Catherine Byaruhanga
BBC News, Khartoum

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Doctors and nurses have not come to work at one of the main hospitals in Sudan's capital Khartoum because they're afraid of being targeted.

Instead, it's the medical students who are treating patients at Ibrahim Maleek Teaching Hospital.

It comes after violence over the last few days in which at least 46 people were killed, according to a Sudanese official, although opposition figures say more than 100 people died.

At the hospital, Mohanned Mirghani, 33, told me he had been shot at close range by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

"They shot me from close range; the RSF were the distance that you are from me now. Two of my friends were also shot but I don't know what happened to them."

It's hard to get a proper sense of what's happened. One big hindrance is the fact that the military rulers have cut off the internet.

Read more:

• Sudan's crisis: What you need to know
• The warlord who may control Sudan’s future

Tunisian side Esperance have said they were very surprised about the decision by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to replay the second leg of the African Champions League final.

They won the cup after Moroccan opponents Wydad Casablanca left the pitch when an equaliser they scored was disallowed.

Esperance were leading 1-0 at the time.

"The club’s management will hold an urgent meeting to appeal against Caf's decision with the relevant international bodies and will take all legal measures to preserve its rights," Esperance said in a short statement.

Caf has said the second leg will be replayed at a neutral venue.

The 1-1 draw from the first leg in Morocco stands.

The replay will be after the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, which ends on 19 July.

A Caf statement , externalsaid "conditions of game and safety were not met" in the second leg and made clear Esperance players must return their winners' medals as well as the trophy.

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Observers have been asking why people stayed in a landslide-prone area in Uganda's Bududa region despite efforts to move them away even before Tuesday's three landslides struck.

The landslides left six people dead and destroyed over 100 houses.

Uganda's Minister of State for Environment Goretti Kitutu is from Bududa and she explained to BBC Newsday why people stayed in the area.

First of all, Mount Elgon, in the region, is used for circumcision ceremonies which are culturally significant to people in the area.

Also, the raised area is cooler than elsewhere and she said when people leave the area they "die of malaria".

And third, she explained that the land is very fertile.

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Brighton is among the clubs in the English Premier League which want Tanzania striker Mbwana Samatta to join their team.

Other clubs from England which are interested in the 26-year-old are Aston Villa, Watford, Leicester and Burnley.

According to the UK's Sun newspaper, Samatta has been valued at $15m (£12m).

Samatta still has a year left on his contract with Belgian side Genk. He scored 20 goals for the club in the season that has just ended.

He says he wants to move to England but there has also been interest from Italian side Roma and Lyon in France.

Samatta will captain Tanzania at this month's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Catherine Byaruhanga
BBC Africa, Khartoum

People here are trying to come to terms with the violence of the last few days.

Funerals are being held for those killed.

According to the opposition Sudan Doctors' Committee new bodies continue to be found.

The site of the main protest is littered with broken signs and burnt out tents and much of Khartoum is eerily quiet.

But the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces accused of attacking civilians can be seen almost everywhere.

Young men in brown uniforms are hanging around next to their pick-up trucks – which in some cases are mounted with rocket propelled grenades.

Reports continue to come in of these militia going into neighbourhoods and killing people. Their leader claims that impostors are behind the violence.

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It seems to be fashionable in Uganda for popular musicians to turn to politics.

Bobi Wine has been at the centre of political controversy since running for parliament in 2017.

Now, Jose Chameleone, real name Joseph Mayanja, has said he wants to be mayor of the capital, Kampala, Uganda's Observer newspaper quotes him as saying, external.

Chameleone is one of East Africa's most popular musicians. One of his most well-known songs is Shida za Dunia (Swahili for "problems everywhere"), which is about the difficulties people are facing.

Explaining his ambitions, he said: "When service fails in a state, people start waking up... people have yearned for adequate leadership and it has not materialised".

Chameleone acknowledges the influence of Bobi Wine.

"Those who think it is a Bobi Wine frenzy are also partially right," he is quoted as saying.

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Bobi Wine, real name Robert Kyagulanyi, was elected to parliament as an independent in a by-election in 2017.

