Ameyu Etana
BBC Afaan Oromo

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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Ahmed has called for love - not war - with long-standing rival Eritrea.

Speaking on television after hosting an Eritrean delegation for dinner on Tuesday night, Mr Abiy said: "Love is the only way out. We have tried war, it didn't benefit either side. It cost lives, time, money - and it diverts attention from other important things."

He spoke of Ethiopian athletes being able to run in Eritrea, and the state airline resuming flights to the neighbouring state.

Tens of thousands of people were killed during a 1998-2000 war between the two countries for control of the town of Badme.

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki was not at the talks, but he sent a high-level delegation - which included his political adviser Yemane Gebreab - to Ethiopia in an attempt to end the border dispute.

Mr Yemane said both countries had closed a sad chapter, and a new one was opening.

"When we met today, it did not seem as if we had not met for the past 20 years," he said.

He was talking in Amharic, the working language in Ethiopia - and not an official language in Eritrea.

Mr Yemane said the two leaders are committed to peace, and that there is no difference in opinion between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

Police in western Mozambique's Tete city say they have detained a man who was caught slaughtering a dog, apparently to sell it as goat meat in a local market.

The head of the community police in the Samora Machel neighbourhood, Luciano Gracio, said he had been instructed by his boss to send officers to investigate after a tip-off from neighbours about the man skinning the dog.

“I sent five men to find out. They went there and found the man in action. They arrested him and brought him here to the local police post," he said.

The suspect denied the meat was for sale.

“I don’t sell in the market. I killed the animal for me to eat. It wasn’t to be sold in the market or to give my wife to cook. I wanted to cook it myself and eat alone. I learnt this with Chinese people,” he said.

In recent years, Tete province has found itself in the news for the wrong reasons - including reports of cannibalism, the decapitation of bodies of people with albinism, and the deaths of 70 people who drank contaminated beer at a funeral.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, South Africa

The internal squabble in South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), over the status of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille is set to continue as the party plans to appeal against court ruling reinstating her membership.

The judge said the DA's termination of her membership was unlawful and invalid because it did not constitute a legal panel to decide on her sacking.

The DA accuses Ms De Lille of maladministration and nepotism. She denies the charges.

Ms De Lille tweeted a picture celebrating her court win:

Ms De Lille will now get back mayoral powers, which were downgraded to a ceremonial role after she was kicked out of the party in May.

Ms De Lille is a veteran politician who was in the Pan Africanist Congress before she formed her own party, Independent Democrats, which then merged with the DA.

She built a reputation for being a strong anti-corruption activist who enjoyed the support of Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his rival, rebel leader Riek Machar, have signed an agreement to try to end five years of civil war.

Under the framework deal, a ceasefire will come into effect within 72 hours.

The conflict has devastated South Sudan: tens of thousands have died and nearly four million more - a third of the population - have been displaced by the violence.

Previous attempts to end the fighting have failed to hold.

Reports say that under the latest deal some political prisoners will be released.

Mr Kiir and Mr Machar met for the first time in nearly two years last week.

The deal, signed in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, comes amid pressure from neighbouring countries to end the fighting.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (pictured below, second left) and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir (second from right) joined Mr Machar (l) and Mr Kiir (r) ahead of the signing:

Ishaq Khalid
BBC Africa, Abuja

Christian groups are out on the streets of Jos city in central Nigeria to protest against mass killings by suspected herdsmen in several villages in the state.

The police say 86 were killed on Saturday but local leaders say the number is more than 200.

The killings are said to be in retaliation to an attack on herdsmen. At least five people were killed and cattle were stolen in the attack.

The protesters say the authorities are not doing enough to stop the violence.

On Tuesday President Muhammadu Buhari met community leaders in Jos - the capital of Plateau state - and reiterated his commitment to tackling communal violence in the state and other parts of the country.

Here are some of the pictures I snapped of the protesters:

Tomi Oladipo
BBC Africa security correspondent

Somali National Army radio is reporting that the leader of the jihadist group al-Shabab has died, but this has been denied by the militants.

