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Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News, Lusaka

Zambia's housing minister has been arrested on corruption allegations, in connection with two properties suspected to be proceeds of crime.

Ronald Chitotela was intercepted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which gave details of the two dwellings in a statement.

It said Mr Chitotela reportedly used the alias Diris Mukange on the deeds of both properties in the capital, Lusaka.

One is described as a lot on a farm, while the other is in the Ibex Hill neighbourhood.

The arrest of a serving government minister is a rare event in Zambia.

Mr Chitotela has since been released on bond and will appear in court soon.

He was not available to talk to journalists.

Tomi Oladipo
BBC Africa security correspondent

Image source, AFP

It has not been smooth sailing. Only a few days into the talks – a fortnight ago – the prospect of peace was further threatened as the government rejected the rebels' demands for amnesty and inclusion in a new unity government.

The armed groups say immunity will encourage the laying down of arms but critics say the real aim is to avoid prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The chairman of the AU Commission Moussa Faki welcomed the agreement, saying he was happy for the people of the Central African Republic (see earlier post).

It is this population who have borne the brunt of the conflict, with an estimated 2.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

It is now likely that many of those who caused their predicament will not be held responsible.

Some elements of the anti-Balaka might also feel like they have not benefited as much, having been the only rebels publicly targeted so far by the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

The parties involved in this deal will have to work against a poor recent record in which there have been up to seven previous failed attempts at peace agreements since 2013.

The rebel groups still control large parts of the country and their presence is unlikely to be challenged now.

Opposition parties were not involved in the talks and they will move further down the political pecking order as the rebels get more involved in government.

Previous attempts by the AU to broker talks in Bangui, the capital of CAR, came to nothing.

While it worked with the UN as the mediators of this round of talks, the process in Khartoum was actually kick-started by Russia – which has been increasingly involved in the CAR in recent years.

Moscow has mining interests in the African nation and provides security for President Touadera.

Sudan, the host of the talks, will be hoping that the current success of the negotiations will improve its image, having been diplomatically and economically stranded for years.

Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC Africa, Monrovia

Image source, AFP

Liberia's President George Weah has urged citizens to pray for two hours every day for God’s intervention in solving some of the country’s enormous economic problems.

Believers are also being urged to hold an all-night prayer vigil on the final Friday of each month to bless the government and the people.

The hope is that this will win divine intervention on matters of "infrastructure and economic developmental drives", the president's religious advisor, Rev M Emmanuel Nimely, said in a statement.

Callers to a popular radio talk-show were not impressed.

"Our leaders are evil, so prayers will not help us," one caller told The Costa Show, which broadcasts from the capital, Monrovia.

Another caller, Ousman Bility, said: "We can go to the churches, to the mosques and pray, we can take the next 100 years to pray, it will not work."

The show's host Henry P Costa agreed, saying other industrialised nations like the US, China and Japan did not become developed through prayer. They worked and invested wisely.

But another caller from the Doe Community, a poor neighbourhood near the port of Monrovia, disagreed strongly, saying prayers do a lot to get nations going.

Killian Ngala Chimtom
BBC Africa, Yaoundé

One person has been shot dead in Cameroon’s South-West region as separatists seek to enforce a two-week lockdown.

"A woman was shot this morning as she went to the farm,” the Mayor of Buea Patrick Ekema Esunge told the BBC.

He said however that normal business was continuing, albeit timidly. Yet in the country’s neighbouring North-West region, it's a complete lock-down.

"The streets are empty. No taxis, not even motor-bikes are circulating," said John Fru Ndi, chairman of the opposition Social Democratic Front said.

Separatists called for a complete lock-down of the two English-speaking regions as a means of frustrating celebrations marking an annual national holiday called Youth Day which, is due on 11 February.

On that day in 1961, Cameroon’s English speakers colonised by Britain, voted in a referendum to gain independence by joining the French-speaking Republic of Cameroon.

BBC World Service

The UN is appealing for more than $200m (£155m) to help some of the poorest people in Libya, where years of upheaval and conflict have done huge damage to the economy.

The money would be used to provide healthcare, education, shelter and other support.

The UN says more than 800,000 Libyans need humanitarian assistance.

The country is heavily dependent on its oil exports, but the industry has been badly affected by the ongoing instability.

Libya's largest oil field is currently in the hands of a militia group, and out of action.

BBC World Service

The Egyptian authorities are reported to have arrested more than 70 people allegedly involved in smuggling migrants to Europe and North America.

Those detained were from four gangs operating in various parts of Egypt.

It appears they were providing migrants with fake documents, including bank statements, university degrees, and paperwork suggesting they had been persecuted in their home countries.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Image source, AFP

The leaders of five countries in Africa's Sahel region are meeting in Burkina Faso as they attempt to improve co-ordination in the fight against Islamist militant groups and human trafficking.

Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso - known as the G5 Sahel - are backed by France.

On the eve of the summit, 14 people were killed by suspected jihadists near Burkina Faso's northern border with Mali.

The jihadist threat has spread since 2011 when instability engulfed Libya.

Whilst Mali and Nigeria have been worst hit, Burkina Faso, which had long been peaceful, has been increasingly targeted with more than 300 people killed over the last three years.

BBC World Service

Image source, Walter Magaya/Facebook

A Zimbabwean prophet who said he had found a herbal remedy for HIV and other illnesses has been fined $700 (£540) for fraud.

Walter Magaya, 35, was reported to be selling packets of the pills online for $1,000.

The charge sheet says prior to a police raid the pastor destroyed some of the evidence by flushing the medicine down a toilet.