Since his election he has led popular demonstrations and has been arrested and charged with treason. He alleges that he was beaten up in police custody.

Read more: Who is Bobi Wine?

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced people will not be allowed to take single-use plastic into national parks from next year:

Speaking at a conference in Canada, President Uhuru Kenyatta said "Kenya is a trailblazing nation with regards to environmental protection".

Two years ago, the country banned the use and manufacture of plastic bags and packing materials. Customers now bring their own bags or baskets to the shops and markets, or they are sold a cloth bag.

Last Saturday, Tanzania became the latest African country to ban plastic bags. On Monday evening, President John Magufuli made a surprise visit to a fish market sporting a wicker basket in a move to support the ban.

BBC Africa Eye launched in April 2018 with Sweet Sweet Codeine, a film presented by Nigerian investigative journalist Ruona Meyer.

It revealed widespread abuse of a prescription cough medicine laced with an opioid drug, codeine. Codeine cough syrup was causing alarming levels of addiction - millions of vulnerable young people were estimated to be hooked.

After the programme was broadcast, the government took action, hundreds of thousands of bottles were seized and destroyed and the authorities cracked down on those who were selling codeine illegally.

For BBC Africa Eye, reporter Zuhura Yunus picks up the story of how the report shed light on the black market trade.

Now more than ever before, musicians from Africa's diaspora are embracing their roots through their craft in ways never seen or heard before.

With the popularity of African music and culture in the West being at an all-time high, artists such as Nigerian born Mohammed Animashaun, otherwise known as Moelogo, are taking full advantage of this climate.

Mark Wilberforce talked to Moelogo's about his latest work: Magic. His simple message is that he magic is within all of us.

Esperance have been ordered to return the African Champions League trophy and to replay the second leg of the final.

The Tunisian side led 1-0 in Saturday's second leg but Moroccan opponents Wydad Casablanca left the pitch after an equaliser they scored was disallowed.

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) said the second leg will be replayed at a neutral venue.

The 1-1 draw from the first leg in Morocco stands.

The replay will be after the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, which ends on 19 July.

A Caf statement , externalsaid "conditions of game and safety were not met" in the second leg and made clear Esperance players must return their winners' medals as well as the trophy.

Read more: Esperance ordered to return medals and face Wydad Casablanca again

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The US government has said that Sudan's Transitional Military Council and the Rapid Support Forces should "desist from violence".

In a brief statement the US government also sent its condolences to the families of those who had died when the military crushed a pro-democracy demonstration.

A Sudanese official has denied that at least 100 people were killed by a paramilitary unit during protests, saying that the number was at most 46.

Doctors linked to the opposition on Wednesday said at least 100 people had been killed in the capital, Khartoum, amid pro-democracy protests.

They said 40 bodies were pulled from the River Nile in Khartoum on Tuesday.

Authorities had initially stayed quiet, but a health ministry official put the number at 46 early on Thursday.

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Sudanese opposition activists have rejected an offer of talks from the country's military council, saying it cannot be trusted amid a violent crackdown on protesters.

Residents told the BBC they were living in fear in the capital.

The deputy head of the military council defended the violent suppression, claiming that the protesters had been infiltrated by rogue elements and drug dealers.

"We will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions. There is no way back. We must impose the respect of the country by law," said Mohammed Hamadan - also known as Hemedti - on Wednesday.

Read more on this from BBC News.

Senegal's President Macky Sall has said his government will find out the truth behind a BBC investigation which said that his brother, Aliou Sall, benefited from an oil deal.

In his first comments since the BBC Africa Eye's report on Monday President Sall said

He was speaking on Wednesday evening at the main mosque in the capital, Dakar, during the Eid-al-Fitr holiday, Reuters news agency reports.

He said he wanted to see the proof behind the BBC report adding that while people could be punished "we we will not accept false accusations", AFP news agency quotes him as saying.

BBC Africa Eye said that Aliou Sall was paid $25,000 a month for five years over the deal.

Aliou Sall has said the BBC report is not true.

In the report, the BBC also said that oil giant BP had agreed to pay around $10bn (£8bn) to businessman Frank Timis involved in the energy deal.

