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The Manchester City and Algeria footballer Riyad Mahrez and his wife Rita have been ordered by a UK judge to pay more than £3,600 ($4,560) in unpaid wages to their children's former nanny.

The couple "made an unauthorised deduction" from the wages of Catalina Miraflores, an employment tribunal judge ruled., external

They have also been ordered to pay an extra £150 in damages after they "failed to pay certain expenses".

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A tweet on the account of a Kenyan ruling party MP who has been detained after warning that foreign traders would be beaten if they did not leave Kenya says he has been "greatly misinterpreted".

"I mean peace for the country and business should go on uniterrupted and all foreigners are welcome to our country," said the tweet on the account of Charles Njagua Kanyi, who is also a singer popularly known as Jaguar.

In a video clip that has caused a political storm, he said that traders from neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda were taking Kenyan business and "enough is enough".

He then said they would be beaten if they did not leave.

Mr Njagua was arrested as he walked out of parliament, Kenya's privately owned Daily Nation newspaper reports.

Police have not yet given a reason for his arrest, external, but it is thought to be linked to the alleged xenophobic remarks he made in a speech on Monday, the newspaper adds.

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The South African teenagers who are flying a small aircraft they built have arrived on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, en route to their final destination of Cairo.

The group left Cape Town in their four-seater Sling 4 aircraft on 15 June, planning to cover the 12,000km (7,455 miles) to Egypt's capital in six weeks.

The trip was the idea of 17-year-old pilot Megan Werner, whose father Des Werner has been overseeing the venture.

He says the biggest challenges thus far have been landing and taking off from the small island of Likoma in Malawi, having to fix the aircraft's radio and navigation equipment in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, and the lack of fuel and basics like bread in shops at the famous Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

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Mr Werner, who is flying in the support Sling 4 aircraft, says the team is in good spirits and that flying conditions have generally been good.

A group of 20 teenagers built the aircraft in three weeks, from a kit manufactured in South Africa by the Airplane Factory.

The kit came with thousands of small parts that had to be assembled.

Read:South African teens attempt Cape-to-Cairo in homemade plane

Tibebeselassie Tigabu
BBC Amharic

Six people have appeared in court in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on terrorism charges relating to the alleged attempt to overthrow the Amhara state government, their lawyer has told BBC Amharic.

These are the first people to appear in court since Saturday's violence, which left army chief Gen Seare Mekonnen and four other officials dead.

The alleged ringleader of the coup attempt, Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige, was also killed.

The judge said the suspects could remain in custody. He gave police 28 days to come up with more evidence.

Three of the six detained are members of a group called the Baladera Council, or Addis Ababa caretaker council, a political group that says it campaigns on behalf of the capital's residents.

The Kenyan governing party MP who has been at the centre of a storm since he made remarks threatening foreign business people has been taken to the headquarters of the police's Directorate of Criminal Investigations, local media report.

On a video clip that has been widely shared MP Charles Njagua Kanyi said: "Tanzanians and Ugandans have taken our business, enough is enough". He then said they would be beaten if they did not leave.

He also said Chinese business people should leave.

The Kenyan government has distanced itself from the comments.

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BBC Africa, Monrovia

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Police in Liberia have confirmed that a 17-year-old teenager shot when officers opened fire to disperse protesters on Monday has died of a bullet wound to the head.

Abraham Tomey was sitting by the roadside roasting corn to sell when a police bullet struck him as he apparently attempted to run away from the confrontation between police and protesters in Kingsville, about 20km (12 miles) south-east of the capital, Monrovia.

Police spokesman Moses Carter told the BBC that the officers involved in the shooting would be investigated “because under the law, they have to shoot only when their lives are under threat".

He earlier told a local radio station that Tomey had died in a hospital about 10km from the site of the shooting.

Police were dispersing a crowd protesting against the suspected ritual killing of two children, aged 10 and 14, in Kingsville.

Killings for ritual purposes are common in Liberia. Some body parts are believed to be useful in preparing charms for gaining political power and luck.

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Egypt's interior ministry says seven police officers have been killed in co-ordinated militant attacks on three checkpoints in North Sinai.

The clashes occurred near the regional capital al-Arish.

Media reports say seven militants also died and that two were wearing explosive vests.

The Islamic State group said it carried out the simultaneous attacks, the latest in Sinai this month.

