Kenya is one of Africa's top Bitcoin traders.

Many still look at cryptocurrencies with scepticism, but others believe they can take developing economies like Kenya's into the future.

BBC's Newsday presenter Alan Kasujja has been speaking to Michael Kimani, chairman of the Blockchain Association of Kenya.

Mr Kimani says the technology could help people make cross-border payments, or it could help people in the informal economy.

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The scandal-hit Gupta family has been dealt another blow after a court bid to keep an Indian bank in South Africa failed.

The Bank of Baroda is the last financial institution in the country which is still prepared to lend to Gupta-linked companies.

South Africa's major banks turned their backs on the businesses two years ago, saying they brought with them too much risk to their reputation.

As a result, 19 South African companies which have links to the Indian-born family are reliant on the Bank of Baroda, which announced it was closing its South African arm last month.

But attempts to stop the closure failed this morning when a judge in Pretoria ruled the bank's right to shut down overruled their rights as customers, according to EyeWitness News, external.

Reuters news agency says the decision will make it all but impossible for the companies to operate in South Africa.

The Gupta family and their assets have found themselves under an increasingly harsh spotlight in recent years.

The three brothers have been accused of wielding enormous political influence in South Africa, with critics alleging they tried to "capture the state" in order to advance their business interests.

Read more: Canadian bank wants the Guptas to give their plane back. There's only one problem: they don't know where it is.

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Traders and residents living in an informal settlement opposite the Ghanaian president's home have been ordered to leave.

Those who live and work across the street from Nana Akufo-Addo's home have been given until Thursday to get out after it was declared a security zone.

The president's office has emphasised each has been compensated "from his personal resources", adding that discussions about clearing the area had been on-going for some time.

But while some of the residents and business-owners are relaxed about moving, others are fearful about what the future holds.

Joseph Kobina, who has lived in the area for about 30 years, told Ghana's Citi News, external: "Even if I find a place to go, the money can never do anything. It can’t settle me…

They should extend the time and they should add some of more money because that 3,000 cedi ($677; £488), what am I going to do with it?”

It has also divided opinion among people in Ghana, according to the BBC's Akwasi Sarpong.

He told BBC Africa Live some felt the traders, squatters and roadside containers are an eyesore.

However, they say, the manner of their eviction - sudden orders from national security - is inhumane.

Others say the president has to move in to the executive residency built and maintained by the state which is suited for official functions.

A journalist has tweeted a picture of US Secretary of State Rex Tilleron arriving in Chad.

As we reported earlier, the US's top diplomat has changed the schedule of his first trip to Africa and will return to the US this evening instead of tomorrow, as was originally planned.

Mr Tillerson is expected to visit Nigeria next.

Members of Parliament in Somalia have voted to reject a controversial deal involving the port of Berbera in Somaliland.

The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland recently entered an agreement to manage the port with a Dubai-based company, as well as the government of landlocked Ethiopia.

Somalia has asked the Arab League to annul the deal arguing that it violates the unity and constitution of the country.

Somaliland is not recognised internationally and the controversy threatens to sour its relationship with Somalia.

Last year Somaliland MPs agreed to allow the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to set up a military base in the port of Berbera to help its fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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A decision to charge passengers to use the toilets at Nigeria's Kano Airport has local media fuming.

The car park toilets - which, according to newspaper site Vanguard, external, emit a "foul" smell - have introduced a new, structured payment system.

Those wanting a wee pay just 20 naira (5 cents; 4 pence). However, it rises to 50 if you want a poo and reaches 100 for people wanting a shower.

It is not, the Vanguard reporter assures his readers, worth the money.

Those brave - or desperate - enough to use the toilets will be find themselves in the company of "large flies... [which] latch freely on the [toilet] users’ bottoms".

If the flies aren't enough to make you think twice about using the loo, the "leaking pipes and toilet bowls overflowing with faeces" may just do it.

The newspaper says no official was willing to comment on the new set up.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will cut short his first trip to Africa to return to Washington to deal with urgent work there, his spokesman has said.

Mr Tillerson, who left Kenya this morning, is due to visit Chad and Nigeria before leaving for the US on Monday evening.

He will spend a few hours in the two countries instead of spending the night in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, as had been planned.

Mr Tillerson, 65, who had already visited Ethiopia, arrived in Kenya on Friday but had to cancel activities planned on Saturday because he was not feeling well.

Kenya's foreign ministry said he was seen off by one of its ministers:

Kenyan government has reinstated security for opposition MPs weeks after it was withdrawn.

The MPs from opposition coalition NASA were targeted for their support of the swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the "people's president".

Mr Odinga took the oath saying that he won last year's election and that President Uhuru Kenyatta did not beat him fairly.

The two leaders met last week and announced publicly that they had agreed to work together to reconcile the country that has been deeply divided on ethnic lines.

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Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been named "Eternal Supreme Guide" by his political party.

The move means no one in the governing CNDD-FDD is allowed to disagree with his choices, secretary-general Evariste Ndayishimiye said.

"He is our leader. Therefore in our party... no one is comparable to him," Mr Ndayishimiye said.

"He is our parent, he is the one who advises us. That is why I ask all our members to respect that because a home without the man (its head) can be overlooked by anybody. For us, we have the best."

But critics say a cult of personality is developing around 54-year-old Mr Nkurunziza.

Jeremy Minani, the leader of the opposition Rally of Burundi Democrats (RDB), told Burundi Radio Publique Africaine: "President Pierre Nkurunziza's naming himself the leader of the ruling party, is part of his plan to reach his goal and to make it easy for him to eliminate every challenge without difficulty."

The new title has been bestowed just months ahead of a national referendum which could end with Mr Nkurunziza getting permission to rule until 2034.

He is already serving a controversial third term in office.

His re-election led to violence in the streets in 2015, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and displacing hundreds of thousands.

A Ugandan MP has left people horrified after saying men need to "discipline" and "beat" their wives.

Twinamasiko Onesimus, who represents Bugangaizi East constituency was speaking to Ugandan television channel NTV when he made the shock statement.

"As a man, you need to discipline your wife," he told the channel. "You need to touch her a bit, you tackle her, beat her some how to really steamline her."

The short clip of Mr Onesimus speaking was shared by an NTV journalist, and people were quick to react.

It appears Mr Onesimus, who is married, was responding to comments made by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who said men who beat their wives or girlfriends were "cowards".

“Men who beat women are foolish and cowardly,” he told crowds gathered to mark International Women's Day, according to Ugandan Christian News, external.

The Daily Monitor newspaper reports, external more than one in five women aged 15-49 had experienced domestic or sexual violence in Uganda.

Ethiopian military has opened an investigation after nine civilians were killed and 12 others injured during an operation against rebels in Moyale border town with Kenya, state media reported on Sunday.

Several soldiers have been suspended over the incident, the military said.

The Ethiopian News Agency said that the soldiers were deployed to the town in the Oromia region to pursue Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) fighters who had crossed into Ethiopia from three locations.

OLF is a secessionist group which the government has branded a terrorist organisation.

Ethiopia has been experiencing anti-government protests since 2016, mostly in the Oromia and Amhara region, where residents say they are being marginalised.

Ethiopia's parliament voted in February to impose a six-month nationwide state of emergency.

The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front is currently engaging in talks to choose a leader to replace Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who resigned last month.

Mr Hailemariam said he resigned to allow reforms that "would lead to sustainable peace and democracy".

Read: Why has Ethiopia imposed a state of emergency?

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