An arrest warrant has been issued for the owners of the dam in western Kenya that burst in May, killing 47 people.

Milmet Dam was breached after heavy rains sweeping away homes across a vast area near the town of Solai, 190km (120 miles) from the capital, Nairobi,

The owners of dam, which is also known as Patel Dam as it is on Patel Farm, will be charged with manslaughter.

Noordin Haji, the director of public prosecution, said investigations had revealed that it had been constructed by unqualified staff.

The BBC’s Ruth Nesoba in Nairobi says senior county officials are also being sought for neglect of duty.

Much of the area downstream of the dam was completely devastated as power lines, homes and buildings were carried away by the fast-running water.

A secondary school was also flooded and a primary school swept away.

In the wake of the flooding, the water authority had said the dam had been built illegally, but the farm’s general manager denied the accusation.

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BBC News, Lagos

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French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC that the European Union’s plan to create migrant-processing centres in North Africa will not work, unless the process is spearheaded by those countries.

Interviewed during his visit to Lagos, he conceded that Europe would be dealing with the issue of migration from Africa for decades.

He believes that collaboration with African countries will be essential to finding a solution to the problem of migrants dying on their way to Europe.

In June, the EU said it would offer incentives to North African countries to set up migrant centres.

However, the French leader said many African countries were worried about creating a pull factor for migrants if these centres were set up:

But no African country has so far agreed to host the centres.

President Macron said Europe would enforce its external border, whilst working with allies to stabilise the situation in Libya to prevent smugglers from taking migrants on perilous journeys across the Mediterranean.

But fundamentally, the problem of migration was one of unplanned population growth on the continent, he said.

It is a sentiment which has drawn him criticism in the past, with some accusing him of reiterating colonial rhetoric.

His message, on the need to respect the sovereignty of African countries during his trip to Nigeria, may well be a response to those comments.

• See the earlier post of President Macron partying at Fela Kuti's Shrine nightclub.

Grooms at one of South Africa’s top stables are protesting for more pay ahead of this weekend’s famous Durban July race meeting, the TimesLive website is reporting.

One of its photographers has tweeted a video of them blocking the entrance to Summerveld horse training centre‚ west of the coastal city of Durban.

The grooms are demanding an increase in their hourly wage to be increased to 25 rand ($1.80, £1.40) an hour, TimesLive says.

One groom explained that they did not get payslips‚ which made it difficult to know who much they were really earning:

According to TimesLive, a race meet in June was cancelled after grooms went on strike at the Randjesfontein training centre near Johannesburg.

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More than 800,000 people have been displaced by inter-communal violence in southern Ethiopia over the last few months, the UN says.

It is warning that more people may be forced from their homes if fighting continues in Oromia and an the adjacent Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region.

Unconfirmed reports say hundreds of people may have been killed in clashes between ethnic Gedeo and Oromo communities that began in April.

After a lull, fighting flared up again last month.

The UN is appealing for money to look after the displaced, as well as food and shelter.

More than a million people were displaced last year by fighting between the Oromo and ethnic Somali communities in eastern Ethiopia.

South Africa is in the middle of public consultations about the contentious issue of land reform.

The hearings, being held across the country, are to see if people are in favour of changing the constitution to take away land from mainly white farmers without compensation.

They began last Thursday and are set to continue for more than a month.

The BBC’s Andrew Harding is attending one in Middleburg, 165km (100 miles) east of Johannesburg, tweeting a photo showing a packed hall:

Last year, two white farmerswere jailed in the small town for attempted murder and kidnapping after forcing a black man into a coffin.

They had accused him of trespassing on their land, beat him up, made him get into a coffin and threatened to burn him alive.

At the Middleburg land hearing, there are arguments for and against the proposal to take away farms.

Those in favour have been saying the land was stolen in the first place, those opposing the move fear the economy will collapse, our reporter says.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

The 25-year-old son of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma died from lupus‚ a family spokesperson has said.

Linda Makatini said in a statement that Vusi Nhlakanipho Zuma had died on Sunday after complications from the disease, which can cause chronic inflammation.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects many parts of the body, including the skin, joints and internal organs.

Lots of people can have the condition for a long time without knowing before they get a sudden flare-up.

The symptoms include extreme tiredness, rashes (especially on the face, wrists and hands) and joint pain and swelling.

Vusi Nhlakanipho was the youngest son of Mr Zuma and his late wife Kate Mantsho.

A source close to the former head of state told the BBC earlier this week that Mr Zuma was distraught over the passing of his son.

His funeral is expected take place on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Piers Edwards
BBC Africa Sport, Russia

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Leon Balogun has called on his Nigeria team-mates to learn football's darker arts following their World Cup exit.

