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Police in Israel clashed with Ethiopian Israeli protesters in several cities as they tried to clear demonstrations that followed the burial of a teenager of Ethiopian descent who had been shot dead on Sunday by an off-duty policeman.

Demonstrators were complaining of marginalisation and victimisation.

The Jerusalem Post reports, external that the protests had brought the country "to a standstill" on Tuesday.

Forty-seven police officers were wounded and 60 demonstrators were detained as police cleared 15 road junctions, police said in a statement quoted by AFP news agency.

"We'll do whatever we can to make sure police will stop killing people because of their skin colour," one protester, told AFP.

"We don't know if this is going to happen again or not," he said of Sunday's killing.

In a video statement, external, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his sympathy over the death of the young man, but appealed to demonstrators to stop blocking the junctions.

The officer accused of killing Solomon Tekah, 18, has been detained on suspicion of manslaughter.

A police statement said the officer, who was not on duty, was trying to separate two young people who had been having a row. The two men then turned on the policeman, who opened fire fearing for his own safety, the statement says.

But an eyewitness quoted by Ha'aretz newspaper said that the officer had threatened the youths with his weapon first.

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At least 40 people have been killed by an air strike that hit a migrant detention centre in Libya, officials say.

Another 80 are reported to have been wounded in the explosion, which happened at a facility in an eastern suburb of the capital, Tripoli.

The majority of those killed are reported to be African migrants.

In recent years, Libya has been a key springboard for migrants seeking to travel to Europe.

The country has been torn by violence and division since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011.

Osama Ali, a spokesman for the emergency services, told AFP that 120 migrants had been in a hangar which was directly hit by the strike.

He added that more people may have been killed because the death toll so far was "a preliminary assessment".

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A relative of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been rescued from kidnappers after a gun battle in the northern city of Kano, police say.

Officers raided a hideout where Musa Umar had been held since his abduction two months ago.

Kano police spokesman Haruna Abdullahi is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that Mr Umar was rescued unhurt, arrests were made, and arms and ammunition found.

A police officer quoted by the agency said 11 members of the kidnap gang had been arrested and one was killed during the gunfight.

The officer, who asked not to be named, said the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of $11m (£8.7m).

Mr Umar was kidnapped on 2 May by four gunmen in Daura, Mr Buhari's hometown.

Kidnapping for ransom was once confined to Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, but has now spread to the north of the country.

Travellers in the north-western states of Zamfara, Kaduna and Katsina have been targeted by gangs based in the surrounding forests.

Read: How Nigeria and its president are being held to ransom

Ade Daramy
Banjul, The Gambia

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A former member of the military junta that brought Yahya Jammeh to power in The Gambia in July 1994 has been charged with murder.

Yankuba Touray had refused to testify before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC), which is investigating human rights violations alleged to have been committed during Mr Jammeh's 22-year rule.

The former president was forced from office in January 2017 after regional powers sent in troops when he refused to give up power.

Witnesses who are called to appear before the TRRC must tell the truth to forego any sanctions for crimes alleged to have been committed.

Mr Touray has been charged with the murder in 1996 of Ousman Koro Ceesay, the junta’s finance minister.

Other witnesses had told the tribunal that the murder had allegedly taken place in Mr Touray’s house and that he had participated in the killing, beating Mr Ceesay with a large pestle.

Mr Touray’s evidence had been eagerly awaited, but when he sat in the witness room last week, he wore what can only be described as a disdainful smirk and refused to testify.

When asked his first question, he got up, gave a talk-to-the-hand gesture and walked out.

He felt that he should have immunity from prosecution because he was a member of junta’s council, effectively the cabinet.

But the attorney general disagreed and Mr Touray was subsequently arrested and will now face trial.

Read: Torture revelations transfix The Gambia

Tesfalem Araia
BBC Tigrinya

Eritrea and Sudan have agreed to reopen border crossings following talks in Asmara between Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and the deputy head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council, Lt-Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemeti.

Sudan had closed the border in 2018, citing concerns over illegal crossings and human trafficking.