The report said Sheikh Ahmed Diriye, popularly known as Abu Ubeidah, died in the town of Jilib in southern Somalia after suffering from cancer for a year.

Abu Ubeidah took over the leadership of al-Shabab in 2014 after his predecessor Ahmed Godane was killed in an airstrike by the US military.

Before the rumours of his death spread, Kenyan and Somali media had reported that Ubeidah was suffering from a severe kidney problem and was bedridden.

There were also reports of jostling among senior al-Shabab officials to succeed him.

The militants have responded to the latest reports, saying he is alive and healthy - and that the claims of his death were made up by the Somali government to divert public attention from its own failures.

Nigeria's football players have departed from their team hotel - hours after losing their final group match to Argentina at the World Cup in Russia.

The BBC's Aliyu Tanko has shared a video of the players filing out of the hotel in Saint Petersburg:

Nigeria defender Victor Moses converted a penalty to equalise and put the Super Eagles in a commanding position to quality for the next round.

However, Marcos Rojo scored a fine late volley at the 86th minute to send Argentina through to the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup.

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Ethiopian Airlines is to restart its flights to Eritrea for the first time since 1998 when conflict erupted between the two nations over their disputed border, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said.

Mr Abiy made the announcement at a state dinner on Tuesday night in honour of a high-level Eritrean delegation visiting Ethiopia for the first time in decades.

The meeting came about after the Mr Abiy said Ethiopia would comply with a border commission ruling to hand over contested border territories to Eritrea.

"There will be lands swapped between the two countries but that will not matter - there will not be a border between us as our relationship will strengthen," Mr Abiy was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year conflict - but a border war five years later killed tens of thousands.

Diplomatic ties have been cut between the two countries for almost 20 years.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told the BBC that he suspects supporters of former first lady Grace Mugabe were behind an attempt on his life.

Two people died and more than 40 were hurt in an explosion near Mr Mnangagwa at a rally in Bulawayo on Saturday.

But exiled former government minister Jonathan Moyo, who was part of the G40 group that backed Mrs Mugabe for the presidency, has said in a tweet that he thinks the blast "smacks of an inside job, external".

He was referring to an apparent power struggle between Mr Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, the former army chief who forced Robert Mugabe from power last November.

The former minister said that only an independent investigation overseen by the regional body Sadc or the African Union could be trusted to find out who was behind the blast:

Mr Moyo, who once worked as Mr Mugabe's chief spin doctor, said he would be backing opposition MDC Alliance candidate Nelson Chamisa in the elections on 30 July.

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The head of Algeria's police has been dismissed as a result of a decree from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

General Abdelghani Hamel had been director general of national security forces since 2010.

He was seen as a possible successor to the 81-year-old head of state. No reasons were given for his dismissal.

Police have denied media reports that Gen Hamel's personal chauffeur was involved in smuggling cocaine.

A number of other Algerian officials were caught up in the drug-trafficking scandal.

Louise Dewast
Kinshasa, DR Congo

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A trial opens today involving one of Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition leaders, Moise Katumbi, who is accused of recruiting mercenaries back in 2015.

Mr Katumbi and six others, including an American national, face charges of attempting to destabilise the country.

The businessman and former governor of southern Katanga province is being tried in absentia. He has been living in self-imposed exile for two years.

Mr Katumbi told the BBC on Tuesday that he intends to return to DR Congo within two months to file his nomination for the December presidential elections.

The tycoon, who also owns TP Mazembe football club, is also involved in several other cases in the country.

He was recently detained briefly at Brussels airport because of an issue with his passport.

Mr Katumbi later said authorities in DR Congo had cancelled his Congolese passport.

On Monday, a group of 50 parliamentarians wrote an open letter to President Joseph Kabila asking him to put "a stop" to what they describe as the "judicial harassment" of Mr Katumbi.

