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Image source, SABCBrenda Mtambo has just finished her spine-tingling performance at the Soweto memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's memorial.
Next up, according to the programme, is Prince Madikizela with a tribute from the anti-apartheid activist's family.
The Algerian news sites have tweeted pictures which show the the military plane was destroyed when it crashed earlier today:
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More than 100 people were on board but it is still unclear how many people have died.
The crash happened at Boufarik military airport, an air force base near the capital, Algiers.
The head of the army has ordered an investigation into the crash and will visit the scene, according to a statement from the defence ministry.
The master of ceremonies at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's memorial is trying to get Rita Ndzanga to end her tribute in order to keep to the programme - but the ANC veteran is being defiant.
The foundation of another former ANC veteran tweets that she told the crowds how in prison women had to bath in buckets but they fought to have showers:
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Rita Ndzanga, a close family friend of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, is now paying tribute at the memorial service in Soweto - saying because of her fight black women are no longer destined to be domestic workers:
Image source, SABCTweeters say she is reminiscing about the days after Nelson Mandela's arrest and how she fought about the pass laws, which was how the white-minority government restricted the movement of black people:
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South Africa's state broadcaster has a live link to the memorial service being held for anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a stadium in Soweto.
Chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima is currently addressing the crowds on behalf of Nelson Mandela's family:
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The South African government has tweeted that he said the Mandela family saluted her for raising her children in great difficulty.
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Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
Image source, AFPInhabitants from the mainly Muslim PK5 neighbourhood are protesting outside the UN HQ
Demonstrators in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, have placed at least nine corpses in front of the UN's mission following recent clashes.
On Sunday, UN peacekeepers began an operation to disarm vigilantes in a mainly Muslim neighbourhood of the city.
One peacekeeper was killed and several others were wounded on Tuesday.
Aid workers said they had treated dozens of people with gunshot wounds.
The CAR has been unstable for the past five years after rebels ousted the then-President Francois Bozize.
He is visiting heart of anti-government protests
Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Ambo
Thousands of people are turning up at Ethiopia's Ambo University for the visit of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed:
Ambo town has been at the heart of anti-government protests that have rocked Ethiopia since 2015.
TV news reports say 14 ambulances have been at the scene of the military plane crash in Algeria and injured people are being transferred to hospital.
Algerian TV news channel Ennahar tweeted this photo:
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It also quoted a statement from the authorities saying that 130 people had been deployed to extinguish the fire and transport the wounded.
It added that it was still not clear how many people had died.
People are streaming into South Africa’s Orlando Stadium in Soweto for the memorial service for anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who died nine days ago aged 81.
The BBC’s Nomsa Maseko has been tweeting from the stadium, where crowds are already singing:
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ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe has suggested that the memorial will not be a sedate affair, saying it wouldn't be a send-off for “the mother of the nation” without a bit of chaos.
Mrs Madikizela-Mandela continued campaigning against white-minority rule when her husband, Nelson Mandela, was jailed, herself suffering imprisonment, torture and banishment.
She was born in 1936 in the Eastern Cape - then known as Transkei.
She was a trained social worker when she met her future husband in the 1950s. They went on to have two daughters together.
They were married for a total of 38 years, although for almost three decades of that time they were separated because to Mr Mandela's long imprisonment.
Read more: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela obituary
Many people are feared dead after a military plane crashed in Algeria, media in the North African are reporting (see earlier below).
An Iranian TV news broadcaster has tweeted footage it says is from the scene by Boufarik airport - a base for the country's air force near the capital, Algiers.
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Algerian news sites are reporting that an military plane has crashed near Boufarik airport in the west of the country.
Algerie24 reports that more than 200 soldiers were on board.
Reuters news agency says several were killed.
The Algerian news site has tweeted pictures from the scene:
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Sammy Awami
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam
Image source, GettyThe gem is sometimes called blue diamond
Government revenue from Tanzanite minerals in Tanzania has quadrupled in the last three months since a wall was built around mines, the prime minister has told MPs.
Kassim Majaliwa said that between January and March the government earned more than $316,000 (£222,000).
He said that was more than four times more than the government earned last year from the mineral.
His announcement to parliament comes just days after the president inaugurated the 24km (15.5 miles) wall around the mines that produce the rare blue violet Tanzanite gemstones in the northern region of Mirerani.
Mr Majaliwa added that, before the construction of the wall last November, about 40% of the nation’s minerals were smuggled out through the black market.
The wall was built by the national army and cost $3.5m, paid by the government
Recently Tanzania has introduced stringent laws on mineral contracting and exports in a bid to get more revenue, a policy some economists say might put off potential investors.
And while the government may already be boasting about the benefits of the new wall, experts say it is too soon to tell about its effectiveness and that more needs to be done to prevent theft.
A red carpet was laid out at the wall in anticipation for President Magufuli's visit last week
Alex Duval Smith
BBC Africa
US President Donald Trump has lifted the travel ban his administration imposed on Chad six months ago.