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Tanzania's prime minister has met the Kenyan high commissioner after he was summoned to explain comments by a Kenyan governing party MP that Tanzanian business people should leave his country.

MP Charles Njagua Kanyi said: "Tanzanians and Ugandans have taken our business, enough is enough". He then said they would be beaten if they did not leave.

After the meeting between Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa and High Commissioner Dan Kazungu, Mr Majaliwa said the two countries were friends and he was reassured that the comments were not coming from the Kenyan government.

During a parliamentary debate, the speaker of parliament also demanded that the Kenyan government denounce the comments.

Job Ndugai said that "if one Tanzanian will be beaten, Kenyans will see us there for breakfast", meaning that Tanzanians will go and fight back.

Opposition leader Freeman Mbowe said the comments cannot be ignored:

"The xenophobia must be condemned. We have already seen the impact of such behaviour in South Africa and our people got killed, the Kenyan government should do something," Mr Mbowe said.

Many Tanzanians have taken to Twitter to complain about the remarks by Mr Kanyi - who is also a musician known as Jaguar.

Jabir Saleh said: "Luckily I never liked his music... maybe he was a bad musician... and now he is a bad leader in East Africa."

Another commenter highlights that Kenya and Tanzania will meet on Thursday at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ben Kolowa said: "I hope we can win tomorrow and our stars send a message saying 'Hi Jaguar'".

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There are large crowds in Martyrs' Square in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray state, Mekelle, as people pay their respects to the two generals who were killed in Saturday's violence, pictures from regional TV show.

Army chief Gen Seare Mekonnen and Brig Gen Gezai Abera were shot dead as part of what the government has called a coup attempt in Amhara state.

Their coffins are laid out in the square and there is a condolence book for people to sign.

Regional TV showed a former army chief, Gen Samera Yonus, signing the book:

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The funerals of the two generals will be held later in Mekelle.

The funerals for the four other officials who died following Saturday's incidents are also due to take place.

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has expressed his condolences after five members of Lesotho's Under-16 girls team died in a car accident in neighbouring South Africa on Saturday.

Four of the girls died at the scene and a fifth is in hospital in the South African city of Bloemfontein, the Federation of Lesotho Rugby said.

The government said the deaths were a "national tragedy", and the Basotho people should "bow their heads and mourn".

The team was on its way to Bloemfontein for a match, external when the accident happened, it added in a statement.

It did not give details of the crash.

The outspoken US ambassador to Kenya has questioned the credibility of people protesting against the building of a coal plant on the coast.

Campaigners in Kenya who fear their country is turning its back on its green goals are hoping to halt construction of the plant that they say would increase greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.

But Kyle McCarter says he does "not see highly paid protestors as credible".

In an earlier tweet he described coal as "the cleanest least costly option" to the country's power shortages.

His comments come as a Kenyan court is expected to rule on a challenge by environmentalists to the opening of the plant.

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A 23-year-old former beauty queen in The Gambia, Fatou "Toufah" Jallow, has said she was raped in 2015 by ex-President Yahya Jammeh when he was in office.

Her testimony is part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report that details another alleged rape and sexual assault by Mr Jammeh.

The BBC tried to contact Mr Jammeh, who now lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea, about the allegations.

A spokesman for his APRC party denied the accusations made against Mr Jammeh.

"We as a party and The Gambian people are tired of the steady stream of unfounded allegations that have been reported against our ex-president," said Ousman Rambo Jatta, in a written statement to the BBC.

Ms Jallow told the BBC she wanted to meet Mr Jammeh, 54, in court so he could face justice.

"I've really tried to hide the story and erase it and make sure it's not part of me."

Ms Jallow said she was 18 when she met Mr Jammeh after winning a beauty pageant in 2014 in the capital, Banjul.

In the months following her coronation, she said the former president acted as a father figure.

But after she refused an offer of marriage she was asked to attend a ceremony at state house. She was then taken to the president's private residence and raped.

Read more about what happened to Toufah Jallow.

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Groups of angry young people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray state were seen chanting anti-government slogans as the bodies of the two generals killed in Saturday's violence were returned home for Wednesday's burial.

Army chief Gen Seare Mekonnen and Brig Gen Gezai Abera were shot dead during an alleged coup attempt in Amhara state.

Tens of thousands of mourners lined the route from the airport in Tigray's state capital, Mekelle, to the city centre. People were seen holding impromptu candlelit vigils in Martyrs' Square.

