The friendly between Nigerian and Uganda became even more friendly after the football match ended in a draw.

The Super Eagles tweeted this video of the dance floor after the game in Asaba in Nigeria's Delta state.

Both teams qualified last week for the Africa Nations Cup in Cameroon – so were clearly in a mood to party:

Police in Kenya say gunmen have kidnapped an Italian aid worker.

The 23-year old was abducted when armed men attacked a trading centre in the south-eastern Kilifi region.

Five people, including two children, were wounded.

The police are treating the incident as a terror attack but have not confirmed whether the Islamist group al-Shabab was responsible.

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BBC Africa Sport, Accra

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A shock 2-1 win for Mali over hosts Ghana and Cameroon’s 3-0 win over Algeria means Group A at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana will now be decided on Friday.

Mali’s well-organised defence proved to be the difference in their win - both of their goals came from Bassira Toure, including one from a penalty, while Ghana were briefly level thanks to Elizabeth Addo's spot-kick.

Cameroon dominated against Algeria who really struggled to pose a threat in front of goal – both teams were poor around the area.

The Indomitable Lionesses' victory came courtesy of their front three: first Aboudi Onguene, then Gaelle Enganamouit before rising star Nchout Ajara added a third.

Friday’s games will now determine who heads to the semi-finals – mathematically any of the four could progress and any of them could be eliminated. Ghana will face Cameroon in Accra and Mali take on Algeria in Cape Coast.

The security forces in Cameroon have rescued three students after a raid on a camp of separatist fighters.

Nine students and a teacher were abducted from the school in Kumba on Tuesday morning – not 20 as first reported.

A source has told journalist Peter Tah, who has been covering the conflict in the region, that six students and the teacher are still missing.

The separatist camp was destroyed in the shootout between the troops and separatists, he told the BBC.

Cameroon's North-West and South-West provinces have been hit by a separatist rebellion since last year.

Armed groups have called on local residents to boycott schools until a referendum on independence is held.

Protests against marginalisation by the country's French-speaking majority have been met with a crackdown.

The abduction in Kumba comes almost a fortnight after nearly 80 students were safely returned after being taken from a school in the North-West province.

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The authorities in Libya have forcibly removed more than 90 migrants who had refused to disembark from a cargo ship that had rescued them before docking in Misrata port, east of the capital, Tripoli, Libya's coastguard says.

A UK journalist who focuses on migration said a member of the Libyan coastguard said the vessel was now empty:

The commander of the central region coastguards, Tawfiq Esskair, told the Reuters news agency the operation was ordered by Libya's attorney general.

The migrants had been rescued by the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship 10 days ago as their boat sank in the Mediterranean.

When the ship arrived at shore, 14 of them left the willingly but 92 others refused to leave.

"A joint force raided the cargo ship and used rubber bullets and tear gas to force [them off the ship]," Mr Esskair said.

Those injured in the operation were now "in good condition" after treatment in hospital, and all had been taken to a detention centre in Misrata, he said.

Libya is a major transit centre for smugglers attempting to take undocumented migrants to Europe.

But since last year, heavy pressure from Italy - often the first port of arrival - has disrupted smuggling networks and forced charity rescue ships to stop operations.

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Police in Zambia have questioned main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema for allegedly fueling attacks against Chinese nationals in the country's second city of Kitwe, the AFP news agency reports.

Police chief of the Copperbelt province, Charity Katanga, said the politician was questioned for alleging that President Edgar Lungu's administration had sold a state-run timber company to a Chinese company, sparking protests.

"He has been cautioned for sedition," Ms Katanga told AFP.

Anti-China sentiment has grown in Zambia over allegations that lucrative contracts are being awarded to China.

President Lungu's administration has also been accused of burdening the country with loans borrowed from China that it is struggling to pay.

However, the government has dismissed the allegations.

Mr Hichilema, who arrived at the police station in a convoy of supporters, said that he had "remained silent" during police questioning as "per our constitutional right".

