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The Moroccan navy has opened fire on a motorboat carrying migrants in Moroccan waters, killing a 22-year-old Moroccan woman and injuring three other people.

One of them has had his arm amputated and is in hospital in Rabat.

The Moroccan authorities said the Spanish skipper of the migrant boat refused to stop, adding that his passengers were lying flat and could not be seen from the naval vessel.

The International Organization for Migration says more than 38,000 migrants have reached Spain by land or sea this year, twice as many as last year.

A Kenyan journalist and TV presenter has won this year's BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.

Waihiga Mwaura presents Kenya's most-watched evening news bulletin on Citizen TV.

As part of the prize, he will spend three months at the BBC in London and travel back to the continent to report on a story there.

The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.

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Health workers involved in tackling Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni are resuming their outreach operations following a two-day suspension because of an attack by rebels.

The attack, suspected to have been carried out the Ugandan group the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), killed at least 18 people, including 14 civilians.

The local authorities agreed to allow the health workers to restart following a warning by the World Heath Organization (WHO).

The WHO said efforts to control Ebola had to resume because it was spreading to border areas and Uganda was facing an imminent threat.

The health workers will now be able to continue with vaccinations and the tracing of people who have contact with suspected Ebola patients.

A hundred people have died since the start of the outbreak in July.

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Kenyan farmer and agriculture entrepreneur Noah Nasiali has been named as one of five of Facebook's community leaders in residence, winning a prize worth up to $1m (£760,000).

It is awarded to those are people who are seen as having a "strong, clear and committed vision for their community", the social media company says.

Mr Nasiali has won the prize for the Africa-wide online community he set up to help farmers share crucial information. His group has now brought 100,000 farmers together, Facebook says.

In response to the award, Mr Nasiali tweeted: "Many are times when we start a journey that you do not know the final destination, A journey that you sometimes have to walk alone, one that only you have the clue."

He spoke to CNBC Africa about the prize:

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Thousands of young men and women today turned up at several recruiting centres in the capital, Kampala, for selection to a special security team.

President Yoweri Museveni had ordered the recruitment of 24,000 people to beef up the Local Defence Units (LDU), as a way of dealing with rising insecurity in the capital following the killing of a top police officer on 8 September.

To qualify to join, participants were required to produce a national identity card, a recommendation letter from the local council and four passport size photos but some did not have them.

Half of the number that turned up didn't finish the mandatory 4km (2.8 miles) race. Others were not given an all clear after undergoing compulsory medical tests for HIV\AIDS and Hepatatis B, New Vision newspaper reports.

The exercise to recruit the 6,000-strong force is expected to end on Friday.

A South African citizen has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, its foreign office has said in a statement., external

It said that it was working with its mission in the region and law enforcement agencies in Burkina Faso to address the situation.

News agency AFP reported on Monday that three miners - a South African, an Indian and a Burkinabé - were kidnapped between the Inata gold mine and the town of Djibo, which borders Mali and Niger.

A fellow mine worker confirmed the incident, saying the three men "left the site (of the mine) around 08:000 and by 10:00 they had no more news of them".

A security source told AFP that the kidnappers are "probably members of jihadist groups operating in the region", adding that the assailants "headed towards the Mali border, and have likely already crossed it".

It is not the first time that foreign workers have been kidnapped in Burkina Faso.

Read more: Burkina Faso's war against militant Islamists

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There is growing concern about an outbreak of a disease in eastern Sudan which some reports suggest has killed more than 100 people.

The government is blaming the chikunguya virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. But some doctors believe dengue fever might be to blame in some of the cases.

The epicentre is the town of Kassala, but there are reports of cases in Gedarif and even in the capital, Khartoum.

Sudanese activists are furious about the government's response to the crisis.

A statement attributed to the ministry of health put the figures of those infected at over 90,000.

Several videos and audio recording have been shared on Sudanese social media of people who have been allegedly stricken by the outbreak.

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The Gabon Football Federation has named former captain Daniel Cousin as the new, sole coach of the national team.

It had announced last week that Cousin would share the role with Pierre-Francois Aubameyang.

But Aubameyang's son, Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, said his father, who was ill, had not agreed to accept the job.

Cousin, 41, had spells with Hull City in England and Rangers in Scotland as well as playing for French side Lens.

