Peter Mwai
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Kenyan self-proclaimed prophet David Owuor, whose trademark is a long dread-locked beard, attracts thousands of people to his religious gatherings.

He spreads a message of repentance through his Ministry of Repentance and Holiness Church, and is no stranger to controversy.

Every time he is in the limelight for something negative, social media goes into overdrive with his followers hitting back at critics.

It's been no different this time, with #RepentJesusIsComing trending in Kenya as his supporters dismiss widely publicised allegations that a church linked to him has been involved in property-grabbing:

Some have however been using the hashtag to criticise the self-styled prophet.

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The mother of Nigeria international Samuel Kalu has been released after being kidnapped by gunmen six days ago, according to Nigerian police.

Ozuruonye Juliet Kalu was abducted on 27 February as she travelled home in the south-eastern city of Abia.

It is unclear whether a reported ransom was paid, but authorities confirmed her release around 23:00GMT on Monday.

"It is true that she was released to her family," Godfrey Ogbonna of Abia State police told BBC Sport.

"I can also confirm that investigations are ongoing to arrest those responsible."

"We will make a public statement as soon as more details emerge but for now, she is safe and reunited with her family at home."

Read the full report on BBC Sport.

Naima Mohamud
BBC Africa

US President Donald Trump has described Somali-American congresswoman Ilhan Omar's comments on US-Israel relations as "a dark day for Israel".

In a tweet, he also called for Ms Omar to be removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Ms Omar, who is a Democrat, last week criticised the influence of pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, that according to her, "says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country".

Her remarks were condemned widely across party borders.

Fellow congresswoman Nita Lowey tweeted:

Senior Democrat and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel also called on Ms Omar to apologise.

House Democrats are expected to vote on a resolution on Wednesday in response to Ms Omar's remarks.

On Twitter, the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan started trending, with many showing their support for the congresswoman:

Ms Omar became the first Somali-American to be elected to Congress in the US mid-term elections in 2018.

She is currently in Eritrea, as part of the first US congressional delegation to visit the long-isolated East African nation in 14 years:

Anti-government demonstrations in Sudan are continuing despite a ban on public protests issued by the country's president.

The protests started over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies in December 2018, but later morphed into anger at President Omar al-Bashir's rule and calls for him to stand down.

Last month, Mr Bashir declared a national state of emergency, dismissed the federal government, sacked all state governors and banned protests.

Organisers of the protests have vowed to continue demonstrating until the president leaves his post.

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Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Nigeria's police chief says more than 300 people have been arrested on suspicion of committing electoral offences during last month's poll.

Inspector General Mohammed Adamu said two police officers were killed during the election, while others were assaulted and injured.

More than 50 people were killed in election-related violence. Electoral officials were attacked, and some of them raped.

The poll was won by the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, though the defeated candidate Atiku Abubakar has rejected the result, and has vowed to file a legal challenge.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

South African star Mandla "Mampintsha" Maphumulo has been arrested after a video appearing to show him assaulting his musician girlfriend was posted on her Instagram page at the weekend.

Police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo said, "The suspect in the Babes Wodumo assault case has been arrested and is currently in police custody", and is expected to appear in court soon.

His girlfriend Bongekile Simelane, known by the stage name Babes Wodumo, is a star in her own right who is among those credited with taking gqom mainstream with her huge 2016 hit Wololo, external. The clip of her assault was shared widely and sparked outrage.

Earlier on Tuesday morning, her parents held a media briefing in the coastal city of Durban, external to thank the nation for the support "given to our daughter at this time of our desperate need".

The matter was formally reported to the police, a visibly shaken Mr Simelane, said with his wife Thokokizle, by his side.

Violence against women is a major problem in South Africa.

A 2016 study by Statistics SA found that 1 in 5 women report that they have experienced violence at the hands of a partner.

Mampintsha recently tweeted a photo of himself and Babes Wodumo:

Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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The United Nations Human Rights Office in Burundi has been forced to close at the insistence of the government.

The Burundian authorities suspended co-operation with the human rights office in 2016, and insist there is no longer any need for such an office as they have made so much progress on human rights.

The UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, begs to differ. She says much of this progress has been put into serious jeopardy since 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a third term in office, prompting months of violence.

The UN Human Rights Office was set up in Burundi in 1995 following a wave of ethnic killings.

The events of 2015 show that Burundi is still fragile, with the potential for political and ethnic violence lurking just below the surface.

• Read: Burundi denies running secret torture houses

Peter Mwai
BBC Africa, Nairobi

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A Nigerian national has been arrested at Kenya's biggest airport for attempting to smuggle suspected narcotics out of the country hidden in plastic bottles containing milk, Kenyan police say.

The 25-year-old woman was about to take a flight to Italy when she was detained at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, police added.

The woman has not yet been charged.

Maggie Mutesi
BBC Africa Money Daily, Nairobi

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Uganda's mineral industry has enjoyed a spectacular surge in recent years, and the East African state exported gold worth $514m (£390m) last year compared with $418m in 2017, according to the central bank.

Although Uganda is ranked as Africa's number one coffee exporter, it turns out coffee earnings stood at only $436m, down 21% from the previous year.

So, for the first time, gold exports have overtaken coffee as the country's top foreign exchange earner.

Compare this to a decade ago, when Uganda's gold exports stood at under $10m.

But challenges remain.

The watchdog Global Witness criticised the Ugandan mining industry in 2017, describing it as "infested with corruption from bottom to top".

Last month, Reuters news agency reported that rights activists had accused at least one firm of buying gold smuggled across the border from Democratic Republic of Congo where the profits could be funding insecurity and rights violations.

To reassure potential investors, Uganda last year pledged to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Signatories join the global body on a voluntary basis.

