Nomsa Maseko
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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Lawyers representing South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma have said they will challenge the state prosecutor’s decision to charge him with corruption, reports IOL news site, external.

Mr Zuma was issued with court summons in connection with a multi-billion dollar arms deal yesterday.

The news site quotes Mr Zuma's lawyer Michael Hulley as saying "we are preparing an application to review the NDPP’s (National Director of Public Prosecution) decision to prosecute (Zuma)”.

Investigators have moved swiftly to charge Mr Zuma since he lost power.

It’s alleged a French arms company paid a bribe as protection from being investigated. The state believes the money which Mr Zuma allegedly received was to be used to pay for renovations at the former president’s home in Nkandla.

Mr Zuma has denied any wrongdoing.

He’s expected to appear in court next week.

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Fed up footballers have walked out on their Democratic Republic of Congo teammates in protest at poor organisation, news agency Reuters reports.

The team is due to play in a friendly against Tanzania on Tuesday.

But just 24 hours before, West Ham United's Arthur Masuaku, Paul-Jose Mpoku of Belgian club Standard Liege, Jordan Ikoko from En Avant Guingamp and Gael Kakuta of French club Amiens all left.

"They all lamented the organisational aspects of the camp and are frustrated," the team's media officer Jerry Angengwa said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

According to the report, long flights delays, no training facilities and poor quality accommodation had prompted the walk out.

The rest of the team agreed to stay on - on the proviso conditions were improved in future.

A groundbreaking South African director will be at the helm of the Trevor Noah biopic - and South Africans are pretty happy.

Liesl Tommy, who was born in Cape Town, was unveiled as the film's director overnight - and it didn't take long for Kenyan actor Lupita Nyong'o to share a gushing post explaining her own delight at the choice:

Nyong'o - who is playing Noah's mother in the film based on his autobiography, Born a Crime - is not the only person excited to be part of the team.

Tommy, who was the first woman of colour to be nominated for a best play director Tony when she was shortlisted for Eclipsed in 2016, was also pretty thrilled:

Sierra Leone's presidential run-off is going to take place on Saturday, the National Electoral Commission has tweeted:

As we reported yesterday, a High Court judge had given permission for the election to go ahead as planned, lifting an order which had temporarily halted the vote due to claims of electoral fraud in the first round.

But the electoral commission said "logistical delays" meant it was not possible for the vote to take place on schedule.

Sierra Leonean voters will be choosing between the opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio, who narrowly won the first round, and Samura Kamara of the governing party.

The Kenyan government has accused opposition figure Miguna Miguna of throwing a "tantrum" after footage emerged of him being manhandled by security staff at Nairobi's airport.

Mr Miguna returned to Kenya yesterday for the first time since he was expelled by the government in February.

But he made it no further than the airport, where officials blocked his entrance to the country.

According to a statement released by Kenyan immigration services overnight, he failed to provide the "requisite documents" to be allowed entry.

Authorities say he is not a Kenyan national. Mr Miguna, a dual-Canadian national, had his Kenyan passport taken away in February.

He then, the official statement said, "threw a tantrum".

Video of security officials attempts to bundle him onto a plane at Jomo Kenyatta Airport has gone viral:

The plane, however, took off without him after the lawyer refused to board.

According to The Nation's website, external, he refused to fly after being forced onto the Emirates flight back to Dubai, demanding: "I am not going anywhere….where is my luggage? Where is my passport? You cannot take me from my country by force."

The Nation also accuses security staff involved in the attempted deportation of assaulting journalists.

Citizen TV reporter Stephen Letoo - who the newspaper says was assaulted while he was live on air - also tweeted about the alleged violence:

Mr Miguna was deported last month after taking part in the mock inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga.

He is understood to have spent the night in custody.

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Gold casts of the hands of former South African President Nelson Mandela have sold for $10m (£7m) in bitcoin, reports Bloomberg News, external.

The set of four casts weigh 20 pounds and are made of 99.999 pure gold, reports cryptocurrency news site CCN.

A Canadian entrepreneur is selling the hands to cryptocurrency company, Arbitrade.

Chairman Len Schutzman told Bloomberg Mr Mandela's gold hands' real value is one of publicity.

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Authorities in western Burundi's Bujumbura province say they worked all morning to rescue a stranded hippopotamus which fell in a pit filled with water after heavy rains.

The amphibious creature had been almost fully submerged for three days and there were fears it could die from hunger.

But with the help of a bulldozer, the animal was rescued by carving a path for it in the mud, and after a few minutes of hesitation it finally made its way to freedom.

The hippo population in Burundi has increased over recent years due to measures banning their poaching.

The increase in their numbers has caused similar incidents, as the animals stray far away looking for other sources of food.

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A lawyer for Jacob Zuma says the former South African president has been served a court summons in connection with a $2.5bn ( £1.7bn) arms deal.

The lawyer, Michael Hulley, told the Reuters news agency that Mr Zuma had been called to appear in court on 6 April.

He faces 18 charges of corruption in relation to the arms deal.

Mr Zuma has denied any wrongdoing.

He resigned from the presidency in February as calls grew within the governing ANC party for him to step down amid growing corruption allegations.

