A plane erupts in applause as a Canadian doctor delivers a baby on a flight to Uganda.

Gabon score a controversial late equaliser against Ghana to draw their Africa Cup of Nations Group C game 1-1.

England beat New Zealand 49-46 despite trailing by eight in the first half after Australia secure comfortable 60-40 over South Africa

Gabadinho Mhango scores twice as Malawi come back to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 and boost their hopes of reaching the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco advance to the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 victory over debutants Comoros in Group C.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team until Monday morning, when we'll be back at bbc.com/africalive

There will be an automated news feed until then. You can also get the latest news from our website or listen to the Africa Today podcast.

Here's a reminder of Friday's wise words:

Click here to send us your Africa proverbs.

And we leave you with this shot of a camel rider in South Sinai, Egypt - it's one of our favourite shots from the past week:

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DJ Edu
Presenter of This Is Africa on BBC World Service

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Singer, songwriter and rapper Naomi Achu is from the troubled English-speaking part of Cameroon: Bamenda to be precise.

But as a diplomat’s daughter she has spent time in many different countries, including the UK. It has given her an international perspective - which means she doesn’t identify with the us-versus-them mentality that is dividing her Anglophone and Francophone countrymen:

In her song All Around the World, Naomi describes herself as La Reina International, and lists activities including import-export in China and sipping margaritas in Columbia.

Her sound is sophisticated – you could say international – but it is strongly African too.

One of my favourites is her song Busy Body, which was inspired by her mother and countless other tireless African women who seem never to sleep. It has a strong resemblance at times to Fela Kuti’s African Woman.

Naomi sees herself as a storyteller and prides herself on telling stories that are not often told in music. Her most recent hit for example, Bill Collector, sees her assuming the persona of an extravagant spender living for today and wracking up debt on credit cards which will be sorted tomorrow.

“I know it’s a thing in Africa where we want to show we are the richest person on the block, we want to show that we’re the most successful, so I just wanted to put that out there - ‘cause Bill Collector you don’t hear songs like that a lot.”

Naomi is living in the US at the moment, but will be cheering on her team at the Africa Cup of Nations:

So what about music, and artists - do they have a role to play in healing Cameroon?

You can hear DJ Edu’s conversation with Naomi Achu on This is Africa this Saturday, on BBC World Service radio and partner stations across Africa, as well as online here: BBCworldservice.com/thisisafrica

The deputy Speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo's lower house of parliament - the national assembly - has resigned, citing "bullying, humiliation, and torture" in a statement posted to Twitter.

Jean-Marc Kabund is the current chairman of the ruling party. He succeeded the country's president, Félix Tshisekedi, at the head of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress.

Early on Friday afternoon, he tweeted the following:

The surprising move comes just a few days after CCTV emerged appearing to show soldiers from President Tshisekedi's republican guard storming his home and arresting one person.

Mr Kabund had been a close ally of Mr Tshisekedi.

Israel Campos
BBC News

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Twenty-seven tonnes of maize was reportedly stolen from the port of the Angolan city of Benguela.

The goods, bought for Angola's Strategic Food Reserve, arrived in Angola from Argentina in December last year.

Five men, including an Eritrean and a Chinese man, have since been arrested, according to Agência Lusa, external.

The goods were diverted from trucks leaving the Port of Lobito, police said. Officers also assured the public they are working to clarify the details of how the crime happened.

At the end of last year, the Angolan government created the Strategic Food Reserve aiming to reduce the price of groceries.

Lalla Sy
BBC News

Thousands of Malians have taken to the streets of the capital, Bamako, to rally behind the president of the transition, Col Assimi Goïta, and to demonstrate against the sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas).

The military government called for the population to mobilise throughout the country and in the diaspora, to prove the popularity of Col Assimi's regime.

The sanctions, which include the closure of Mali's borders and a trade embargo, came after the military government announced a long delay to the elections originally planned for February.

Many Malians also expressed their views on social media, accusing Ecowas of being the instrument of foreign powers and an outdated club of leaders cut off from the people.

Friday’s demonstration brought together several civil society organisations, political parties, and teachers' unions hostile to Ecowas’ position.

