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Ex-Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha has claimed Zlatan Ibrahimovic threatened to hurt him during LA Galaxy's victory over Real Salt Lake, and accused the striker of disrespect.

The pair clashed twice, before Ibrahimovic scored the 78th-minute winner and celebrated in Onuoha's face.

Nigerian-born Onuoha, 32, says he rejected the Swede's apology in the dressing room.

"Over here it is just a show for him. A lot of people are scared of him - but he is just a mere mortal," he said.

"First, he was very arrogant. Secondly, I thought: 'What is this guy playing at?'

"This is not the way you are supposed to do it, especially someone who is meant to be the face of the game here and the game globally.

"I wasn't a fan before - and I'm definitely not a fan now."

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Boeing's boss has refused to admit that a system introduced in its 737 Max 8 aircraft was flawed following two fatal plane crashes.

Appearing in front of investors and the media, Dennis Muilenburg maintained the system was only one factor in a chain of events that led to the disasters.

But new reports have raised fresh questions about the plane's safety.

It has emerged that whistleblowers connected to Boeing contacted the US airline regulator about the system.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal revealed, external that Boeing failed to activate a safety feature linked to sensors on 737 Max planes bought by its biggest customer, Southwest Airlines.

The 737 Max is grounded worldwide after an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed near Addis Ababa in March, killing all 157 people on board.

It follows a crash by Lion Air in Indonesia five months earlier, which claimed 189 lives.

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A Somali-American supermodel has become the first Muslim model to appear in Sports Illustrated wearing a burkini.

Halima Aden is featured in its annual swimsuit issue in the swimwear which covers the entire body except the face, hands and feet.

"Young girls who wear a hijab should have women they look up to in any and every industry," she told the BBC.

There has been mixed reaction to the news.

One Twitter user commented:, external "If you're going to wear the hijab and cover your skin - whether you think our religion calls for it or you want modesty - it is completely counter-intuitive to strike a sexy pose in a magazine known for objectifying women."

Another comment read:, external "I would get it if it were for a swimsuit catalogue for women to buy. But for a magazine specially made for men. It beats the whole purpose of the hijab."

On Instagram, external the cover generated more positive comments: "Amazed every year by the inclusivity efforts of the issue. This year is a new level."

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The financial losses of Kenya Airways rose to about $75m (£58m) in 2018, a respected financial publication has tweeted:

A cartoon posted on Twitter summed up some of the reaction to the announcement:

Zimbabwean-born fashion designer Tapiwa Dingwiza incorporates Braille into her designs.

She says she wants fashion to represents and celebrate blind people.

Her clothes contain personal and motivational Braille messages.

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The University of Cambridge in England has announced a two-year inquiry into its historical links with slavery.

The university wants to find out if it gained financially from slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries and whether it should make any reparations.

An advisory body will search archives, libraries and museums for historic donations and investments linked to slave labour.

It will also examine whether Cambridge scholars reinforced race-based thinking.

In recent years several leading US universities have carried out similar examinations of their links to slavery.

Prominent British opposition politician David Lammy welcomed the university's decision:

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The remains of a 21-year-old villager who was killed during what became known as the Gukurahundi atrocities in Zimbabwe have been exhumed, following the peace and reconciliation initiative launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports, external.

Thembi Ngwenya was shot dead in 1983 and buried near a railway line in Matabeleland North Province, during a brutal crackdown on the opposition just a few years after independence in 1980.

Her remains were finally exhumed on Sunday by a non-governmental organisation, the Ukuthula Trust, in the presence of members of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, a statutory body.

“We were invited by Ukuthula Trust to witness the exhumation exercise... [The] remains of one person were exhumed and they’re set for reburial,” commission chairman Sello Nare told The Herald.

“President Mnangagwa said people should talk freely about Gukurahundi. This will help us move on as a nation,” he added.

Mr Mnangagwa was Zimbabwe's spymaster at the time of the Gukurahundi atrocities, when the North Korean-trained Fifth army brigade killed thousands of civilians as it dealt with an alleged insurgency in the south of the country.

Mr Mnangagwa took power in Zimbabwe after the forced resignation of long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017.

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Mohanad Hashim
BBC Africa, Khartoum

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The third round of talks between Sudan's ruling military council and the pro-democracy opposition has ended without a deal.

Despite initial indications that an agreement was within reach, differences over the composition of a new ruling body - the sovereign state council - and the threat by the military to clear protesters camped outside the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, led to a deadlock in the talks.

The alliance representing protesters, Forces of Freedom and Change, wants eight seats for civilians and seven for the army on the proposed sovereign state council, while the army generals want seven seats, leaving only three for civilians. These numbers have been the sticking point.

The military council also said it wants an end to the disruption caused by the sit-in by thousands of protesters in downtown Khartoum.

However, the Sudanese Professionals Association, which played a key role in ousting long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir, warned against any attempts to break up the protests, describing the military council as a "replica" of the former regime.

• Read: Sudan's bold challenge to authoritarianism

Ashley Lime
BBC Africa

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A total of 93 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the last four days in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an average of more than 23 a day, a humanitarian agency has said.

A record 27 cases were reported on Monday - more than double the previous record of 13 in a single day, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) added.

The agency said all but essential medical operations have been halted for more than a week in the Ebola flashpoints of Butembo and Katwa in the east because of security concerns.

