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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini said he plans to partner with the Afrikaner pressure group AfriForum to ensure food security, South African broadcaster eNCA reports.

“The Zulu nation I’m talking about will not exist if we don’t have food. That’s why I say farmers must come closer so that we discuss what we can do when we talk about agriculture and the availability of enough food in the land," King Zwelithini said according to eNCA.

"That’s why I’m asking AfriForum of the Boers to come and help us, as they’ve introduced themselves to me that they are willing to work with me and my father’s people to uplift agriculture in our land in order," he said.

Both AfriForum and the Zulu king are against proposed land reforms.

King Zwelithini has previously said that he wants South Africa's president to guarantee that his territories will be exempt from forthcoming land reforms.

The king controls 2.8 million hectares of land through a corporate entity called the Ingonyama Trust.

In August, President Cyril Ramaphosa made the controversial announcement that South Africa's constitution would be changed to explicitly allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

Land reforms were first promised when white-minority rule ended in South Africa in 1994.

White people, who make up just 9% of the population, own 72% of the farmland that is held by individuals, government figures show.

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A South African man has alleged that he was sexually abused for a number of years by a Catholic priest who has "now returned to the United Kingdom", according to South Africa's privately owned broadcaster eNCA.

Rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse organised the Johannesburg press conference, in which the man detailed the alleged abuse and rape at the hands of the priest.

He said he met the priest while living at a homeless shelter in Johannesburg in the 1980s.

According to the man, the priest took an interest in him and said he would help enroll him in a private school. The priest also bought him clothes and took him for nice meals, he said.

The priest invited him for dinner one night to celebrate his enrolment in a school, the man said.

"But he also told me that I was to sleep over, which was fine... but when we were in the room instead of offering me orange juice, an Appletizer or a Coke, he offered me a whiskey."

Once he was drunk, the priest allegedly listed all the "good things" he had done for him before saying it came with a condition, the man told the press conference.

"All I had to do was just give him a bit of pleasure", the man said, before detailing the alleged sexual acts he had to perform on the priest.

He said he was 13-years-old at the time.

He also alleged that another priest "took advantage of me".

The press conference is ongoing.

Ferdinand Omondi
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Kenya’s public prosecutor has confirmed that TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé will be charged with the murder of a woman in Nairobi.

Jackie Maribe, a news anchor with Citizen Television, is expected to plead on Monday after a mental assessment is done.

Ms Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Kuria Irungu were in court together for the first time after appearing separately in previous hearings.

The court heard that both will be charged with the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani, whose body was discovered in a bathtub last month with her hands tied behind her back and her throat slit.

But the prosecution want to confirm Jackie’s state of mind through a medical assessment before formally charging her.

A police affidavit presented previously in court said Mr Kuria was positively identified to have been at the home of the deceased on the night of the murder, and that he drove Ms Maribe’s car to the deceased’s residence.

Police are convinced that they were together on the night Ms Kimani was murdered. Police also say they recovered crucial evidence from the detained couple’s shared apartment.

Obi Ezekwezili is well known in Nigeria for leading the #BringBackOurGirls campaign to help free the 276 girls kidnapped from Chibok, northern Nigeria, in 2014.

She has also served as the country's education minister and vice-president of the World Bank.

She's now decided to run for President, but has she got any chance against incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, or opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar - who both have formidable party machines behind them?

Listen to her interview with Chris Ewokor:

Read more: The woman who wants to shake up Nigeria's election

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Senegal will host the next edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It will be the first African nation to host the event.

Four other African countries - Botswana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia - were in the running to host the event, but Senegal was chosen as it provided the "best value proposition and the greatest opportunities at this moment in time", the IOC said in a press release.

The competition will be held in three cities: Senegal's capital Dakar, the new city of Diamniadio, which currently under development, and Saly on the coast.

"Senegal and its young people are proud of the honour you have bestowed upon us, in entrusting the organisation of the Youth Olympic Games 2022 to our country," Senegal's President Macky Sall said in a statement.

