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Kenya could run out of pilots if not enough young people train for the job, the president and founder of Young Aviators Club of Africa is quoted the the Star newspaper as saying., external

Mercy Makau said many pilots are now in their 40s and once they reach 65, they will no longer be allowed to fly.

Potential young pilots are put off by the cost of training as a pilot, the newspaper adds., external.

It costs $58,000 (£47,000) to obtain both licences needed to fly a commercial aircraft, it reports.

Kenya is also losing out on pilots to international carriers which pay more. In April, 130 pilots moved to airlines in the Middle East for better pay, the East African newspaper reported.

There were only 430 pilots in the country, the newspaper added.

Read: Teen pilots from from Cape Town to Cairo

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A spokesperson for one of the main civilian groups in Sudan has given a lukewarm reception to news from the capital, Khartoum, that the military and civilians have reached a deal aimed at forming a power-sharing government

"It's very sort of basic and generic," Dr Sara Abdelgalil, a spokesperson for the opposition Sudan Professionals Association told the BBC's Newsday programme.

"It's the first step about the power sharing, but it's not very detailed. The second round of discussions or negotiations is the constitutional declaration. It's fear and hope. There's nothing to celebrate."

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Sudan's military rulers have reached a deal with the opposition aimed at forming a power-sharing government and ending months of unrest.

The agreement was signed in the capital, Khartoum, in the presence of mediators from the African Union, following overnight talks.

The deal was announced by Mahmoud Dardir, an envoy for the Ethiopian government.

He said:

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Rwandan authorities have ruled out closing the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in response to the Ebola outbreak there.

Health Minister Diane Gashumba told the BBC that the recent death from Ebola of a pastor who had been in the Congolese city of Goma, near the Rwandan border, was not sufficient reason to shut the border crossing.

She said DR Congo officials had responded perfectly to events in Goma.

More than 1,600 people have died since the Ebola outbreak began in DR Congo a year ago.

The World Health Organization will again consider later on Wednesday, whether it should be declared an international health emergency.

Announcing the signing of a deal that paves the way for power sharing in Sudan, the deputy head of Sudan's transitional military council Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagolo said he was "pleased this morning to give good tidings to the great Sudanese people of the signing with initials of the political agreement”.

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A senior member of Rwanda's main opposition FDU-Inkingi is missing in the east of the country, party leader Victoire Ingabire said.

Eugène Ndereyimana was due at a meeting on Tuesday in the Nyagatare district but never arrived, she added.

Rwanda police have not commented on the incident.

Ms Ingabire told the BBC that they had not been able to reach the missing politician on his mobile phones nor had he returned home or reported back to the party.

She said his family and party were "worried" for the life of the missing politician, recalling that her own personal secretary, Anselme Mutuyimana, went missing in March and was later found dead in a forest in western Rwanda.

The opposition in Rwanda has accused the government of intolerance and violations of human rights, accusations that authorities have always denied.

The deputy head of Sudan's ruling military council, Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagolo, has said the political agreement that has just been signed is a "historic moment" for the country, AFP news agency reports.

A second agreement on constitutional issues still needs to be finalised.

The transitional military council and civilians have signed a political agreement that is part of a power-sharing deal, pictures from Sudan TV show.

Reuters news agency reports that the signing came after overnight talks as the two sides tried to work out differences. A further agreement - a constitutional declaration - is expected to be signed on Friday.

A South African youth choir, set up to help young people boost their confidence, has made it through to the live television rounds of the US talent show America's Got Talent.

The Ndlovu Youth Choir, from a rural part of Limpopo province, performed their take on Shakira’s version of the song Waka Waka, famously performed by a Cameroonian group called Zangalewa.

"Art and music are the greatest ambassadors for any country and you guys - it's an amazing thing, it's beautiful," one of the judges, Brad Paisley, said.

The choir have been tweeting about making it through to the next round:

You can learn more about the story of the choir here:

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State-owned Sudan Radio is reporting that talks between the ruling military council and opposition leaders have continued overnight in Khartoum in a bid to finalise a transitional power-sharing deal agreed on 5 July.

"The Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change (FDFC) are continuing their meetings at the Corinthia Hotel in Khartoum to discuss the constitutional document," Sudan Radio said.

"Meetings have been going on since yesterday until now and the two sides are discussing a number of issues in the agenda," it added.

The power-sharing agreement envisions a 39-month transition period led by a joint sovereign council, with the TMC and FDFC holding the rotational presidency, with the military in charge for 21 months and the civilians having 18 months.

However, the deal has reportedly been held up by the FDFC’s rejection of the granting of absolute immunity to the TMC, which it accuses of ordering a deadly crackdown on protesters last month.

A press conference is due to be held on the outcome of the overnight talks.

Seventeen people who worked for the gambling industry in Kenya are being deported by the authorities.

The government is clamping down on online sports betting which it says is a curse on the country's youth.

Gambling has become a multi-million dollar industry in Kenya, where mobile phone technology has made placing bets very easy.

The government has suspended the licences of more than 20 companies, including the high-profile SportPesa company.

