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The second half in the World Cup match between Egypt and Saudi Arabia is under way. The score is still 1-1.

You can follow all the drama on our football live page.

Do you consider yourself an African football superfan?

Well, we're guessing you don't even come close to this Cameroonian gentleman.

What's more, Armand Ndjiago's support for the five African teams in the World Cup is winning him fans of his own.

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A man who was almost lynched in Kenya after being caught skinning a cat has been jailed for three years for trading in the feline meat.

James Kimani pleaded guilty to killing cats and selling the meat to unsuspecting customers, and was sentenced to three years in jail.

Kenyan newspaper The Daily Nation was in court in Nakuru town for the sentencing:

Africa Live reported earlier how the angry crowd attacked him and he had to be saved by the officers who arrested him.

Kimani said he has been involved in selling cat meat for seven years, reportedly to people who sold it in samosas.

According to Kenya's Meat Control Law, cat meat is not prescribed as human food.

But while cat meat is considered unacceptable and a taboo in Kenya, it is a delicious meal in some countries.

Cats are regularly eaten in parts of West Africa.

They are also eaten in China, Vietnam and Korea, where the meat is eaten on its own or added to other flesh for a touch of extra flavour.

Egypt have Mo Salah to thank for the team's opening goal.

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Egypt's key player Mohamed Salah starts despite an initial tweet, later deleted, from the national association stating that he would not be in the starting XI against Saudi Arabia.

There had been reports, later denied by Egypt's FA, that the Liverpool forward was on the verge of quitting the national team as a result of criticism over his appearance with Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Egypt-Saudi Arabia match starts in about 15 minutes, and you can follow minute-minute coverage on our football live page.

Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC Amharic Service, Addis Ababa

FBI investigators have arrived in Ethiopia to help with the inquiry into last Saturday's attack on a huge political rally in the capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's Federal Police Commissioner General Zeynu Jemal has told me.

A total of 28 suspects were now in custody, he added.

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The deadly explosion occurred just after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had finished addressing the rally in Addis Ababa, which was called to show support for the reforms he has introduced since taking office in April.

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One of the 49 people injured by an explosion at an election campaign rally addressed by Zimbawe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday has died of his wounds, state media reports.

The victim was said to be a member of the presidential guard.

President Mnangagwa narrowly escaped injury in the attack in Bulawayo city, which he described as an attempt on his life.

He's said elections will go ahead as planned on 30 July.

The rally was Mr Mnangagwa's first in Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold.

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Essam El-Hadary will become the oldest player ever at the Word Cup today, he has been named in Egypt’s starting line-up to face Saudi Arabia this afternoon.

El-Hadary is 45 years 161 days and he breaks the record of Colombia goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón, who was 43 years and 3 days old when he came on for the last five minutes of their final group game against Japan in 2014 in Brazil.

The match will start at 14:00 and we'll be bring you the highlights here on BBC Africa Live.

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Tributes are pouring in for renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt following his death at the age of 87 at his home in the main city, Johannesburg.

Goodman Gallery director Liza Essers said:

Goldblatt had been a photographer since 1948, documenting the history of South Africa through the era of apartheid to the present, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper reported, external.

He was the first South African to be given a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1988 and won a number of prestigious awards.

On Twitter, he has been described as a photographer who "chronicled apartheid" and "could freeze time".

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Italy's far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has been holding talks with the Libyan government on the migration crisis - after Italy began turning away boats full of migrants rescued off North Africa.

At a news conference in Tripoli, Mr Salvini and the Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq said they were united in their approach to the issue.

But Mr Maiteeq said that he categorically refused to allow any immigrant camps in Libya.

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The United States is sending FBI investigators to Ethiopia to look into Saturday's grenade attack on a political rally.

The offer of help was made during talks between the US Under Secretary of Commerce, Gilbert Kaplan, and the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu.

Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with the blast, including the deputy chief of police in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Two people were killed and more than 150 were wounded at the mass rally called in support of the reform agenda of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The US is a longstanding ally of Ethiopia.

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A man in Kenya has allegedly confessed to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports.

Angry residents assaulted the middle-aged man after catching him skinning a slaughtered cat in an open field outside Nakuru town, west of the capital, Nairobi.

He was rescued by police, and detained. He is due to appear in court today. It is unclear what charges he will face or how he will plead.

But the slaughtering of cats and selling their meat is illegal in Kenya, veterinary officer Githui Kaba was quoted by Nairobi News as saying.

“According to the Meat Control Act, it is dangerous to eat uninspected meat and flesh from animals not prescribed to be human food. The Act says cat meat is not food,” he added.

The man confessed to killing more than 1,000 cats after he was almost lynched by the angry crowd, Kenya's Star newspaper reported.

Samosas are a popular snack, filled with minced meat or vegetables, and sold in market stalls and shops in Nakuru.

Watch: How to make a samosa (not from cat mince)

Anthony Irungu
BBC Africa, Nairobi

A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told me.

Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to choose between being a rapper and a priest, Bishop Philip Anyolo, of the Homa Bay Diocese in western Kenya, said.

The bishop insisted Father Ogallo was free to use rap and drama to preach to young people but not on the altar.

The sacred and the secular could not mix, he added.

Father Ogallo, who was suspended last month, had a year to think about the seriousness of life as a priest, Bishop Anyolo said.

His suspension means he cannot be the main priest during public mass but is allowed to lead private mass, the bishop added.

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Italy's far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has travelled to Libya for talks on the migration crisis - after Italy began turning away boats full of migrants rescued off North Africa.

Mr Salvini - who took office earlier this month - wants migrants trying to travel to Europe to be processed at centres in northern Africa, which would require international rules to be rewritten.

He's urged rescue charities to stop helping those attempting to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing.

Libya's navy says it rescued nearly 1,000 migrants in distress over the weekend.

Read: Italy's populist coalition: What you should know

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Nigerian pop star Davido has won the Best International Act at the BET awards in Los Angeles.

In his victory speech to an audience packed with A-list African-American celebrities, Davido said that Africa "has been so blessed".

"I'm telling you guys - come to Africa, eat the food, wear the clothes," he added.

"Let's collaborate, everybody. Let's collaborate, man," he said.

Meanwhile, South Africa's public broadcaster, SABC, is focusing on the fact that local hip-hop star Jabulani ‘Sjava’ Hadebe won the Viewers' Choice award:

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that those responsible for the communal violence in central Plateau state will not be spared.

Police said at least 86 people died in clashes between farmers and nomadic herders but unofficial figures put the number at more than 100.

A curfew has been imposed in affected areas to prevent further violence.

The clashes began on Thursday when a group of herders was attacked, prompting retaliatory killings on Saturday.

Police said 50 houses had also been burnt down.

The one-year-old son of Nigerian music star D'banj and his wife Lineo Didi Kilgrow has died, apparently after drowning in the pool at their home in the commercial capital, Lagos, local media has reported.

D'banj did not directly confirm the death of Daniel Oyebanjo III, but posted a black image on his Instagram account with the caption: "Trying Times. But my God is Always and Forever Faithful."

D’banj was in Los Angeles to attend the 2018 BET Awards when his son died, local media reported.

He gained international fame for his 2012 hit, Oliver Twist, which you can watch on YouTube:

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