“In fact, it is the whole of Africa, the birthplace of humankind through its history and the youngest continent through its demographics, which will welcome the young athletes of the world in 2022."

Apart from Antarctica, Africa is the only continent in the world to have never hosted the Olympic Games.

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Monday's report from climate experts says that if global temperatures rise by more than 1.5C it could be disastrous for the continent.

Their dramatic report on keeping that rise below 1.5C , externalsays the world is now completely off track, heading instead towards 3C.

Chukwumerije Okereke, climate professor at the University of Reading, says Africa would be hit badly even though it contributes relatively little to climate change.

He says: "The knock-on impact on poverty will be huge."

He's been speaking to BBC Focus on Africa radio:

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A once-outlawed group in Ethiopia has denied reports it had signed an agreement to disarm its fighters following the recent return of its leaders from exile.

The Oromo Liberation Front's Chairman Dawud Ibsa has said in a televised interview that he does not like the term "disarm" because it sounds coercive and does not reflect the spirit of the political agreement.

"What we have agreed is how the OLF can play a role in maintaining peace in Ethiopia," he added, without elaborating on what that means.

It follows accusations that OLF fighters were involved in recent clashes in western Ethiopia, in which more than 40 people were killed on the border between the Oromia and Benishangul-Gumuz regional states.

Mr Dawud called for an independent investigation on whether OLF members carried out the attacks.

Ibsa Negewo, an executive member of the party, however says that out of 4,300 OLF soldiers 1,500 have been disarmed and are now in a temporary shelter in southern Ethiopia.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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In Cameroon an opposition candidate has declared himself the winner of Sunday's presidential election despite a government warning not to announce any unofficial results.

At a press conference in the capital Yaoundé, Maurice Kamto said he had received a clear mandate from the people and he vowed to defend it.

Mr Kamto provided no evidence to back up what correspondents say is both a controversial and provocative declaration.

No official results have yet been declared and the Constitutional Court has two weeks to announce the outcome.

Ahead of Sunday's vote, President Paul Biya was widely seen as the favourite to win - he is seeking a seventh term in office.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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The job of South Africa’s finance minister hangs in the balance as the president's office denies any knowledge of him requesting to resign.

Nhlanhla Nene apologised on Friday for not being truthful about his meetings with the controversial Gupta family at their home in Johannesburg, saying:

Local media reports said that, over the weekend, the embattled minister called the president requesting that he be relieved of his duties.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko told Reuters on Monday: "We are not aware of Minister Nene asking to be relieved of his duties."

Mr Nene denies that he did anything wrong during his meetings with the Guptas.

He made the comment about the meetings during an inquiry into allegations that the Guptas exercised undue influence over politics in the country, including the naming of government ministers.

They have been also been accused of using their relationship with former President Jacob Zuma to win government contracts.

The Guptas and Mr Zuma deny any involvement in corruption.

Read more:

• The Guptas and their links to South Africa's Jacob Zuma
• South Africa Zuma inquiry: Gupta 'threatened to kill' over bribe offer

Shingai Nyoka
BBC Africa, Harare

Crippling petrol shortages have prompted Zimbabwe's central bank to release over $40m (£31m) for the commodity, it says.

Petrol queues had stretched for several kilometres at some stations before fuel ran out.

Food prices have risen and essential goods are in short supply because of a foreign currency shortage. A $500m credit line will also be used to import fuel, medicines and wheat, as well as soya beans to address a shortage of cooking oil, authorities say.

Some see this as a sticking plaster. The bigger problem - Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortage - can only be resolved when the country increases its exports.

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Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

As vote counting continues following Sunday's presidential election in Cameroon, separatist rebels in the English-speaking areas of the country have tried to disrupt the transporting of ballot boxes by calling for a total ban on all travel.

In many parts of Cameroon's English-speaking regions no voting took place at all due to the insurgency.

On Sunday, three separatists who were accused of opening fire on passers-by were shot dead by security forces.