Peter Mwai
BBC Africa, Nairobi

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A church linked to Kenya's controversial self-proclaimed prophet David Owuor is embroiled in a fight for control of at least one property in an upmarket neighbourhood of the capital, Nairobi.

The family of lawyer Jane Njagi accused Kings Outreach Church, which operates under Owuor’s Ministry of Holiness and Repentance, of illegally taking control of the residential property and using it for its activities.

Ms Njagi's brother and sister said she was unwell and was living with a member of the church on another property.

They also allege they have been denied direct access to her, and can only contact her through an intermediary.

A lawyer representing the church, Kimani Watenga, denied any wrongdoing, saying Ms Njagi voluntarily handed over the home on Riverside Drive in Westlands as "gratitude" to the church after her son was "healed" of dyslexia by Owuor.

The home is being used for Bible studies and the church is willing to vacate it on Ms Njagi's orders, he added.

The self-proclaimed prophet commands a huge following in Kenya and in 2009 he famously baptized opposition leader Raila Odinga who was then the prime minister of the East African nation.

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Police in Kenya have summoned Finance Minister Henry Rotich for questioning over a multi-million dollar scandal involving payments for dam projects.

Mr Rotich is currently at the headquarters of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in the capital, Nairobi.

"He must answer several questions," DCI head George Kinoti was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

The DCI is investigating advance payments made to various firms for the construction of two dams, valued at more than $600m (£455m).

In an earlier statement, Mr Rotich denied there had been any wrongdoing, saying payments had been made in strict accordance with the law.

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Existing US sanctions on Zimbabwe in place since 2003 have been extended for a further 12 months.

President Donald Trump says the southern African nation poses an "unusual and extraordinary" threat to US foreign policy.

He blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for failing to implement the "political and economic overhaul required to rebuild its reputation". The US president also said on Monday that Zimbabwe's 2018 election wasn't "fully free and fair".

US, UK and EU sanctions on Zimbabwe target individuals, as well as banning trade in weapons and direct government assistance for non-humanitarian programmes.

The decision will come as a blow to the Zimbabwean administration.

The BBC's Andrew Harding says it is trying to dig its way out of an economic hole caused by years of reckless spending, corruption, policy uncertainty and sluggish exports.

Last month, there were violent protests in Zimbabwe after a steep increase in fuel protests.

President of neighbouring South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has recently called on the international community to lift the sanctions.

Read more:

• Despair, anger and anxiety in Zimbabwe's fuel queues
• Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back
• Zimbabwe currency crisis: No cash, no bread, no KFC

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The son of Liberia's former President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been charged with economic sabotage following investigations into the unauthorised printing and importation into Liberia of tens of millions of dollars.

Charles Sirleaf was deputy governor of the Central Bank at the time.

The former governor of the bank, Milton Weeks, has been charged with the same crimes.

They have not commented on the charges.

The current President, George Weah, has also been criticised after two investigations found there was a lack of accountability for $25m (£18m) imported into Liberia last year on his orders.

It had been widely reported that shipping containers full of banknotes had vanished from Monrovia's port and airport. However, a report, released last week by auditing firm Kroll associates, did not find any proof that this had happened.

Instead, it found that Liberia's Central Bank had acted unilaterally and unlawfully by printing and importing into the country three times the amount of banknotes it had been authorised to do.

Five young men have been sentenced to death by firing squad for the gang-rape of an unnamed woman in Galkayo, one of the main cities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

The ruling comes amid outrage in the region over the recent death of a 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered.

Women and schoolchildren took to the streets to vent their anger, demanding the government take allegations of sexual assault seriously.

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Zimbabwe has borrowed nearly $1bn (£760m) to purchase fuel and other essential imports.

It has taken out loans from banks in neighbouring countries, including the central bank of Mozambique and the Southern African Trade and Development Bank.

Zimbabwe is unable to obtain funding from the World Bank and other international lenders because of massive arrears.

Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya said government borrowing from the central bank was at about three times its permissible overdraft limit.

There were protests earlier this year over high fuel prices.

Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News, Lusaka

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Zambia national team football coach Sven Vandenbroeck says he resigned in February from his position long before the country’s football association announced they would not renew his contract.

The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) last week announced that it would not offer the Belgian a new contract at the end of March after the Chipolopolo failed to qualify for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations ( Afcon).

Vandenbroeck - who was hired on a short-term deal last year after the resignation of Wedson Nyirenda - has denied Faz’s claim.

In a statement he said:

Vandenbroeck previously worked as an assistant to compatriot Hugo Broos when Cameroon won their fifth African title in 2017.

Zambia's failure to qualify means they have now missed out on two successive Afcon finals.

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A key peace deal to resolve the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is at risk of collapsing less than a month after it was agreed, news agency AFP reports.

Three militia groups which were among the 14 armed groups that signed the Khartoum Agreement with President Faustin-Archange Touadera, disagreed with the make-up of the new government announced on Sunday.

The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FPDC) said it had, "resolved purely and simply to withdraw from the peace process", adding that the government was "far from being inclusive".

Another large militia, the Patriotic Movement for Central Africa (MPC), citing the same reason, said it considered the accord was "void".

The militias were not happy that the central government held onto sensitive key posts, while six of the 14 armed groups obtained no post at all, AFP reports.

CAR has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960.

It was plunged into turmoil in 2013 when mainly Muslim rebels from the Seleka umbrella group seized power in the majority Christian country. A band of mostly Christian militias, called the anti-Balaka, rose up to counter Seleka.

Seleka handed power to a transitional government in 2014 under international pressure but months of violence followed and the country was effectively partitioned, in spite of the presence of a UN peacekeeping force and a French mission.

The country is undergoing an internationally supervised transition involving a constitutional referendum as well as presidential and parliamentary elections.