The Super Eagles exited the tournament last week when losing to Argentina, who themselves crashed out on Saturday.

The 30-year-old defender told BBC Sport:

Despite winning just 22 caps, Balogun is one of the more experienced figures in a Nigeria squad that was the youngest of all the teams in Russia, with an average of 25.

The Super Eagles finished third in Group D after defeats by Croatia and Argentina either side of a 2-0 win over Iceland.

The victory kept them in contention until just four minutes from the end of their campaign, when Marcos Rojo's late strike sunk Nigeria and ended a World Cup that had promised more.

• Read more of my interview with Balogun

Zimbabwe army has said it will remain neutral in elections at the end of this month.

Col Overson Mugwisi told a news conference that the military presence at rallies staged by the governing Zanu-PF party was for security reasons.

He voiced disappointment at what he called rumours that the army was supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa:

The military played a key role in forcing Robert Mugabe from office last year, paving the way for Mr Mnangagwa to take office.

Several army officers are now in his cabinet, including former army chief Constantino Chiwenga who is his deputy.

The election campaign has been marred by a grenade attack on a rally addressed by Mr Mnangagwa.

Police have taken two suspects into custody.

Darod Farah
BBC Monitoring

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A town in southern Somalia has banned men and women dancing together at weddings, a local radio station is reporting.

Barawe’s district commissioner cited Islamic law as the reason for the dancing ban.

It used to be common for the sexes to intermingle on dance floors in Somalia, until the Islamist militant group al-Shabab began to take over territory in 2007 - imposing a strict version of Sharia in these areas.

Barawe was under the occupation of the militants for seven years until 2014.

Commissioner Adan Omar Madobe also said his administration had banned women from wearing the full-face veil, or niqab - it leaves the area around the eyes clear

He told Radio Kulmiye this decision had been taken for security reasons:

It is not the first Somali town to do so - Jowhar banned them in 2015 for the same reasons.

Niqabs have been widely adopted in Somalia in the last decade.

The commissioner encouraged women to instead wear the hijab - which does not cover the face - and long, heavy clothing.

Earlier this year, several people died in an explosion at a stadium in Barawe, blamed on al-Shabab.

The militants disapprove of the playing and watching of football, which is outlawed in their areas.

France's president has tweeted a video of his visit to Fela Kuti's Shrine nightclub on Tuesday night, saying it reminded him of the African energy he discovered when he was last in Lagos at the age of 23.

Emmanuel Macron said he was happy to see such energy still thriving, saying it was "far from the African prejudice of misery".

And it looks Nike Davies-Okundaye, the well-known Nigerian artist, gallery owner and designer, should get the prize for the best outfit of the evening.

The BBC's Ayo Bello snapped this photo of her in an impressive gele and beads:

• See the earlier post with more photos of him playing a drum and taking selfies with Nollywood stars.

A motorway collision in Kenya has killed nine people and seriously injured about 20 people after one of vehicles burst into flames.

It involved a bus and a truck - a journalist has tweeted footage from the scene:

Kenya's Daily Nation paper quotes an official as saying the bus was bound for Mombasa Island and had 39 passengers on board at the time, external.

The accident took place near the town of Emali, about 125km (77 miles) south-east of the capital, Nairobi.

Road accidents kill between 3,000 and 13,000 Kenyans every year, the Reuters news agency quotes UN statistics as saying.

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron has visited the famous nightclub built in honour of legendary musician Fela Kuti in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos.

Fela, who died in 1997, pioneered the Afrobeat sound and was known for his sexual exploits, marijuana smoking and being a fearless critic of military rule. He referred to himself as "the Black President",

Reuters news agency quotes the French president as saying from the stage:

But the presence of Mr Macron brought a different ambience to the iconic venue, Reuters says.

The smell of marijuana was absent and the gathering of youths that usually gather outside were absent because of the heavy security presence, it says.

The French leader, who spent six months as an intern at the French embassy in the country in 2002, told reporters earlier how fond he was of the West African country, AFP reports.

During an evening classic Fela songs were played alongside performances from contemporary artists, and a fashion show was also held.

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Mr Macron also played a drum and took selfies with Nollywood stars:

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Mr Macron told the audience Nigeria was important for African culture.

Earlier in the day, he had held talks with his Nigeria counterpart Muhammadu Buhari. The talks focused on security.

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And we leave you with this photo of a motorcyclist performing an incredible balancing act in Kenya's capital, Nairobi:

A Kenyan man is seeking damages from the country's quality control body, the tax revenue authority and pharmaceutical company Beta Healthcare after alleging that he contracted a sexually transmitted disease for using substandard condoms, local media report.