President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 36 years, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office.

Read more:

• Who are Cameroon's Anglophone rebels?
• Cameroon's President Biya seeks seventh term

The African Union's promise of easy travel for Africans throughout the continent is still some way off, but Ethiopia is taking a step towards helping that become a reality.

Speaking at the opening of parliament and outlining the government's legislative programme, President Mulatu Teshome said that African nationals would be able to get visas on arrival in the country rather than applying for them in advance.

Under an AU plan African nations were supposed to scrap visa requirements for all African citizens by 2018.

But to date, the Seychelles is the only nation where visa-free travel is open to all Africans - as well as to citizens of every nation - as it always has been.

A recent AU report found that Africans can travel without a visa to just 22% of other African countries.

Read more: Why is it so hard for Africans to visit other African countries?

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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has said he wants South Africa's president to guarantee that his territories will be exempt from forthcoming land reforms.

"The president... must tell us and then sign an agreement that the land of the Zulus will not be touched," he said, speaking at the annual Shaka Day celebration in Durban.

The king controls 2.8 million hectares of land through a corporate entity called the Ingonyama Trust.

In August, President Cyril Ramaphosa made the controversial announcement that South Africa's constitution would be changed to explicitly allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

Land reforms were first promised when white-minority rule ended in South Africa in 1994.

White people, who make up just 9% of the population, own 72% of the farmland that is held by individuals, government figures show.

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

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Libyan troops say they have arrested one of Egypt's most wanted men who is a suspect in the investigation into the murder of the country's top prosecutor three years ago.

Hisham Ashmawy is a former Egyptian army officer also accused of carrying out jihadist attacks.

Libyan armed forces in the city of Derna said they had detained Hisham Ashmawy "in a security operation", according to Egypt's independent Extra News TV channel, and published photographs of his bloodied face.

Mr Ashmawy is suspected of organising the assassination of Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat in June 2015. A month later he released an audio statement claiming to be leader of an armed group in the Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt suspects him of having since joined Islamic State group.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

A new report says, external debt problems are worsening on the African continent, with governments' external debt payments doubling over the last two years.

The UK-based Jubilee Debt Campaign says the greater proportion of the loans are from international lenders including the World Bank and IMF - as well as private sector loans, which have higher interest rates.

Researchers estimate that China is owed about 20% of African nations' external government debt - a lower number than some might have expected. There has been growing concern that China has been causing new debt traps in Africa, as governments take out large loans to build infrastructure projects.

The UK-based charity has called for new rules to ensure there is greater transparency for all loans.

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Read more: Should Africa be wary of Chinese debt?

Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News, Lusaka

Hundreds of students from the University of Zambia (Unza) this morning staged a march in memory of a student who was killed last week when tear gas was thrown into her room.

Vespers Shimuzhila died from suspected suffocation after her room caught fire.

Police had used tear gas to quell a riot that broke out at a student protest against delayed meal allowances on Thursday.

Elijah Mutambo, one of the students, told the BBC that students were "hurt", "saddened" and "want justice to prevail." Those at today's march sang songs protesting about police brutality before attending the church service for Ms Shimuzhila.

Students at the university are demanding a thorough investigation into Ms Shimuzhila's death, and some have taken to social media using the hashtag #JusticeForVespers:

Chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya, who attended the church service for Ms Shimuzhila, also tweeted:

Ms Shimuzhila’s body will be transported to Namwala district, southern Zambia, where she will be buried.

Cameroon's government has warned that individuals or groups who attempt to announce unofficial results of Sunday's presidential vote will be subject to legal action.

"Official results of the presidential elections is the sole responsibility of the Constitutional Council. No one has the right to take the place of this jurisdictional authority," Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji told reporters.

"Any challenge of the poll verdict outside legal channels will not be tolerated," he added.

His comments came as the main opposition SDF's candidate, Joshua Osih, urged his supporters to attend vote counts at polling stations themselves and log their own findings on his party's mobile phone application called "Protect My Vote":