"He has accepted the post and will reveal his staff in the near future," the Gabon Football Federation (Fegafoot) told BBC Sport.

Following Friday's angry denunciation of the original announcement by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on social media, Fegafoot was forced to admit that it had not reached a final agreement with his father.

Read the full story on the BBC website.

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BBC Africa, Johannesburg

Tributes have been pouring in for South Africa’s Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa who died at the weekend.

The 61-year-old former anti-apartheid activist died in a Pretoria hospital from Legionnaires' disease, an extremely acute form of pneumonia.

President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences before he travelled to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

He said: "This is a devastating loss to our nation and to the global community who owe a great debt of gratitude to the late Minister Molewa, for her championship nationally and globally for the environmental integrity of a sustainable planet Earth that can be shared and enjoyed by all nations and all people, rich and poor."

Her role in the establishment of the Paris climate agreement was also recognised.

Marcus Cornaro, the European Union ambassador to South Africa, tweeted his tribute:

In a family statement Ms Molewa’s brother Fana Mmethi thanked the nation.

He said: "We are comforted in the knowledge that we are not alone in this, our darkest hour. South Africa has lost a great leader: an activist, a patriot and a revolutionary who has been called to her Maker, leaving us bereft.

"The scroll of history has recorded the life and deeds of this great woman who played a formative role in the liberation of South Africa.”

President Ramaphosa ordered all flags to be flown at half-mast and has declared an official 'Category One' state funeral for her.

The mother-of-four will be buried on 6 October.

Read more: Is the South African government seizing farmers' land?

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Africa editor, BBC World Service

The aid group Save the Children says it is concerned about two new Ebola cases recorded near the border with Uganda.

It said they occurred about 200km (124 miles) from the epicentre of the new outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The organisation says it is now installing hand-washing facilities in Uganda and training village health teams.

The World Health Organization says Uganda is facing an imminent threat of an Ebola outbreak.

• Read more: Ebola basics: What you need to know

Andrew Harding
BBC News, Johannesburg

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South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki has bitterly criticised the government’s plan to amend the constitution to seize land without compensation.

In a leaked document produced by his foundation, Mr Mbeki warned that the governing African National Congress (ANC) was targeting white people and abandoning the party’s non-racial values.

Almost everyone in South Africa agrees that land reform has been a failure – that too much farmland, in particular, remains in the hands of the white minority.

But the former president has now accused his own party, the ANC, of making matters worse, by pushing ahead with a racially divisive plan to amend the constitution in order to seize white-owned land without compensation.

Mr Mbeki said his party was abandoning its long commitment to non-racialism, and seemed to be following the “vulgar” agenda of the populist EFF party.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised an orderly, accelerated land reform process, with an amended constitution offering greater clarity.

But many fear a complex, potentially explosive issue is being exploited for political gain.

In a leaked document, Mr Mbeki said the country had to tackle the “original sin” of colonialism and racial apartheid – but without resorting to a new racial chauvinism.

“South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white,” he said, quoting the ANC’s 1955 Freedom Charter.

Read: Is South Africa's land reform an election gimmick?

Aboubakar Famau
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's government has handed over $54,727 (£41,600) to compensate families of people who died in last week's ferry accident on Lake Victoria just off the coast of Ukara island.

Transport Minister Isaac Kamwele gave a dummy cheque with the amount to local officials.

Earlier in the day, bereaved families boarded a ferry from Bugorora to Ukara to receive their promised compensation.

The money is part of over $200,000 that has been raised so far through contributions from Tanzanians, non-governmental organisations and some religious leaders.

The death toll from Friday's accident is 227.

Officials say families will receive $437 for every lost relative, the 41 documented survivors and rescue workers will each receive the same payment.

But I have met at least 30 people who said they were survivors who had not been included in the official list.

John Majura told me he went home after swimming to the shore:

The government has since disbanded the board of directors at Tanzania’s maritime safety agency, the Surface and Maritime Regulatory Authority, and has also launched an inquiry into what caused the accident.

Local media say the capacity for the capsized ferry was 100 people, but officials say the vessel was carrying more than twice that number when it capsized.

It operated on a busy route, crossing eight times a day between Ukara and Ukwerewe, which are close to Tanzania's second-largest city of Mwanza.