BP bought his stake in a gas field off the coast of Senegal for $250m in 2017.

But documents obtained by BBC Panorama and Africa Eye revealed that BP will also pay his company between $9bn and $12bn in royalties.

Both BP and Mr Timis deny any wrongdoing.

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A senior Ugandan official has said climate change played a part in the mudslide that forced hundreds of people from their homes in the eastern district of Bududa.

"The world should know that yes, climate change is real," Musa Echweru, the Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. "Planet Earth is beginning to fight back and we must adapt accordingly."

He said the mudslide - triggered by heavy rains that "came in a big bang" - had been preceded by a long drought.

Mr Echweru also said population growth had contributed to the disaster, as more and more people had built homes on the slopes of a mountain in the area, reducing the natural vegetation. He said the government was working to relocate some of those people in lower lying areas.

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A prominent pro-democracy campaigner in Sudan has accused the country's military authorities of lying about their intention to reach an accord, as it emerged that at least 100 people had been killed in this week's sudden crackdown on a months-old protest.

Muawiya Shaddad, a member of the Forces for Freedom and Change, told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that, until the crackdown, the protesters had been led to believe that the military would sign an agreement with them on the festive day of Eid-al-Fitr this week.

"But it was just lies because at the same time they were plotting this massacre," Mr Shaddad said. "For how long are we going to listen to lies? Lies and lies, I'm telling you."

On Wednesday, the leader of Sudan's military authority offered to reopen talks with the protesters on a transition to civilian rule - having earlier this week called a halt to the negotiations.

Mr Shaddad urged other countries to condemn the crackdown with "the strongest voice they have".

Mr Shaddad also called for a withdrawal of the paramilitary groups that have been attacking civilians on the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and for foreign countries - such as Saudi Arabia - to stop interfering in Sudan.

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Raymond Louw, an outspoken former newspaper editor and campaigner for press freedom, has died in South Africa at the age of 92.

A former editor of the Rand Daily Mail and the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times, Louw was at the forefront of the campaign to protect journalists from state censorship and detention during the apartheid years.

In his later years, he was a fierce critic of attempts by politicians to muzzle the press in South Africa.

According to the Sunday Times, he was active in a variety of bodies campaigning for media freedom, external, and founded a scheme for training black business journalists at the University of the Witwatersrand Business School.

The paper quotes a tribute to Louw from the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa: "With the passing of Mr Louw, the country has lost a brave and principled journalist and a champion of press freedom. Throughout his illustrious career he reminded us of the critical importance of media freedom to the health of our democracy.”

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Eritrea has issued a scathing attack on the African Union (AU), accusing it of "posturing" over the crisis in Sudan. A statement from the Ministry of Information in Asmara urged the international body to "refrain from internationalising and exacerbating the situation in the Sudan". It also accused the AU of having unwittingly provided "suitable pretexts for foreign intervention".

A statement from the African Union, released on Monday, condemned the latest violence that led to deaths and injuries among protesters. In the statement, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, called for an investigation into the violence. It also urged all parties to exercise restraint and resume negotiations in order to arrive at an inclusive accord.

Shingai Nyoka
BBC Africa, Harare

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Zimbabwe and the European Union have begun their first formal political talks in 17 years.

EU ambassadors in Zimbabwe met government representatives in the first of a series of planned meetings aimed at ending decades of trade and economic hostility.

The EU removed the majority of economic sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2014 but does not give direct financial assistance to the government.

The closed-door talks, which lasted about four hours, were described as frank and constructive, focusing on trade investment, human rights and democracy.

Relations between the two parties soured under Robert Mugabe’s presidency and sanctions were placed on Zimbabwe over human rights abuses.

There are some concerns that, by beginning formal talks, the EU is ignoring the recent human rights abuses such as the killings of protesters after elections in January.

The EU's ambassador Timo Olkken believes there are some improvements from the previous government:

"We think the government is serious with its reform agenda," he said. "We have seen positive steps taken in the forms of constitutional alignment. New legal proposals are coming up. It testifies the seriousness of the government moving forward."