The unnamed man said the three failed to protect consumers by branding Zoom Condoms with the quality mark of assurance.

The reports do not include comments from those being sued.

The man said he later passed on the disease to his wife, which should not have happened had he been using a good quality product.

He said that he bought the condoms in different dates between January and October 2014 in different parts of the country.

In the affidavit, he says that on 13 October 2014, he began to notice some rashes on his genitals and pain while urinating.

"I became extremely worried and it was then that I remembered the condom burst that had taken place nine days earlier. I immediately went to a traditional healer and sought some traditional herbal medicine which eased my pain," he said, the Star newspaper reports., external

He says he suffered a mental breakdown and become an alcoholic. His condition also led him to lose both his family and job.

Australia cricket captain Aaron Finch broke his own record for the highest Twenty20 international score by hitting 172 from 76 balls against Zimbabwe in Harare.

Finch set the previous record in 2013 with his 156 against England.

He narrowly missed out on Chris Gayle's record for all forms of T20 of 175.

Finch's opening stand of 223 with D'Arcy Short is also a record stand for T20 internationals.

Read the full story on the BBC website

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Visual journalist, BBC Africa

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French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit the famous New Africa Shrine, built in honour of legendary musician Fela Kuti, in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos.

Mr Macron will be the first foreign president in office to visit the shrine - also known as Fela Shrine - since its creation in 1970.

The French leader - who spent six months as an intern at the French embassy in Lagos in the early 2000s - told reporters travelling with him: "I like Nigeria a lot. It's an appealing country. I've got a lot of memories... that haven't left me," news agency AFP reports.

The shrine contains a photo gallery of Fela and records regular stage performances by his sons, Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti.

It is known as an open-air entertainment stage and it still embodies the energy of Fela Kuti, who popularised AfroBeats and protest music.

Mr Macron will likely be met with energetic female dancers adorned in colourful apparels and beads.

The venue is also famous for its misty air from marijuana smoke.

The French president's visit to Nigeria has been greeted with mixed reactions, including a comment from a Twitter user who noticed that authorities in Lagos have been busy fixing the roads ahead of the visit.

Listen:Fela Kuti: King of Afrobeat

Hamza Hussein
BBC Afaan Oromoo

Prominent Oromo activist and director of the US-based Oromo Media Network (OMN), Jawar Mohammed, has told the BBC he plans to return to Ethiopia after 13 years.

OMN, which was banned from broadcasting in Ethiopia for what authorities said was inciting violence and promoting terrorism, was behind a three-year push for reforms by the Oromo people. Some believe these made way for the election of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The move comes after terrorism charges against Mr Jawar were dropped as part of ongoing reforms of opening up the media in Ethiopia.

The campaigner had been a thorn in the side of the Ethiopian authorities through his social media activism which he launched five years ago.

Mr Jawar had opposed Mr Abiy becoming prime minister but now says that his reforms will lay the ground for democracy.

He plans to return to Ethiopia on 6 August which marks the second anniversary of a large-scale anti-government protest across the Oromia region.

He says security forces killed 200 protesters on that day.

To honour those who lost their lives, he is planning to walk barefoot in Ambo and Ginchi, the epicentres of Oromo protests.

"I want to support the massive changes undergoing in the country,’’ he told the BBC

‘’We can’t continue our job outside the country. The massive reforms in the country and the democratisation process should be sustained. It has its own risk, there may be a security problem but fear can take us nowhere.’’

‘’We support the transition from dictatorship to democracy. We need to make Oromo people competent in economic spheres. We have a plan to establish a support group like a think tank and also a free media to empower our people economically," he added.

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A woman has been elected mayor of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, for the first time since the position was created over a century ago.

Souad Abderrahim, 53, who works as a manager at a pharmaceutical firm, dedicated her victory to Tunisian women everywhere.

Ms Abderrahim was the candidate for the Islamist party, Ennahdha - one of the partners in Tunisia's coalition government.

Many other towns have also elected female mayors in the local elections.

The BBC's North Africa Correspondent says the victory is a milestone, even as Tunisia is reputed for having more progressive policies around women’s rights than its neighbours.

At university, Ms Abderrahim was active in student politics and "already had a strong character and leadership qualities," a fellow student is quoted as saying in French-language newspaper Le Parisien, external.

The same news site says Ms Abderrahim has opted for a more liberal stance in recent years, seeking to distance herself from comments she made in 2011 that civil liberties should be tempered with "customs, traditions and a respect for good morals".

Last month's municipal elections were the first since the 2011 uprising which sparked the Arab Spring.

The polls were described as an important step to complete Tunisia's transition towards democracy.