A private, non-profit organisation based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been credited with helping to turn around the fortunes of Zakouma National Park in Chad.

The BBC Travel Show’s Michelle Jana Chan finds out more:

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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The lorry blockade on a major South African route between its two largest cities of Johannesburg and Durban seems to have been caused by anger at trucking firms reportedly employing foreigners as cheap labour.

Many lorries were seen burning near the Mooi River tollgate on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal.

Col Thembeka Mbele told me:

At least 50 people have been arrested, including some lorry drivers.

The protesters were initially complaining about poor working conditions, which they said the migrants had accepted.

South Africa has seen its fair share of xenophobic violence in the past. Its worst outbreak of violence against foreigners was in 2008, when more than 60 people died.

Many unemployed South Africans accuse migrants of taking their jobs.

But there is no evidence to show that any foreigners were targeted specifically because of their citizenship this time around.

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Ishmael Mnisi, from the national transport department, told me the protests overnight were similar to those over the Easter weekend in the same area.

He said violence and looting were criminal offences and if anyone had labour-related complaints, channels were already in place to deal with such disputes.

The N3 route has now partially re-opened.

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Authorities in Burundi have arrested a ruling party official after he called on supporters to throw political opponents into a lake, a source has told Reuters news agency.

"We said that we have ordered boats. We will send them (opponents) into Lake Tanganyika," Melchiade Nzopfabarushe said in a video clip.

Mr Nzopfabarushe made the comments to party members in his home village near the capital Bujumbura in a rally on Sunday, Reuters reports.

He was campaigning for a referendum on 17 May, when people will vote on whether to extend the president's term from five years to seven, which could potentially extend President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule to 2034.

The ruling party said on Twitter it rejected "any subversive message which may jeopardise unity and cohesion among the Burundian people".

Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

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More than 100,000 men in Mozambique are to be circumcised in a bid to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/Aids.

The health authorities in the central province of Zambezia say their campaign will focus on districts of Ato-Molocue, Ile and Gurue, where circumcision is not a common practice.

This is the second phase of a project that kicked off last year with the circumcision of 84,000 men in the province.

Abdul Razak, a medical doctor by profession and governor of Zambezia - one of Mozambique’s most populated provinces - is backing the campaign:

It is voluntary, but men are being encouraged to undergo the surgery because of the difference it makes in preventing HIV infection.

The cost of the two rounds of circumcisions in Zambezia province will come to more than $1m (£728,000), funds provided by the US initiative President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar).

Male circumcision is common in many other places in Mozambique, including the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Tete and Inhambane.

According to the World Health Organization, male circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexual men getting HIV by approximately 60%, external.

• Read this Circumcision diary, an article from 2007 when one of our reporters opted to undergo the procedure

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Eman El-Deeb, a young Egyptian woman, decided to leave her country in 2016 because of her curly hair.

She says that in Egypt she was ridiculed by acquaintances and strangers alike.

"In the first couple of months of my work at an Egyptian bank, someone from human resources would come and ask me to straighten my hair almost every day," she says.

"I reached the point where I felt I wanted to live in a place where my looks do not bother anyone."

But Ms El-Deeb has noticed a change over the last couple of years.

Facebook groups and a salon for curly hair have sprung up.

And on a visit back to Egypt she felt the change for herself.

"A taxi driver told me, 'Your hair is very nice.' At first I thought he was being sarcastic. But then I realised he was being sincere.

"That was the first positive comment about my hair that I had ever heard in Egypt."

Read more on the BBC News website.

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Ethiopia’s former prime minister urged South Sudan’s leaders to resign for the sake of peace, the Sudan Tribune reports.

According to the Paris-based paper, Hailermarian Desalegn, who resigned in February, made his remarks at a conference in Rwanda organised by Mo Ibrahim Foundation over the weekend.

The paper says it has a video of him discussing his role in the regional effort to bring peace to the South Sudan, external, which descended into civil war in 2013 when President Salva Kiir fell out with his deputy Riek Machar – who eventually fled to South Africa where he is under house arrest.

Mr Hailermarian is quoted as saying:

Chad's National Assembly is about to vote on a controversial change to the constitution.

The proposal will increase presidential terms to six years with a limit of two terms. The current mandate is five years with no limits on re-election.

The two-term limit would be effective from the next presidential election in 2021. That would mean President Idriss Deby could stay in power until 2033, when he will be 81.

The amendment, which was approved by the government earlier this month, must be passed by three-fifths of those in parliament.

Nigeria's electoral commission announced over the weekend that an attempt to recall the controversial Nigerian senator Dino Melaye failed, reports the Vanguard newspaper, external.

In Nigeria, voters can decide to dismiss a senator mid-way through their term.

So in July 2017 almost 200,000 voters signed a petition demanding the dismissal of the so-called "singing senator", citing his "poor performance" as representative of Kogi West.

The next step, organised by the electoral commission this weekend, was for 50% of those on the petition to turn up and verify their signatures.

However, the Nigeria's Punch paper says that less the 6% turned up, external, so Mr Melaye appears to be safe in his seat for now.

The senator is often in the news. Most recently he hit the headlines for appearing to jump out of a police car.

Last year, he was also criticised after making a cameo in a music video where $100 bills were being thrown around.

• Read more: Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye and his many scandals

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Gangs in South Africa have set fire to at least 18 trucks on a motorway in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal.

The unrest has closed the main road between the country's two biggest cities, Johannesburg and Durban.

Local media has been tweeting pictures of the trucks:

Reports say vehicles were looted during the overnight rioting and shots were fired, although it is not clear why the violence began.

Police have been deployed to the area in force and more than 50 people have been arrested for public violence.

There are unconfirmed reports that protesters opened fire with live rounds at police.

The unrest follows a similar incident earlier this month on the same road, after which some of those involved said they were protesting about the employment of foreigners as truck drivers.

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will become the first sub-Saharan African leader to be received by US President Donald Trump when he arrives in Washington for talks later.

They are expected to discuss shared economic and security interests.

But many will also be watching the talks closely after a row over Mr Trump's alleged use of the word "shithole" to describe African nations.

Mr Trump denied being a racist after the reported crude remark.

He also denied making the comment.

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