not an everyday occurrence.

But this is what residents in Johannesburg, South Africa, woke up to this morning:

The plane is being moved almost 40km (25 miles) from Jet Park, in the east, to Fourways Mall, in the north, where it will form part of the new Kidzania theme park.

Which is all very exciting for children, but far less exciting for commuters, who have been questioning whether a Tuesday is the best time to move such a large item:

Kidzania is far from the first attraction to reuse an old plane.

See the BBC's story about how a passenger jet became a honey wine cafe in Ethiopia here.

BBC World Service

The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has undergone successful heart surgery in France.

The Moroccan state news agency said the monarch would be able to resume his duties without any restrictions.

King Mohammed, who is 54, heads the Muslim world's longest-ruling dynasty.

He was crowned in 1999 after his father, King Hassan II, died of a heart attack.

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Laeila Adjovi
BBC Africa

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The trial of the alleged masterminds behind 2015's attempted coup in Burkina Faso is opening today in the capital Ouagadougou.

More than 80 people are due to appear in court in a trial described as a test for the country’s judiciary.

Hundreds of members of the security forces have deployed around the court for the opening of the trial.

No less than 84 defendants will appear in court, including two prominent generals, Gilbert Diendere and Djibril Bassole, close allies of former president Blaise Compaore.

Under the former regime, Gen Diendere was the head of the presidential guard.

Along with soldiers of this elite unit, he is accused of attempting to overthrow the transitional government of Burkina Faso, just one year after the departure of long time ruler Blaise Compaore.

Gen Diendere and his co-defendants are charged with treason, undermining state security and murder.

Human rights organizations in Burkina Faso see this trial as a test for the credibility of country’s judiciary.

In September 2015, elements of the old presidential guard briefly took hostage some members of the transitional government.

The coup backfired because of street protests supported by the army. At least 14 people died and more than 200 people were injured in the unrest.

• Africa Live will keep an eye on this developing story throughout the day, so check back for updates.

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A UN envoy has warned that Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections, reports AFP news agency.

Michel Kafando told the UN Security Council that the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain high, AFP adds.

"Only the majority party and some other allied political groups are able to conduct unobstructed political activities," said Kafando.

"Such a situation cannot be suitable for the organization of credible elections," he said.

In 2015 Burundi was plunged into crisis when Pierre Nkurunziza's successful bid for re-election to a third term sparked protests by opposition supporters who said the move was unconstitutional.

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Arwa Barkallah
BBC Afrique, Dakar

In Senegal, a case of police violence has set social media abuzz.

Last Friday, an officer was suspended for slapping a motorcyclist after a human rights activist filmed the scene and posted it on Facebook:

The video lasts 20 seconds; it has reached 300,000 views on Facebook.

It happened in the city of Ziguinchor, in the south of the country and shows a policeman in a stormy debate with a motorcyclist. Suddenly, the policeman gives the biker violent slap.

Activist Joseph Mendy filmed the incident, posted on social media and was briefly arrested.

The Minister of the Interior swiftly announced the immediate suspension of the policeman.

Human rights organisations say the video shows the tip of the iceberg of police violence in Senegal.

In August 2016 a policeman was suspended after he was filmed accepting a bribe.

Beverly Ochieng
BBC Monitoring

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for patience in transforming the country’s economy as he marked his first 100 days in office this past weekend.

He was sworn in as the country’s head of state after a military takeover that overthrew long-time leader Robert Mugabe in November 2017.

In a video on his official Facebook page, external, Mnangagwa chronicles his achievements over the last three months, including scaling back the Indigenisation Act to enable investment, and cutting excise duty on petrol.

“We must of course be realistic and recognise that it takes more than 100 days to recover an economy,” he says in the two minute-long clip.

Among Mr Mnagagwa’s key pledges after taking office were fighting corruption within the ruling class and improving ties with the west.

In January, he attended the 48th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, marking the first time Zimbabwe was represented.

Many saw this as a significant step towards ending decades of economic isolation.

BBC Minute has been speaking to Zimbabweans about the country's future.

The BBC's Seren Jones spoke to Fungi who moved back to Zimbabwe and believes Zimbabweans can come together to make the country a better place:

The Ugandan military has confirmed its soldiers killed three Somali soldiers on Saturday, reports AFP news agency.

