Africa Live this week: 13-17 May 2019 as it happened

Summary

The fake investment scheme promises big returns
Zambia's president tells mining companies they can go
Chibok girl obtains associate degree in the US
Germany to return 15th Century cross to Namibia
Kenya's ex-President Moi fined $10m over land grab
Ilhan Omar decries Trump's immigration plan
Facebook bans Israeli firm 'targeting Africa'

Live Reporting

Ten die as bus rams into trailer in Kenyapublished at 06:25 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens others injured after a bus heading to Kenya's capital, Nairobi, crashed into a trailer parked on the road early on Monday, local media reports say.
The bus had left the town of Wajir in the north-east on Sunday night, with more than 60 passengers on board, when it rammed into the stalled trailer on the road between Bangal and Garissa towns, the reports say.
The cement-laden trailer ripped the windows and roof of the bus, the reports add.
South African flag designer diespublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
The designer of South Africa's post-apartheid flag, Fred Brownell, died at his home in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday night at the age of 79.
He designed the flag in 1993 to herald the end of minority rule in South Africa.
In a series of tweets, South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa described Brownell as one of South Africa's "greatest patriots" and "national heroes".
"Mr Fred Brownell, you gave us our identity as the nation. We honour you," he added.
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Brownell is survived by his wife Christine, three daughters and grandchildren.
Ramaphosa vows to purge ANC of 'deviant tendencies'published at 06:00 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
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Cyril Ramaphosa has promised South Africans a new dawn
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to purge the African National Congress (ANC) of "deviant tendencies", as he prepares to form the next cabinet following the party's victory in parliamentary elections last week.
Speaking at a victory celebration at the ANC headquarters in the main city, Johannesburg, on Sunday, Mr Ramaphosa said he would only appoint "capable" leaders and "visionaries" to the cabinet.
"We are not going to tolerate corruption in this administration," Mr Ramaphosa said.
"We will clean it [the ANC] of all the deviant tendencies,” he added.
The ANC won 58% of the vote in the election, its lowest majority since it took power at the end of apartheid in 1994.
Read: Five things we've learnt from the election
Egypt death sentences for attack on Coptic Christianspublished at 05:32 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
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Coptic Christians form a minority in Egypt
An Egyptian court has sentenced two men to death for an attack on Coptic Christians in 2017 that killed 10 people.
A gunman first opened fire on a Christian-owned shop in Cairo, then shot at worshippers at the entrance to a nearby church. The Islamic State group said it was behind the attack.
One of the two men sentenced to death was tried in absentia. Two other defendants were given life jail terms.
Read: Egyptian Christians living in fear
Jihadists have 'upper hand' in Burkina Fasopublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
Analysis
Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
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Burkina Faso's government has described Sunday's attack on a church in northern Dablo town as a barbaric act of terrorism which aims to divide the population.
It's promised to punish the men who carried out the attack.
But the jihadists have the upper hand - the military is failing to protect large swathes of the country. In the north where Ansarul Islam is active, well over 1,000 schools have closed down in recent months due to the violence.
Other Islamist militants have attacked the east of Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, and the al-Qaeda linked Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin group is a threat across the Sahel. A stronger regional response is urgently needed to stop the violence spreading.
Read: The country where it’s too dangerous to go to school
Six killed in Burkina Faso church attackpublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
Gunmen have killed six people, including a priest, as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, officials say.
The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church.
The town's mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said that there was panic as other buildings were burned down and a health centre looted.
Jihadist violence has flared in Burkina Faso since 2016, and this is the third attack on a church in five weeks.
Read the full BBC story here
Death sentences for Somali rapistspublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
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The authorities in Somalia have been under pressure to curb sexual abuse
A court in Somalia has handed down death sentences to three men for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old.
The court in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous state of Puntland acquitted seven others.
The girl was abducted from a market in Galkayo town in February.
Her body was discovered the next morning and a post-mortem found that that she had been strangled to death after being gang-raped.
The atrocity led to street protests as well as an angry reaction on social media with calls for the Puntland government to take action.
Monday's wise wordspublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
Our African proverb of the day:
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Laughter does not affect a stone, yet it can destroy a person."
A Kalenjin proverb sent by Chepkirui Irine, Narok, Kenya.
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Good morningpublished at 05:28 British Summer Time 13 May 2019
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