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Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz says it is expanding its production operations in South Africa by investing 10bn rand ($700m; £529m) to "equip it for the future".

The plant in the coastal city of East London currently employs 3,300 people, most of whom work in passenger vehicle production. It was first opened in 1958, and in 2017 the plant's production volume reached 110,000 vehicles.

“We are hoping that this investment here will lead to further investments by components manufacturers - we estimate that will bring a further 2bn rand investment," said South Africa's trade minister Rob Davies.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said he wanted the announcement to send a signal to other international investors that "South Africa is capable of delivering efficiency", adding:

"We are glad that we have partners like Mercedes Benz. This 10bn rand must not be the last. We want to see more."

Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News

DR Congo opposition leader Moise Katumbi has vowed to return to the country within two months to file his nomination for presidential and legislative elections set for 23 December.

"My desire is to work with anyone - be it Jean-Pierre Bemba, Felix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe or any leader in the opposoition. We need a united opposition before the elections", he told the BBC.

The International Criminal Court acquitted former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba of crimes against humanity and war crimes and is expected back in Kinshasa "within weeks", according to his spokesperson. It is not clear whether Mr Bemba will stand in the poll.

Mr Katumbi welcomed his release and disclosed that he used to visit Mr Bemba while in prison after his arrest in 2008.

Mr Katumbi has been living in a self-imposed exile since 2016.

In his absence, he was sentenced to three years in jail over a real estate case. He says it was politically motivated.

DR Congo authorities cancelled his passport two weeks ago.

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Elections in DR Congo have been delayed for two years.

The constitution bars Mr Kabila from standing again because he has already served the maximum of two terms.

But a number of what appear to be campaign billboards for Mr Kabila have recently appeared on the streets of DR Congo.

Another miner has died at a mine owned by Sibanye-Stillwater - it brings the number of miners to have died at the firm's sites to 21 out of a total of 46 mining deaths nationally this year.

This latest fatality was at the Driefontein operation.

Preliminary investigations suggest the man entered a scraper path and was caught by the scraper, Sibanye-Stillwater say.

The exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed.

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An appeal court in Sudan has overturned the death sentence of a teenager who killed her husband after he allegedly raped her, her lawyer has said.

Noura Hussein, 19, was instead sentenced to five years in jail, lawyer Abdelaha Mohamad said.

Her mother, Zainab Ahmed, told the BBC she was happy her daughter's life had been spared by the appeal court.

International celebrities had backed an online campaign, #JusticeforNoura, to demand Hussein's release.

Last month, an Islamic court had sentenced to her to death by hanging, following her conviction for the pre-meditated murder of her husband.

She said her husband had recruited some of his cousins who allegedly held her down as he raped her.

When he allegedly attempted to do the same the following day she lashed out at him with a knife and stabbed him to death.

Ms Hussein was forced into the marriage at the age of 16.

Ibrahim Haithar
BBC Monitoring

A US-based Ethiopian media outlet that was banned in the Horn of Africa country has opened an office in Addis Ababa, the privately owned Addis Standard website reports.

"Oromo Media Network, which was facing terrorism charges until recently, has inaugurated its office in #AddisAbaba today," tweeted Addis Standard.

Several government officials are reportedly attending the inauguration ceremony.

Minnesota-based OMN was banned in Ethiopia in February 2017 after the government said it belonged to "terrorist" organisations, but the ban was lifted last month as part of reforms being undertaken by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

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South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, and the rebel leader Riek Machar, have reportedly broken a deadlock in peace talks being held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

Sudan's foreign minister, Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, said they had reached agreement on "some points", details of which would be announced on Wednesday.

Thousands of people have been killed and more than four million displaced in the civil war that was triggered by the rivalry between the two men.

The peace deal is being proposed by the regional bloc, IGAD.

Reports in some African media say the two rivals have inked an agreement for a permanent ceasefire.

When talks began last week, it was the first time Mr Machar had met face-to-face with his rival, President Kiir, in almost two years.