The politician was arrested in April last year and spent 100 days in prison after being accused of treason after a convoy he was travelling in allegedly blocked the presidential motorcade.

The charges against him and five aides were dropped after a deal was negotiated by the Commonwealth.

He has repeatedly questioned the 2016 presidential results where he lost to President Lungu.

At least 37 fighters from the al-Shabab militant group have been killed in two air strikes, the US Africa Command has said in a statement.

They said strikes took place in the vicinity of Debatscile on Monday, but added they had not assessed if any civilians were killed or injured.

Al-Shabab operates in central and southern Somalia and aims to overthrow the UN-backed government which is based in the capital, Mogadishu.

The group regularly conducts attacks against government forces and civilians.

Girmay Gebru
BBC Tigrinya, Mekelle

In northern Ethiopia, broken gravestones line the walls of an abandoned Italian war cemetery in Wersege, Tigray region.

The soldiers died in fighting against Ethiopian forces in the two battles of Tembien in 1936.

Ethiopia's defeat in the second battle paved the way for the Italian occupation of the country from 1936 to 1941.

It is thought that nearly 11,000 Italian soldiers are buried there.

Friezes on the walls of the cemetery appear to show scenes from the conflict.

The physical infrastructure is damaged but the grass and trees are seen to by the security guard who is paid by the Italian government, local guide Abyi Adi told the BBC.

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Like most football-obsessed kids, those playing on the streets of Somaliand's capital, Hargeisa, dream of representing their country.

The problem is their country, officially at least, doesn't exist.

Somaliland has everything you expect from a country. Its people have Somaliland passports and pay with Somaliland shillings.

The Somaliland flag flies in the Somaliland parliament. The president was democratically elected in a "smooth and peaceful" election.

What it doesn't have is a Fifa-recognised international football team or the means to maintain one. However, that is something four Britons of Somaliland descent are determined to change.

In February, Ahmed Ali and Mohammed Saeed, both 26, from Birmingham, joined Abdisalam Ahmed, 22, and Hussein Adan, 26, from London to establish the Somaliland Football Academy in their parents' homeland.

"We think every young person should have the opportunity to play football," Ali, a former scout for West Bromwich Albion and Cardiff City, tells BBC Sport.

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Stanley Kwenda
BBC Africa

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will play five-time World Cup winners Brazil tonight at the Milton Keynes stadium in the UK.

The match is part of Brazil's global tour and Cameroon is looking to use it to prepare for next year's Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which it is hosting.

Tonight's match will be the sixth time the two sides meet. The Brazilians have won four games with Cameroon's only victory coming in 2003.

Dutch football legends Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert are now in charge of Cameroon.

Speaking ahead of the match Seedorf said he would like to bring a winning mentality to the African giants.

For the Brazilians this is a different challenge, but their star player Neymar believes they have enough quality to beat Cameroon.

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

Invited guests have gathered at a top hotel in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, for the launch of My Transition Hours, a book by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

From what I can see the hall at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel is filled to capacity.

The former presidents of Ghana, John Mahama, Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma and Benin, Boni Yayi, are among the dignitaries attending the event.

Mr Jonathan's predecessor and one of his main critics, Olusegun Obasanjo, is also here.

President Muhammadu Buhari is not at the event though a senior government official is present. But his main rival for president in February's election, Atiku Abubakar, has turned up.

The timing of the launch of the autobiography has raised questions, coming just days after the electoral commission lifted the ban on political campaigning ahead of the election.

The central bank of Tanzania has said that the closure of forex exchange (forex) bureaus in the northern city of Arusha comes as a result of a six-month investigation into businesses that had been operating illegally.

It found an increase in businesses operating without a licence, and some involving money laundering, the bank's governor, Florens Luoga, said in a statement.

Mr Luoga said the country's various investigative units took part in an a coordinated operation.

Army officers had been involved in the raids because a majority of the police force had been providing security at schools during the examination period, he said.

Those found to have broken the law would be prosecuted and their licences revoked - if they had them, the central bank governor said.

He added that no new licences would be given to operate forex bureaus until new rules to regulate the money exchange shops were agreed.