The military accused Somali soldiers of opening fire on a military convoy carrying Uganda's peacekeeping commander which it said forced them to retaliate, AFP adds.

Uganda's army spokesman Brig Richard Karemire told Reuters news agency that the soldiers had been blocked at a checkpoint en route to their base after providing medical assistance to people injured in Saturday's twin bomb attack that killed 38 people.

He added that there was an ongoing investigation but said that the Amisom rules of engagement allowed its soldiers to respond with fire when attacked.

However, AFP adds, Somali security official, Mohamed Ali, blamed Amisom for the incident saying that Somali soldiers had a right to stop their convoy after a lockdown was imposed in the city.

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The kidnap of more than 100 girls from a boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria has become shrouded in confusion.

So we have put together a guide on what we know so far.

The initial confusion appears to have come from a teacher, who spoke to the press after the attack.

He said the militants were searching for food, and not trying to kidnap anyone. The girls, he said, had run into the bush and were hiding.

According to the BBC's Halima Umar, who is based in the capital Abuja, the government seems to have embraced this version of events, only accepting the girls had been kidnapped later on.

However, the story became more confused when different branches of government and the army began diverging in their accounts - to the extent that the girls' rescue was announced at a time when no official had acknowledged they had been kidnapped.

Read the full article on the BBC website.

Angolans have been using the hashtag #acabademematar, external, which translates roughly as "kill me already" to pose for pictures where they are playing dead.

The poses go from glamourous...

... to dangerous:

Blogger Lunga Izata explains, external the photos are in protest to a range of issues from bad roads, poor hospital conditions, the high cost of living, pollution, and unemployment to the lack of schools.

"Yesterday, while longing for news that there may be a possibility of easing the country's economic crisis, I was saddened to hear that children have not been to school for five years," she writes.

Here are some more of the protest poses:

Image source, Reuters

The school where 110 girls are believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants will remain closed, reports AFP news agency.

"The government girls school in Dapchi has not reopened. It's not feasible to reopen the school in the current situation," AFP quoted education commissioner for Yobe state, Mohammed Lamin, as saying.

"We still have over 100 girls that are unaccounted for. The other girls that were found are not in the right frame of mind to return to school. They are still in trauma," he added.

Jihadists stormed the school in the town of Dapchi in the north-eastern Yobe state on 19 February.

The attack has revived memories of the Chibok schoolgirl abduction in 2014.

Ronald Dlamini was the first black mixed martial arts champion in South African history.

But his life changed when he got meningitis and woke up after 10 days in a coma and found he had become blind.

So now he helps other blind people train themselves against attacks.

Watch:

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

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The Yobe State government is considering re-opening the Nigerian school where 110 girls were abducted last week by suspected Boko Haram militants.

But the parents of some of girls who returned home safely say their children are too afraid to return to classes after the trauma of their escape.

Parents say the authorities must put in place adequate security arrangements at the school in Dapchi in north-east Nigeria before they think of sending their daughters back to the school.

Police in Kenya are currently trying to disperse protesters in a major highway outside the capital Nairobi.

The demonstrators have reportedly been deflating tyres of vehicles travelling on the busy highway.

KTN TV station shared a video of the ongoing police operation:

The Standard news site reports, external that vehicles on the road have been there for close to 10 hours.

The BBC's Ferdinand Omondi has shared a picture of the disruption caused by the protest:

Our reporter says that traders are protesting against what they say is harassment by officials following a charcoal burning ban in the eastern Kitui county.

The region's governor, Charity Ngilu, has defended the ban saying that it was part of conserving the environment.

British journalist Marc Ellison has partnered with Didier Kassai, an illustrator from the Central African Republic, to document stories of victims of violence in the country.

The two co-created a graphic novel highlighting the plight of children called House Without Windows.

The BBC's Scotland service made this short film about Marc and Didier's project:

Botswana has urged the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, to step down.

The foreign ministry said the situation is DR Congo is particularly bad "because its leader has persistently delayed holding elections, and has lost control over the security of his country".

Read the full statement:

Government troops have clashed with opposition supporters following the refusal of President Mr Kabila to leave office.

He took power in 2001 after his father's assassination and had been expected to step down in 2016.

He has however reneged on two deals to get him to leave office.

Another deal has set December this year as the deadline for him to hand over power but opposition supporters suspect that he will not.