According to the BBC's Shingai Nyoka, Magaya is one of several young, ostentatious religious figures to have emerged during Zimbabwe's economic crisis promising people wealth and good health.

Medicine issued by the government and NGOs has helped significantly reduce the country's HIV rate.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

A planned strike by teachers in Zimbabwe over poor wages and the rising cost of living has yielded mixed results.

Tens of thousands had been asked to stay at home.

There was strong support for the strike in the opposition stronghold of Bulawayo, but in the capital Harare, most reported for work.

Unions said the teachers had faced intimidation and feared losing their jobs in a country where the basic cost of living has increased dramatically over the last month.

At the weekend, the price of bread was hiked by over 60% percent.

Demonstrations against a fuel hike in January led to a brutal crackdown by security forces, in which 12 people died.

Image source, AFP

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Image source, AFP

The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin Touadera, has signed a peace deal with fourteen rebel groups.

It is aimed at ending six years of conflict in which more than one million people have been forced from their homes.

The ceremony took place in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and was attended by President Omar al-Bashir. The African Union announced that a deal had been reached over the weekend.

The latest crisis began in CAR in 2013 when a mainly Muslim rebel group seized power, prompting reprisals by other militias whose fighters were mostly Christian.

Several previous peace deals have broken down.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

More details have emerged about the fate of dozens of migrants who went missing after two boats capsized last week off the coast of Djibouti.

The authorities in Addis Ababa say that 57 bodies that have been found were of Ethiopian nationals. A Yemeni captain's body has also been found.

The vessels capsized shortly after they set off for Yemen from Djibouti.

The route is used by thousands of people from the Horn of Africa who leave in search of work in Arab Gulf countries.

In Ade Adepitan's new BBC Two travel series, the former Paralympian travels the length and breadth of sub-Saharan Africa.

In this extract from the first episode, Ade is in Cape Verde to meet a man whose front room was almost swallowed by lava:

Nollywood actress Uche Jombo has hit out at illegal downloaders, telling her followers on Instagram that it is a "sin against God".

''The thunder that will fire you... is still doing press up,'' the Damage star added.

As of the last count in 2016, Nollywood is a $658m (£506m) industry which accounts for 2.3% of GDP, according to global accountancy firm PWC, external.

But the market for pirated copies and illegal downloads is booming, making it difficult to determine exactly what proportion of the music and films that people buy is the real deal.

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fifth year.

Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from Africa.

The winner will spend three months at the BBC headquarters in London, gaining skills and experience.

Applications close on 26 February 2019 at 23:59 GMT.

• Read more on the BBC News website

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The authorities in Mali have said soldiers accidentally killed the mayor of a north-eastern town at a checkpoint.

Hamid Ahmed Ag Mohamed - the mayor of Andéraboukane - was being driven to an airstrip to board a UN flight when he was shot dead.

A military statement said his vehicle failed to stop as it approached the checkpoint. His predecessor was killed in a jihadist attack.

The mayor was a key player in the 2015 peace agreement between the government and northern rebel groups seeking autonomy.

Image source, Getty Images

BBC World Service

State media in Ethiopia are reporting that more than 200 people have been arrested in Benishangul-Gumuz State, in the west of the country, where they were receiving illegal military training.

It says they were apprehended by the army and police in Asosa district close to the Sudanese border.

Little is known about the group - called the Liberation Movement of Berta People - that has reportedly given most of the training.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from the area by ethnic clashes.

Last October there were reports that around 50 young men were arrested in a forest camp in the same area where they were being trained.

Image source, Walter Magaya/Facebook

A self-styled prophet who claimed to have found a herbal remedy for HIV and other illnesses has been found guilty of breaking the law, Zimbabwe's NewsDay website reports.

Walter Magaya, 35, now awaits sentencing later today for contravening the Medicines Control Act, the news site adds, external.

In October, police raided Magaya's offices to take away samples of the alleged medicine, based on something called aguma, for testing, saying that claims of a cure could be criminal.

The pills were reportedly selling online for $1,000 (£770) a pack.

Magaya later retracted the cure claim, external, instead saying that "intensive clinical trials" would take place, according to the the state-owned Herald newspaper.

The BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports that Magaya is part of a group of young, brash and flashy religious figures who have emerged during Zimbabwe’s economic crisis.

They attract scores of followers with promises of miracle healing and miracle money.

Magaya had also recently launched a lipstick he claims can improve blood pressure.

The Cameroonian government has apologised to the nation of Israel for "deplorable" comments made on TV by a government minister about the Holocaust.

In a statement, it distanced itself from Deputy Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Momo, saying he was speaking as a private individual, not on behalf of the government.

This is a copy of the full statement, issued in French:

Image source, Cameroon government

Asked on state television on Sunday why he thought opposition leader Maurice Kamto had refused to accept defeat following the 7 October presidential election, Mr Momo had used long-established anti-Semitic stereotypes:

Mr Kamto, the leader of the MRC, comes from the Bamiléké ethnic group who have a reputation for being successful businessmen.

Mr Momo, who is also an ethnic Bamiléké, said it would be wrong for the group to seek political power alongside their economic influence, and suggested that trying to do so could be dangerous for the entire community.

Cameroon's contrite statement follows outrage from Israel, who on Monday demanded an "immediate apology" for the minister's comments. The Israeli Embassy in Yaoundé had called it a "big disappointment for bilateral relations" between the two countries.

BBC World Service

The security forces in Burkina Faso say they have killed a large number of militants, in response to an attack in which 14 civilians were killed in the north of the country.

The military said armed men attacked the village of Kain, in Yatenga province, on Sunday night.

According to a military statement, the Burkinabé army conducted a large-scale operation in three northern provinces, reportedly killing 146 militants.