Summary

  • SA teenagers build their own plane

  • Uhuru Kenyatta is the first sitting Kenyan president to pray at a mosque

  • GM fungus 'kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes'

  • African refugees flown from Libya to Italy

  • Sudan activists blame army chiefs for protester deaths

  • Heads roll after Liberia dips into diplomats' bank accounts

Live Reporting

  1. South Africa imposes carbon tax

    BBC World Service

    Gas station at Nossob campsite in the Kalahari National Park South AfricaGetty Images

    Fuel prices are set to rise in South Africa later this week

    South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a long delayed carbon tax which aims to lower the emissions of one of the continent's worst polluters.

    From the beginning of June a tax of around $8 (£6) per tonne of carbon dioxide will be levied, although due to tax breaks the amount of money paid will often be far less.

    Environmental campaigners say the new tax will not enable South Africa to meet the emissions targets the country signed up for in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

    South African motorists are likely to feel the effect of the new tax with fuel prices set to rise later this week.

    Watch: Should you buy an electric car?

    Some common concerns about electric cars explained.

  2. Thirty feared dead after DR Congo boat sinks

    BBC World Service

    A boat accident in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo is feared to have killed at least 30 people, with many more reported missing.

    The mayor of the town of Inongo, Simon Mbo Wemba, said there were more than 350 people on board the vessel when it sank in bad weather late on Saturday.

    About half are still unaccounted for. Many of those on board are thought to have been teachers who were travelling across Lake Mai Ndombe to collect their salaries.

  3. Deadly attack on Catholic Church in Burkina Faso

    BBC World Service

    Statue of Virgin MaryGetty Images

    Both Christians and Muslims believe Mary gave birth to Jesus

    Four people have been killed at a Catholic church in the north of Burkina Faso - the latest in a series of attacks the government blames on Islamist militants.

    A government minister told the BBC that eight armed men targeted the church in the town of Toulfé during Mass on Sunday.

    Earlier this month gunmen killed four people taking part in a Catholic procession just days after a priest and and five parishioners were shot dead in a church in the northern town of Dablo.

    Several jihadist groups have become increasingly active in Burkina Faso frequently attacking villages and towns in the east and the north of the country.

    Nearly 400 people are reported to have been killed since 2015.

    Listen to the BBC World Service here

  4. Monday's wise words

    Our African proverb of the day:

    Whatever there is inside a chicken, the hawk has been familiar with it for a very long time."

    A Hausa proverb sent by Billy Abwa, Abuja, Nigeria.

    Illustration

    Click here to send us your African proverbs.

  5. Good morning

    Welcome to BBC Africa Live for the latest news and views from around the continent.