The ferry was said to have been particularly busy because it was market day in Bugorora, on Ukerewe.

The vessel was also carrying cargo, including bags of cement and maize, when it capsized around 50 metres from the shore.

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BBC Africa, Nairobi

Dozens of Kenyans are flocking to cinemas to watch a critically acclaimed local film about a lesbian relationship after a ban was temporarily lifted.

A High Court ruling lifted the ban for only a week to enable the film Rafiki meet entry requirements for the Academy Awards, which require a movie to have been shown for at least seven consecutive days in the country of origin.

The Rafiki sold out at the weekend to a home audience in the capital, Nairobi, forcing the cinema to open a second screen. It will also be screened in two other cities - Mombasa and Kisumu.

Kenya’s Film Classification Board (FCB), which had enforced the ban, monitored the screenings in Nairobi closely to ensure only adults were permitted to watch it. Some fans had to produce identity cards to prove their age.

A section of the crowd wore T-shirts with anti-censorship slogans.

FCB head Ezekiel Mutua maintains the movie’s homosexual storyline corrupts the country’s moral fabric.

But his critics, including former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, have asked him to respect diversity and creativity.

The Rafiki tells the story of two young women who fall in love in a society where gay relationships are frowned upon.

It was the first Kenyan film to be selected for the Cannes Film festival, where it received positive reviews.

The screening in Kenya now makes Rafiki eligible for the Oscars in the foreign language category.

A BBC investigation into a horrifying viral video which shows Cameroonian soldiers leading away and killing two women and two young children has been met with an extraordinary response.

At least 1.4 million people have viewed BBC Africa Eye's Twitter thread, which details how the team used forensic video analysis to pinpoint where and when the killings happened, as well as who was responsible.

Politicians, journalists and influential TV personalities are among the 42,000 people who have retweeted it.

The government of Cameroon initially dismissed the video as "fake news" but has since admitted that it has detained seven soldiers in connection with the killings.

Here are some of the reactions to BBC Africa Eye's investigative report:

Watch BBC Africa Eye's full video report here, or on YouTube, external:

More on Cameroon:

• Burning Cameroon: Images you're not meant to see
• Paul Biya: Cameroon's 'absentee president'
• Cameroon country profile

Andrew Harding
BBC News, Johannesburg

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South Africa says it is relaxing controversial travel rules that many believe have damaged the country’s vital tourism industry.

The government – anxious to revive a struggling economy – says foreign families will no longer have to produce their children’s birth certificates.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said the changes would be introduced in time for the December holidays.

For the past four years, tourists trying to get into South Africa have been wrestling with an elaborate maze of red tape.

The same for South African families trying to travel abroad.

Passports were no longer enough. Children needed to produce their unabridged birth certificates. Both parents had to consent – in writing - to any travel.

The authorities here insisted they were fighting child trafficking.

But their data was dubious and the travel and tourism industries said the rules – and other visa restrictions - were destroying jobs and profits.

Now, with the economy sliding into a recession, South Africa’s new President Cyril Ramaphosa, has ordered a rethink in order to boost tourism.

That means more visas on arrival.

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Rights body Amnesty International has condemned recent arrests of thousands of people in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.

It said the detentions "threaten a new era of human rights gains" under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Ethiopian authorities say that police had conducted a wave of arrests in the wake of recent ethnic violence between Oromos and other minority groups that left dozens dead in the capital and its Burayu suburb.

News agency AFP reports, quoting a source, that 65 people had been killed in the violence.

A total of of 3,200 people have been arrested, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.

Addis Ababa police chief Degfie Bedi said around 1,200 people believed to be involved in the fighting were detained, with charges filed against 107 suspects.

A further 2,000 were arrested at casinos, shisha clubs and establishments where people chew the leafy khat narcotic stimulant, Fana said.

Mr Degfie said those found not to have taken part in the violence would be released after receiving "training".

Mr Abiy took power in April and has implemented several reforms including the freeing of dissidents and unbanning opposition groups including the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), that were formerly labelled terrorist organisations.

Some of the exiled opposition leaders have been returning to Ethiopia.

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Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah received the Puskas award for the best goal at the Best Fifa Football Awards in London last night.

Salah's goal against Everton in the English Premier League at Anfield last December was judged the best by voting fans.

Croat Luka Modric was named the world's best male player breaking the dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.