Morocco's national airline Royal Air Maroc has denied accusations that it discriminates between passengers based on their countries of origin, reports Moroccan news site TelQuel, external.

A Liberian minister has been filmed complaining that US nationals were given complimentary hotel rooms when a flight transfer was delayed in Casablanca, while African passengers were left to sleep on the airport floor:

A representative for the airline has denied discriminatory practices, telling TelQuel that "passengers whose transfer time is 12 hours or longer are entitled to a hotel room whatever their nationality".

But the spokesperson said the airline had only been able to reserve hotel rooms for those nationalities who had visas, giving them the right to leave the airport and enter Moroccan territory. "American, French, and Senegalese travellers don't need visas to stay in Morocco", they added.

Disgruntled passengers without visas had been offered hotel rooms inside the airport, the airline spokesperson went on to say.

The Royal Air Maroc representative is also quoted as saying attempts to secure temporary visas for passengers proved fruitless because the documents would not be ready in time.

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The Ethiopian president has inaugurated a new power plant which will convert waste to energy.

The facility is believed to be the first of its kind in Africa.

The Reppie plant is sited next to a vast open-air rubbish dump in the capital, Addis Ababa, where a landslide last year killed more than 100 people.

Steam from the incinerated waste will drive a turbine which is expected to produce 25 megawatts of power a day.

Speaking at the launch ceremony President Mulatu Teshome said the country was investing heavily in sources of sustainable, clean energy to boost the manufacturing sector.

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A public inquiry has opened in Johannesburg into alleged corruption and misuse of state funds by former South African President Jacob Zuma. You can watch it live here, external.

In a scandal known as "state capture", Mr Zuma is accused of granting the Guptas, a wealthy business family, influence over government appointments, contracts and state-owned businesses.

Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas deny any wrongdoing

Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan estimates that nearly $7bn (£5.5bn) of public funds were looted through corrupt practices.

The inquiry panel does not have powers to arrest or prosecute but the evidence it collects can be used in any future prosecution.

The hearings are expected to take up to two years.

• Read more: The Guptas and their links to South Africa's Jacob Zuma

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed concerns over the health of opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as musician Bobi Wine, calling them "fake news".

There have been reports that Mr Kyagulanyi was gravely injured when he was arrested last week after being accused of treason.

In a statement, external, Mr Museveni says that he has checked with army doctors and they told him that he has "no head or chest injuries or bone fractures".

Last Thursday, lawyers for the opposition MP said he had been so badly beaten in military custody that he could barely see, talk or walk when he appeared before a military court.

Mr Kyagulanyi's brother, Eddy Yawe, told the BBC he had managed to see the MP while in custody. He says his brother recounted how he had been brutally tortured by a group of soldiers, including on his genitals, and that they had injected him several times with an unknown substance.

The opposition MP was charged with unlawful possession of firearms after being arrested in the run-up to a by-election.

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