In part of efforts to enforce the licence suspension, the authorities told mobile phone companies to shutdown the phone numbers used by people to place bets.

The privately owned Daily Nation reports that the 17 targeted for deportation are directors of some of the betting firms that have not had their licences renewed. It adds, quoting sources, that some have already been deported back to Europe.

Government officials have expressed concern about the money that some, especially young people, are spending on gambling.

In part of its efforts to resume business, SportPesa has been releasing statistics which it says show that the company complies with government regulations and that it does not allow underage betting.

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Beyonce has released the track list of the album that she has produced to accompany The Lion King remake and it reads like a who's who of top African musicians.

Nigerian pop stars Tiwa Savage and Mr Eazi perform the song Keys to the Kingdom, with the latter also appearing alongside fellow Nigerians Tekno and Yemi Alade on Don’t Jealous Me.

Nigeria’s Burna Boy has a solo track, Ja Ara E, while Cameroonian artist Salatiel appears alongside Beyonce and Pharrell Williams on Water.

Other African artists include Nigeria’s Wizkid, Ghana’s Shatta Wale, and South Africa’s Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly.

When she first announced the project last week, Beyonce said it "was important that the music was not only performed by the most interesting and talented artists but also produced by the best African producers", adding that "authenticity and heart were important to me”.

The album entitled The Lion King: The Gift, is to be released on Friday. It features four new solo songs alongside collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Childish Gambino, Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy and more.

It is separate from the soundtrack to The Lion King, though the Beyonce song Spirit, which incorporates Swahili lyrics, appears on both.

The manager of one of South Africa's most celebrated musicians, Johnny Clegg, who has died from cancer at the age of 66, remembers him as a "complete warrior and fighter".

Known as the "white Zulu", Clegg was a vocal critic of the apartheid government which ruled until 1994.

His manager, Roddy Quin, told the BBC's Newsday programme that he was threatened by the security police at that time, but he was not intimidated.

The British-born musician, who uniquely blended western and Zulu music, was diagnosed with cancer in 2015.

Clegg - a white man who learnt to speak and sing in Zulu - became a symbol of democratic South Africa and was chosen to sing at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in 2013.

Listen to what his manager told Newsday:

In South Africa, people have been tweeting their condolences, including the country's culture minister.

Nathi Mthethwa described him as "a towering giant":

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A British politician has admitted she secretly worked for the data firm Cambridge Analytica on a controversial 2017 election campaign in Kenya, according to an exclusive report by Channel 4 News in the UK, external.

The broadcaster says Brexit Party MEP Alexandra Phillips initially denied the reports and threatened to sue the TV channel, but adds that it uncovered an audio recording from 2017 in which Ms Philiips reportedly admitted to being "employed by Cambridge Analytica".

Last week, US regulators approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, amid investigations into allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to 87 million Facebook users.

Last year, footage emerged in which Cambridge Analytica bosses were apparently caught on camera boasting of the control they had exerted in Kenya's 2017 election, which saw President Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected.

The company denies any wrongdoing.

At the time, Mr Kenyatta's Jubilee party downplayed the impact of the group, saying they employed the company's parent company, SCL, to help with branding.

Channel 4 News says Ms Phillips admitted working for SCL on the campaign, reportedly telling the broadcaster on Monday night:

More on this topic:

• Kenya Cambridge Analytica's Kenya election role 'must be investigated'
• How the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal unfolded

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The BBC has found evidence that the head of Africa's football governing body claimed and received expenses for being in two different countries at the same time during last year's World cup.

According to documents seen by the BBC, Ahmad signed for daily allowances that stated he was in Egypt and signed others claiming he was in Russia.

In response, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) told the BBC that Mr Ahmad would co-operate with the world governing body, Fifa, which is set to conduct an audit of Caf's finances.

Mr Ahmad is being investigated by both Fifa and the French authorities over other allegations of corruption.

He has denied any wrongdoing in previous statements.

Read more on the BBC's African Football page

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Ten Turkish sailors who were on board a cargo ship off the Nigerian coast have been taken hostage by pirates.

The ship's operator, Kadıoğlu Maritime, said the vessel, Paksoy-1, was sailing without freight between Cameroon and Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded.

The attackers damaged the vessel's navigational equipment damaged before leaving with their hostages.

Eight other sailors managed to escape, sailing the ship to Ghanaian territorial waters.

Pirates operating from Nigeria have in the past demanded ransoms for the safe return of hostages.

The BBC's Nigeria correspondent, Mayeni Jones, says that piracy has become common in the country over the past decade but there has been a decline in attacks in the last 12 months - from 22 in the first quarter of 2018 to 14 in the same period this year.

The International Maritime Bureau says this is due to an increase in Nigerian navy patrols but warns that Nigerian waters remain risky.

Bill Kasanda is a Kenyan superbiker and actor who refuses to allow an accident in which he lost a leg stop him from doing the things he loves.

He said the accident, which happened during a race with his friends in 2015, has made him even more determined to live his life in the fast lane.

Watch more from BBC Africa Sport here.