On Tuesday, Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Meskel tweeted that the two sides had agreed to set up a "joint committee to chart the modalities and monitor the implementation of the agreement”.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries had not been good under Sudan’s long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted earlier this year.

There has been intensive shuttle diplomacy between Khartoum and Asmara in the last few weeks, and Eritrea has expressed strong support for the Transitional Military Council.

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The mediators attempting to resolve the political crisis in Sudan have called on the Transitional Military Council and the opposition to hold direct talks on Wednesday.

The Ethiopian representative, Mahmoud Dirir, said both sides had agreed to a framework presented by the African Union, but remained in dispute over who should lead the country into elections.

Negotiations broke down shortly before the military broke up the mass sit-in outside their headquarters a month ago, with the loss of more than 100 lives.

Demonstrations resumed on Sunday when tens of thousands again took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and other towns and cities across Sudan.

The president of Madagascar has chartered a plane to fly fans to watch the first knock-out round of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt.

Tournament debutants Madagascar have been the surprise package of group stage, beating one of the favourites Nigeria to earn a tie against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Excitement has been building on the island since Sunday's victory and President Andry Rajoelina is making a 480-seat plane available.

But... he's not paying for it. Fans are being asked to stump up $600 (£480; €530) for the round trip and seats to the game.

Madagascar face a tough tie - they are ranked 108th in the world, to DR Congo's 49th place.

Thomas Naadi
BBC Africa, Accra

Pressure is growing on the Ghanaian government to commission an independent investigation into allegations that two journalists were tortured by national security agents.

The journalists were arrested after publishing stories that called for the sacking of Ghana's national security minister.

One of the stories was an opinion piece suggesting that Albert Kan-Dapaah, the national security minister, was plotting to take over the leadership of Ghana's governing New Patriotic Party ahead of elections next year.

A second article focused on a group lobbying President Nana Akufo-Addo to fire the minister.

The two journalists from the online news site ModernGhana.com were arrested last Thursday and accused of engaging in cybercrime. They deny the charge and say they were tortured in custody.

One of the journalists, Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri, said he and his colleague had their heads were covered with polythene bags and that they were repeatedly beaten and tasered by security men.

They have now been released. Ghana's National Security Secretariat has denied the allegations of torture, which have been widely reported in the country.

The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has called for the national security minister to resign.

Ghana is generally a media-friendly country, but recent developments - including the unresolved murder of an undercover reporter Ahmed Hussein Suale - have prompted criticism from rights groups at home and abroad.

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The UN World Food Programme says it will more than double its aid to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 300,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting.

The WFP said many of those displaced were malnourished and had moved numerous times, seeking safety in towns or in the bush.

It said that DR Congo was experiencing the second worst food crisis in the world, after Yemen.

Local officials said at least 160 civilians have died in Ituri province in the past three weeks, where there has been an increase in fighting between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups.

The president of the Algerian parliament has submitted his resignation amid continuing political upheaval fuelled by mass protests.

Mouad Bouchareb is the latest high-profile political figure to stand down after demands for his removal by anti-government demonstrators.

The pressure from the streets in Algeria has continued since protesters forced the veteran President Abdelaziz Bouterflika to stand down three months ago.

Still in the sights of the demonstrators are the leading figures of the country's ruling elite. The protesters have been chanting for the dismissal of what they call the three Bs - including the interim president and the prime minister - all of whose names start with a B.

One of their number, Tayeb Belaiz - head of the constitutional council - stood down in April. Now, a fourth B - Mouad Bouchareb - has gone too, after many MPs demanded his resignation to try to quell public anger.

But a clear path out of Algeria's political turmoil has yet to emerge.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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South Africa's third-largest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is to withdraw its support from opposition-run coalition governments in hung municipalities, potentially causing their collapse.

EFF leader Julius Malema said his party would no longer vote with the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in all municipalities where its support was required.

The radical EFF increased its support in recent elections and emerged as kingmaker in many municipalities. But it does not have outright control of any of them. It had wanted the DA to back it in some of those places – in return for its support in hung municipalities.

However, the DA rejected the EFF's proposal, prompting the EFF to withdraw its support.