Meanwhile, tourists and tour firms have been struggling to change money in Arusha as the forex shops remain closed.

The town is a gateway for those visiting Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti national park.

Pre-exposure prophaylaxsis (Prep) is a treatment used worldwide and is given to at-risk groups to prevent them getting HIV. It requires taking an antiretroviral once a day.

Uptake in some countries has been fairly good but not so in Kenya.

Prep was given the green light for use last year but so far few have taken up the treatment.

Veronica Akinyi, a Kenyan sex worker, told the BBC's Newsday programme that when she found out about Prep it helped her do something positive to protect her health.

Listen to the interview below:

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New investors in telecommunications in Uganda will have to rent capacity from existing fibre optic cables, rather than lay their own to avoid duplication and try to lower internet costs in the country, the CEO of the industry regulator Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), told news agency Reuters.

"We need infrastructure sharing, if we already have cables in an area, don't put [in] another one so that we don't duplicate these things," Godfrey Mutabazi said.

He said that an exemptions would be given to firms that invest in sparsely populated areas as this would help increase internet access.

Uganda has about 12,000km (7,400 miles) of fibre-optic cable laid, according to the government.

The largest telecoms operator, MTN Uganda, has a cable network that lies alongside those of Bharti Airtel, and US technology giants Google and Facebook.

The government also operates a national broadband internet cable network.

There are about 24 million mobile phone subscribers in Uganda and an estimated 17 million internet users, according to the UCC.

Kyle Spencer, executive director of Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP), a non-profit organisation, told Reuters the new policy stance was retrogressive and would create monopolies.

"The system is not broken and the reason that [price decline] has happened is because there's been significant amounts of competition in infrastructure and service."

He said bandwidth costs in Uganda had declined from $5,000 (£3,800) per megabit per second in 2009 to the current $10 per megabyte per second.

"The market has worked," he said.

Nick Cavell
BBC Africa Sport, Accra

Action returns to the pitch at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations after a rest day here in Ghana - with two matches in Group A.

Hosts Ghana face Mali first at 15:30 GMT and then at 18:30 GMT Cameroon take on Algeria.

Wins for the Black Queens of Ghana and the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon will take both into the semi-finals before the two play each other on Friday.

Ghana began their campaign on Saturday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Algeria while Cameroon from behind to beat Mali 2-1.

The tournament is also acting as World Cup qualifying with the top three in Ghana earning a place in the finals in France next year.

However, two-time African champions Equatorial Guinea have already been banned from France 2019 by football's world governing body Fifa for fielding ineligible players in qualifiers for the 2016 Olympics.

A rugby player who is homosexual, whose claim for asylum was rejected, fears he will suffer violence if he is forced to return to Kenya.

Bristol Bisons team member Kenneth Macharia has been detained pending deportation.

The LGBTQ+ team said Mr Macharia feared "persecution and violence in Kenya because he is gay".

In a statement on Twitter, his teammates said he was "an integral part" of their group.

"His commitment to the ethos of rugby and inclusive gay rugby is second to none. We are at risk of losing one of the herd," the statement continued.

Thangam Debbonaire, Mr Macharia's local MP, has also pledged her support.

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Smoking and womanising are some of the vices, according to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, that footballers should avoid if they want to be successful.

Mr Museveni gave the tips on Twitter as he shared pictures from his meeting with the national football team on Monday evening.

The Cranes beat Cape Verde by a solitary goal on Saturday to qualify for next year's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

He said in another tweet:

It's a double celebration for Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan - not only is it his 61st birthday but he's also launching his autobiography in the capital, Abuja.

The promotional video for My Transition Hours - shared last week - has got a lot of attention because of the calibre of guests invited including the current president, Muhammadu Buhari, and many of the country's former leaders.

Mr Buhari's main rival for president in February's election, Atiku Abubakar, has also been invited.

Presidents of Kenya, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia and Togo have also been named as guests.

It's not clear who will actually attend.

The event is due to start in 30 minutes.