In a presidential proclamation issued by the White House, external, President Trump says the central African country ‘’has improved its identity-management system’’ and ‘’shares information about known or suspected terrorists in a manner that makes that information available’’ to the US.
The US Department of Home Security said he travel restrictions would be officially lifted on Friday, external.
In September 2017, Chadian citizens were listed among those of mainly Muslim countries – including Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria – who would face restrictions on entry to the US.
The move was greeted with surprise as Chad is one of the most generous troop contributors to Western anti-terror operations in the Sahel.
Chad's foreign minister welcomed the lifting of the restrictions in a tweet, saying he hoped the relationship between the two countries could be further strengthened:
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Today's African proverb:
Quote MessageA set of white teeth does not indicate a pure heart."
Sent by Amaka Cordis in Anambra, Nigeria
Image source, AFPWelcome to BBC Africa Live where we'll be bringing you the latest news and trends from around the continent.
We'll be back tomorrow
That's all from the BBC Africa Live page for today. Keep up-to-date with what's happening across the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or checking the BBC News website.
A reminder of today's wise words:
Quote MessageOne knee doesn't bring up a child."
A Swahili proverb sent by Samuel Adjetey Cleland, Accra, Ghana
We leave you with this photo of a market in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
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David Charo, the Kenyan man who accidentally swallowed a toothbrush before having it removed in hospital, has been speaking to the privately-owned Daily Nation newspaper.
He said that the incident happened as he prepared to go to work on 1 April.
"As I was brushing my teeth and tongue near the throat, I swallowed the toothbrush which was lodged in my throat,” he said.
“When I opened my mouth my brother could see it, but he couldn’t remove it since I was in pain. As I was being rushed to the hospital on a boda boda [motorcyle taxi], it continued sinking until it got stuck in my stomach. I could feel it.”
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Mr Charo said that many people thought that he was pulling an April Fool's prank while others suspected witchcraft.
Doctors in the main public hospital in the coastal city of Mombasa retrieved the toothbrush using endoscopy.
The hospital's chief administrator Iqbal Khandwalla told Daily Nation: “We decided to use endoscopy because it is less dangerous, has shorter recovery time, less time-consuming, less painful and it’s a modern way of treatment.”
Doctors say that Mr Charo is now eating and walking without difficulty.
He had survived during his first five days in hospital on water, milk and porridge.
"We have never removed a toothbrush endoscopically. It could be the first in Kenya,” Dr Khandwalla told the Daily Nation.
“Unlike coins which can pass through the bowel, once a toothbrush hits the stomach, it cannot pass through the valve which leads to the bowel. Therefore, it blocks it,” he added.
Busayo Akogun
BBC Yoruba, Lagos
Image source, AAUA News ForumStudents at Adekunle Ajasin University in south-western Nigeria are protesting for a second day because their tuition fees have risen by some 500%.
They have barricaded major roads in Akure, the capital of Ondo state.
Image source, AAUA News ForumThe state-owned university, with some 17,000 students, has been popular because of its low fees, which were between $69 (£49) and $97 annually.
However, the university announced, at the start of its academic year this week, that the annual fees had increased to between $332 and $554.
Police have fired tear gas to quell the protests, but have denied using live shots to disperse the crowds.
Popoola Morayo, head of the state’s students' union, told BBC Yoruba that a student had been shot in the leg during the demonstrations on Monday.
Amos Igbekele Ajibefun, the univerisity’s vice-chancellor, told the BBC that the fees had to be increased to help with the running costs.
He also pointed out that federal government subsidies to universities had been cut in recent years because of the recession.
Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo
All major commercial banks operating in Mozambique - except Standard Bank - have been fined for violating financial legislation.
The heaviest fine, of more than $500,000 (£350,000), was imposed on one of the newer banks, Banco Unico. Its largest shareholder is the South African Nedbank Group.
In all 15 banks and financial institutions were fined a total of about $5.2m for violations committed mostly in the 2015 and 2016 financial years.
The two largest Mozambican commercial banks, the Millennium-BIM and the Commercial and Investment Bank (BCI), which both have Portuguese financial institutions as their majority shareholders, were fined nearly $400,000 each for breaching money-laundering and anti-terrorism legislation.
Barclays Bank was also fined.
The fines were imposed by the central bank, and it is the first time it has named and the banks.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe moment that Munir El Haddadi (right) came onto the pitch to replace Koke for Spain against Macedonia in 2014
Munir El Haddadi and the Morocco Football Federation (FRMF) have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over a Fifa ruling barring him from switching national allegiances.
The 22-year-old played as a substitute for Spain , externalin a European Championship qualifier in September 2014 but also qualifies to play for Atlas Lions as his parents are Moroccan.
Under current Fifa regulations this appearance prevents forward El Haddadi from making such a switch.
Football's world governing body rejected an initial application from El Haddadi - currently on loan at Spanish club Alaves from Barcelona - and the FRMF on 13 March.
Cas said , externalit has been asked to make a decision by mid-May "in order for the player's sporting nationality to be decided prior to the commencement of the 2018 World Cup".
It will now select a panel of three arbitrators to hear the case.