As the crowds were dispersing groups of young people were chanting angrily and putting the blame for the generals' deaths on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

They also shouted: "Seare is not dead."

The Tigray state government has declared three days of mourning and condolence books have been opened for people to share their thoughts.

The funeral service is expected to start at 15:00 local time (12:00 GMT).

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In the final set of initial group matches at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt, Ghana and Benin drew while title holders Cameroon beat Guinea-Bissau.

Andre and Jordan Ayew were both on target as 10-man Ghana were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw in Ismailia.

In the other match, Cameroon's Yaya Banana opened the scoring and then Stephane Bahoken capitalised on a defensive mix-up three minutes later to seal the points for Clarence Seedorf's side in a 2-0 win, also in Ismailia.

Wednesday's matches are:

• Nigeria v Guinea
• Uganda v Zimbabwe
• Egypt v DR Congo

You can follow all the Afcon news here.

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The Kenyan government has distanced itself from comments by an MP who said that foreign business people who work in his constituency in the capital, Nairobi, should close their businesses and leave the country.

In a clip that has been widely shared on social media, Charles Njagua Kanyi, elected for the governing Jubilee party, talked about people from Tanzania, Uganda and China.

"When you look at our market, Tanzanians and Ugandans have taken our business, enough is enough, if we will give them 24 hours and they will not leave, we will beat them and we are not scared of anyone," he can be seen saying as people around him cheer in agreement.

He then repeats the phrase "enough is enough" as people applaud.

In recent months, Kenyan traders in the large Gikomba market have been complaining about alleged illegal competition from Chinese traders.

Earlier this month, the government said it would deport a number of Chinese nationals who had been found to be working without the correct paperwork.

But there is no tangible evidence to prove that they had the incorrect documents or that they have actually been deported.

"We are not talking about the six Chinese, we are talking about hundreds of people who come to work here," Mr Kanyi said.

In a statement, the government said it condemned the comments "in the strongest terms".

It added: "Kenyans are [a] peace loving people who have over the years coexisted with others of different nationalities. This is a value that we cherish as a nation and wish to uphold."

The government also stressed that all foreigners who wanted to invest in the country would be safe.

Many ordinary people have also been commenting.

The MP "is openly instigating xenophobia... He needs to travel around to see how many Kenyans are doing business across the region and the globe," a Ugandan citizen is quoted as saying in responses shared on WhatsApp.

Read more:

• Letter from Africa: Kenya's love-hate relationship with Chinese traders

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Eritrean Catholic bishops have called for “fasting and prayers” in the ongoing row with the government.

In the last few weeks the government has closed health centres and clinics run by the church.

The bishops have been critical of what they say is a lack of justice and bad governance by President Isaias Afwerki's government.

On Monday, government security agents arrested a nun and another worker for not handing over the keys for their health centre in Anseba region sources told the BBC.

The religious leaders say the recent events had "saddened our church and people”.

“Let’s especially remember in our prayers, the patients who were affected by the measure taken and those who could be affected," they said.

In their “Peace for All” letter in April, they said “despite the peace [with Ethiopia] the people have not found peace and hope”.

They expressed, at the time, their concern at the alarming rate of young people leaving the country in the wake of the opening of the borders with Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, on Sunday in the city of Keren, followers of Faith Mission church were arrested in a raid by government security, reports say.

Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC Amharic Service, Addis Ababa

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This has been a sombre ceremony full of religious and military symbolism. Priests from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church led the prayers, chanting hymns for the departed.

The top brass of Ethiopian military would later line up one by one as they saluted in front of the caskets of Gen Seare Mekonnen and his colleague Brig Gen Gezai Abera who was also killed on Saturday.

Throughout the ceremony Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held his head in his hands as he shed tears.

As one general broke down while paying his tributes, Mr Abiy reached out to embrace President Sahle Work.

There were tributes from Gen Seare’s son and his colleagues who all described him as a loyal servant.

Hundreds of people turned up here from early morning. The majority were locked out with no space to accommodate them in the large venue.

Gen Seare’s coffin was draped in the Ethiopian flag and will be flown to his birthplace in the northern region of Tigray for burial.

His killing has reignited concerns about the security and stability of a country that only a year ago was on the brink of collapse, following four years of violent anti-government protests. For now, though, Ethiopia seems to be united in grief and mourning.