• Read: Jacob Zuma - the survivor whose nine lives ran out

Arsenal Football Club has announced that Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny has signed a long-term deal to stay at the club.

The midfielder joined Arsenal in 2016 and has so far made 34 appearances and scored two goals.

A High Court judge has given permission for Sierra Leone's presidential run-off to go ahead on Tuesday after lifting an order that had temporarily halted the vote due to claims of electoral fraud in the first round.

The run-off was thrown into doubt on Saturday when a judge said the legal challenge would have to be heard in court first.

Sierra Leonean voters will be choosing between the opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio, who narrowly won the first round and Samura Kamara of the governing party.

Ahmed Rouaba
BBC News

An Algerian education official has refused to apologise for saying on TV that people living with disabilities were useless to the country and undeserving of the allowance they receive from the state.

Zohra Fassi, who is an inspector at Algeria's Department of Education, said on El Magharibia TV yesterday that government "provides everything to people with special needs but they don't contribute anything to the country in return".

The comments caused outrage among many Algerians, and a campaign group has reportedly said it is preparing a lawsuit against the official.

The government allowance for people with disabilities is less than $40 (£28) per month, while the average Algerian monthly salary is $400. The row comes at a time of economic difficulty in Algeria.

A clip of the interview has been widely circulated on social media where Ms Fassi's comments have attracted strong criticism:

On Facebook, Lila Bahi wrote: "The disability is arrogance. Your arrogance, Zohra Fassi, is the real disability."

Another Facebook user Zohra Fassi commented: "What do disabled people give to the country? She is insulting Bouteflika." Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2013.

Tahar Boussebaa, a poet and a lawyer who is disabled, posted a picture of disabled Algerian athletes along with a list of medals they won at a recent regional competition in Abu Dhabi.

A group which campaigns on disability issues - the Association for the Promotion of Protection of Youth and Children - is reportedly preparing a lawsuit against Ms Fassi, external.

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State media in Angola is reporting that the former head of the country's wealth fund, José Filomeno Dos Santos, has been charged in connection with the fraudulent transfer of $500m (£350m) from Angola's central bank to a British bank account.

Mr Dos Santos, who is the son of Angola's former president, was sacked from his post in January.

The $500bn (£350bn) wealth fund has been mired in controversy since leaked documents revealed that tens of millions of dollars in fees had been paid to its asset manager - who had close links to Mr Dos Santos.

Angolan state radio said the former governor of the central bank, Valter Filipe da Silva, had also been charged in connection with the same fraud.

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Baroness Cox, a crossbench peer in the UK's House of Lords, has asked for an assessment of recent developments in Nigeria, with particular reference to attacks on civilians by Boko Haram and Fulani herders.

She highlighted the "murder of hundreds of Christians in recent months" and asked the UK government to step up its representations to Nigeria.

Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomed the news that some of the girls captured by Boko Haram have been released and stressed these attacks are "abhorrent and must stop".

He said the actions of some Fulani herders have had a "devastating impact" and welcomed President Buhari's promise to help the communities affected.

The Nation news site has tweeted this picture of a chaotic scene in western Kenya, where it reports villagers killed a lioness after she killed more than 100 sheep.

Conservationists say a loss of habitat for lions in Kenya means they are increasingly coming into conflict with humans, putting their survival at risk.

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The European Union's Commissioner for Humanitarian aid is due to meet officials of the Congolese government today in an effort to address the crisis in the east of the country.

Christos Stylianides told the BBC he would urge the government to reconsider its decision not to turn up at next month's conference in Geneva where funds will be raised to help victims of the conflict including the four million people who have been forced from their homes.

Last week the Congolese government said it would not go to the donor conference because the crisis had been exaggerated.

Acting Prime Minister Jose Makila acknowledged that the country was facing an emergency but said the UN's reaction was discouraging investors.

The 13 April meeting in Geneva meeting aims to raise nearly $1.7bn (£1.2bn) for what the UN has described as a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

Alex Duval Smith
BBC Africa, Dakar

Two people have died after a powerful explosion early this morning in Burkina Faso’s second city, Bobo-Dioulasso.

The blast happened in a railway customs warehouse at 05:40 local time (06:40 BST). The two victims were a woman cleaner and a male customs officer.

The area around the scene has been sealed off but an official told BBC Afrique that the incident is not being treated as terror-related.

On 2 March, 16 people were killed and up to 80 people were injured in twin attacks in the capital Ouagadougou.

A car bomb was detonated in the Burkinabé chief of staff’s compound and gunmen opened fire outside the French embassy.

A Malian Islamist group, Jama at nusrat al-islam wal-muslimin – the Support Group for Muslims and Islam – said it carried out the attack.

Kenyan opposition lawyer Miguna Miguna has been denied entry to Kenya for refusing to apply for a visa, privately owned The Star newspaper reports:

Mr Miguna is travelling on his Canadian passport after he was stripped of his Kenyan citizenship.

Kenyan authorities deported him to Canada after he took part in the swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the "people's president".

He told the BBC last week that the Kenyan authorities had not complied with a court order to issue him with Kenyan travel documents.

• See our earlier story for more details.