The United Nations General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, asked Mali to present an acceptable electoral agenda on the eve of the protest.

He also promised that the sanctions would be progressively lifted once this is done by the Malian government.

England beat South Africa and Australia overcome New Zealand in the opening matches of the Quad Series at the Copper Box Arena in London - listen to BBC radio commentary.

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Tunisian police have used water canons to disperse hundreds of protesters who have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the country's president, despite coronavirus restrictions.

The protesters are unhappy with some of President Kaïs Saïed's recent measures including the suspension of parliament in July, which he extended in December.

He has since ruled by decree.

At Friday's protests, some of the people chanted "down with the coup" according to the AFP news agency.

Despite fierce criticism other citizens have supported the president, saying he is tackling corruption.

The country is marking 11 years on since the downfall of its late leader, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country in 2011 as his authority crumbled.

Read more:

• Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator’s frantic last hours

Senegal and Guinea both move closer to reaching the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations following a 0-0 draw in their Group B game.

Jose Tembe
BBC News, Maputo

Suspected Islamist Militants have killed three people in Nangade and Ibo districts in attacks in the northern Cabo Delgado province that have led many other people to flee for their lives, reports say.

Property is thought to have been destroyed in Ibo, as well as fish stolen.

Despite authorities committing to keeping troops from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in the region, as well as the announcement of the destruction of the jihadists' main bases, small groups of the militants continue to attack parts of the province.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has met two American rappers, Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, to discuss how to improve links between musicians in the two countries, as well as how to promote Ghana's musical talent.

Photos of the meeting were posted on the Instagram page of Beyond The Return, a follow-up campaign of Ghana's Year Of Return in 2019, which encouraged members of the African diaspora to visit the country.

While some people left comments praising the meeting, others thought it a waste of time.

One person commented on Twitter that the president was meeting "unnecessary people" and should "get better things do".

Correction 19 January 2022: This post has been amended for editorial reasons

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Ethiopia's government has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate its own boss, the Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for what it describes as his "harmful misinformation" and "misconduct" over the country's conflict.

"He has been interfering in the internal affairs of Ethiopia, including Ethiopia's relations with the state of Eritrea,", external the government said.

It also warned that Dr Tedros could threaten the integrity of the health body.

Just this week, Dr Tedros described living conditions in war-hit Tigray as "hell" and accused the government of preventing vital medicine entering the region.

Meanwhile the government has accused its opposition - the Tigray rebels - of blocking aid.

All sides in the conflict have been accused of attacking or confiscating aid supplies.

Addis Ababa has previously accused Dr Tedros of supporting the Tigray rebels during Ethiopia's civil war, which he has denied.

Dr Tedros is Tigrayan and was health minister in a previous Ethiopian government, which was led by the TPLF.

Read more:

• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The Ethiopian at the heart of the coronavirus fight
• Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What's stopping aid getting in?

Roberto 'Pico' Lopes insists Cape Verde will not be overawed by taking on hosts Cameroon in their final Group A game at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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At least 108 civilians have been killed by airstrikes in northern Ethiopia in the past two weeks, the United Nations (UN) said.

Some 75 others had been injured in strikes allegedly carried out by the Ethiopian air force, the UN human rights office said.

The federal government has previously denied attacking civilians in Tigray.

On Thursday, Addis Ababa asked the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom, to stop talking about the situation in Tigray, which he has described as "hell-like".

Dr Tedros, who comes from the region, said a blockade was preventing medicines from reaching people in the area.

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Uganda is set to destroy 400,000 unused coronavirus vaccines, which had been supplied for use in the north of the country.

Most of the unused doses are Moderna and Astrazeneca.

The batches are thought to now be expired, according to Uganda's online paper, Monitor., external

It comes as the country has reached less than half of its target to vaccinate 22 million people, the same source said.

"Moderna is ultra-frozen - it has to be thawed. Before use, when it was unutilized in Acholi we took it to western Uganda but couldn't utilise it before 30 days," Uganda's news site Nile Post quotes Health Minister Jane Aceng as saying., external

She attributed the low vaccine uptake to unproven health myths, it continued.

Disrupted preparations are a factor in a low-scoring start to the Africa Cup of Nations, according to former manager Claude Le Roy.