"We can’t be government if we are not voted for by DA," Mr Malema said. "Power-sharing means give and take. The DA doesn’t appreciate that. It’s done. It’s finished.”

The opposition parties together control several metropolitan areas - including the capital Pretoria and the main commercial city of Johannesburg - where the African National Congress (ANC) did not obtain an outright majority.

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Meron Hadero is one of five authors up for this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing, external - the winner will be announced next Monday.

Born in Addis Ababa, Meron came to the US as a child and her work often reflects what life is like for refugees.

She has been nominated for her story The Wall, narrated by an Ethiopian-born child in 1980s Iowa after his arrival from Berlin in then-West Germany.

Unable to speak English, but fluent in Amharic and German, he meets a German-born university professor called Johannes Weill in a community centre.

In this extract, he describes how he feels when spoken to in German.

You can click here, external to read the whole story, or listen to it here, external.

This week all five of the shortlisted authors are being featured on BBC Africa Live - and BBC Focus on Africa radio will have full coverage of the Caine Prize ceremony and winner, who will win £10,000 ($12,600).

Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, South Africa

Municipal authorities in the South African city of Cape Town have come under harsh criticism for fining homeless people for obstructing pavements and erecting overnight shelters in public spaces.

The law allows police to fine anyone making a fire in public up to 1,500 South African rand ($100; £85) while anyone obstructing pedestrian traffic - for instance by building an overnight shelter - could be fined 300 rand ($20; £17).

City officials say they have been inundated in recent weeks by complaints from residents objecting to the increase of makeshift shelters in their neighbourhoods.

Critics of the fine have described it as inhumane. There have been calls for the city to instead focus on providing more shelters for the homeless.

Kenyan blogger Robert Alai has been granted cash bail after being detained for 14 days for publishing a picture showing the bodies of policemen killed in an attack by Islamist militants from the al-Shabab group.

At least eight Kenyan police officers were killed last month in the northern town of Wajir after their car hit a roadside bomb near the Somali border.

The state prosecutor said Mr Alai had published the image with the "intent of helping" al-Shabab.

Mr Alai has denied the two charges of treachery and disclosure of information against the law.

He could be jailed for life if found guilty, the Daily Nation news site , externalquotes presiding Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi as saying.

Mr Alai was released on a cash bail of $2,900 (£2,300), and his case will be heard on 8 August.

Hany Abo Rida, the president of Egyptian Football Association, floats the idea of hosting a World Cup in the country in 2030.

Suspected Islamist militants have attacked an army camp in western Niger, killing at least 18 soldiers, the Niger government said.

The attack took place on Monday afternoon at a camp at Inates, along the border with Mali, a defence ministry statement said.

The attackers detonated two car bombs at the camp before opening opening fire from motorcycles, the statement said.

The assault was repulsed with the help of US and French aircraft, which forced the attackers back across the border to Mali.

Niger is battling an Islamist insurgency spanning several countries in the impoverished region.

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Shingai Nyoka
BBC Africa, Harare

Zimbabwe’s energy ministry issued a confusing tweet on Tuesday in which he appeared to apologise for lying about a $10m (£7.9m) government energy payment to South Africa’s power utility company Eskom.

"Lies have short legs. This is what I lied about. I am sorry," wrote Fortune Chasi in the tweet.

He attached a proof of purchase to the tweet, showing the money was paid on 1 July.

He later clarified that the apology was sarcastic, and that although he said last week that the money had been paid - before the payment went through - the payment had been approved last week.

Zimbabwe owes both Mozambique and South Africa tens of millions in arrears for electricity supply.

Cyuzuzo Samba
BBC Great Lakes, Nairobi

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Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has made a posthumous award to Papy Faty, a player for the national football team who collapsed and died earlier this year during a game.

Faty was part of the Burundi squad that qualified in March for the Africa Cup of Nations. He died a month later, while playing for his club in Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland.

The award was presented to Faty's mother, along with two million Burundian francs (£862; $1,089), during Burundi's 57th Independence Day celebrations.

Awards were also presented to outstanding figures in Burundi’s education, diplomacy, army and police services.