Ebola treatment centres have been attacked by armed groups, and a Cameroonian doctor was killed on 19 April.

Eastern DR Congo is mostly lawless. Some people also have superstitious beliefs about Ebola, and accuse foreigners of bringing it to the country.

• Read: Why Ebola keeps coming back

Lebo Diseko
BBC News, Pemba

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The death toll in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38 - all in the province of Cabo Delgado where Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on Thursday.

In the provincial capital Pemba, rain had cleared on Monday evening, but we were told of waist-high water in some neighbourhoods earlier in the day, with many people having to be rescued.

Much of the affected areas in the city have houses built from materials such as mud bricks, making it difficult for them to withstand the water.

Many people are still in evacuation centres, and the government says more than 168,000 have been affected by Kenneth in this province alone.

Reaching affected areas further north and nearby islands has also been a challenge, with some places only accessible by boat or plane.

Thunderstorms and high winds are predicted over the coming days, with rain expected to continue for more than a week.

• In pictures: Cyclone Kenneth aftermath

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Four workers have been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of stealing of eggs worth about $25 (£19) from a farm owned by Deputy President William Ruto, police are quoted by local media as saying.

An investigation was launched after a manager at the farm in Kenya's Rift Valley reported that the eggs were missing, police said.

"Our initial investigation revealed that four workers who reside inside the homestead were involved in the theft but they all denied [it]," local police chief Zachariah Bittok said, the Daily Nation newspaper reported, external.

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Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero Kenneth Kaunda celebrated his 95th birthday on Sunday with former African presidents travelling to Lusaka to join in the occasion.

Mr Kaunda, who ruled the southern African country for 27 years before losing power in 1991, was joined in the celebrations by former former leaders from the region: Bakili Muluzi (Malawi), Joaquim Chisano (Mozambique), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (Tanzania), Festus Mogae (Botswana), Sam Nujoma (Namibia) and Hifukepunye Pohamba (Namibia).

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu and the country’s former leader Rupiah Banda also attended the state banquet in the capital, Lusaka.

Mr Kaunda who sang his signature song Tiyende Pamodzi (Let's Move Together), also called for brotherly love among humanity.

He said:

Mr Kaunda, one of the few surviving members of the liberation struggle, is revered in southern Africa for the role he played in ensuring countries got independence from their colonisers.

Tesfalem Araia
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Officials in Ethiopia say at least 17 people have been killed in inter-communal clashes in the western region of Benishangul-Gumuz.

Several houses were burned down during four days of violence.

The fighting started on 25 April after a man was killed following a dispute, Amahara regional government representative, Asemahegn Asres, told the BBC.

At least eleven Amhara people died, with the others coming from different ethnic groups.

The official also said a team representative from both regions have been dispatched to the clash areas and it could take days before calm is restored.

Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News, Lusaka

Prison authorities in Zambia have banned the use of buckets to answer the call of nature, reports the state owned Zambia Daily Mail.

Water buckets are a common substitute for toilets in prisons as facilities cannot cope with the high number of inmates.

But the Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) has directed that the practice - known as the bucket system - come to an immediate end because proper toilets will be built in prisons.

ZCS commissioner-general Dr Chisela Chileshe has warned that officers in charge of correctional facilities who defy the directive will be charged.

He said the time had come for inmates to have access to decent toilets instead of subjecting them to the indignity of using buckets as toilets.

“A directive has been made and if I find anywhere there is a bucket system, the officer in charge will be in trouble,” he said.

He said good sanitation and ventilation were important aspects of good health.

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Ugandan "explorer" Sir Milton Allimadi made a chance discovery in London over the weekend during an excursion in the city.

He spotted a mighty river that meanders across the UK capital.

So taken was he by his new find that he decided to name it River Gulu, after a Ugandan city. He thought it was not worth checking if the locals already had a name for it.

In fact they did - River Thames they call it.

Sir Allimadi tweeted that he was happy that he had given the river a "proper name". A discovery that was well received in parts of Africa.

The "discovery" prompted the Thames Discovery Programme, an initiative that explores the archaeology and history of the London river, to change its name.

Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

At least five people have died in Mozambique's cyclone hit northern province of Cabo Delgado after heavy rain triggered a landslide in a garbage site.

The incident happened on Sunday night in the provincial capital, Pemba.

Four of the dead, according to the independent television station, STV, are from the same family.

The station says the number of the dead may rise as rescue and recovery operations continue.

Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on Thursday last week with winds of 220km/h (140mph) which flattened whole villages.

Around 700,000 people are now thought to be at risk in the area as torrential rains continue.

STV reports heavy rains have been falling in Pemba, one of the world's largest bays.

It says the municipal garbage dump cascaded over nearby houses, burying at least five people, who did not manage to escape the tragedy.

A team, including the fire brigade, are at the site digging the rubble as there are concerns that there could be more people trapped.

This is not the first time that the Pemba municipal garbage dumpsite has collapsed. In 2014, 23 people were killed in similar circumstances.

For more on the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, read our news story.

The Algerian finance minister and the former police chief have appeared in court as part of investigations launched in the wake of the mass protests that forced the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Mohamed Loukal was previously governor of the central bank and only became finance minister last month.

State television said his court appearance was connected to an inquiry into the suspected misuse of public funds.

The former police chief, Abdelghani Hamel, was reported to have been summoned to court as part of an investigation into influence peddling and abuse of office.

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