The surprises, shocks and upsets of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) have gripped millions of viewers around the world.
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Image source, Getty ImagesStowaways rarely survive long flights
A man who survived stowed away beneath the nose-wheel arch of a cargo plane is conscious and able to communicate.
He is currently receiving medical treatment in hospital.
The Cargolux freight flight he was discovered on flew from Johannesburg to Amsterdam via Nairobi.
A spokesperson for the Dutch military police told the BBC: "It is expected he will apply for asylum in the Netherlands, but his medical treatment is the priority at the moment."
It is very unusual for stowaways on long flights to survive, due to the cold and low oxygen at high altitudes.
Dutch police are communicating with South African and Kenyan authorities to establish where he boarded.
The man's age and nationality have not yet been determined, police say.
In the past five years, seven stowaways have been discovered on planes in the Netherlands, only two of them were alive.
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Image source, AFPMozambique has experienced devastating cyclones in the past
Mozambican weather authorities say a tropical storm, which is likely to turn into a cyclone, is expected to hit the mainland through the northern province of Nampula.
The authorities warn more than 500,000 people in central and northern regions could be affected, including displacement by floods, damaged properties and loss of crops - with many expected to need shelter, food and clothing.
Some 76 health centres and other infrastructure in the country may be partially or completely damaged by the storm, according to the weather authorities.
The country's National Institute of Meteorology (Inam) said the storm, which hit Madagascar on Saturday, was already in the Mozambique Channel and was progressively moving towards the coast.
It is expected to land in Nampula on Monday, lasting in Mozambique until Thursday.
Heavy rains are expected to affect the provinces of Nampula, Zambézia, Niassa and Sofala, Tete and Manica, according to Inam's spokesman Acácio Tembe.
The national disaster risk management institute is already preparing to support potential victims and trying to avoid the worst.
State television in Burkina Faso is under military control, multiple sources say.
Soldiers are reported to have surrounded the television station in the capital Ouagadougou and there has been no live programming on Monday morning, although it remains on air.
Reuters news agency says cars belonging to the presidency have been found riddled with bullet holes near the home of President Roch Kaboré in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:
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Image source, ReutersMr Kaboré has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers. Some troops in the West African nation have demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants.
"Last night there was gunfire heard in the vicinity of the president's home and there [had] been a helicopter overhead pretty much all evening until about four o'clock in the morning," said San Mednick, a journalist for the Associated Press, in Ouagadougou.
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BBC News, Kampala
Image source, AFPUganda has administered more than 1.2 million Covid vaccines
The economy in Uganda fully reopens on Monday after nearly two years of closure for some businesses.
Bars, nightclubs, theatres and other sections of the entertainment and night economy were officially closed in March 2020.
Some bars and other entertainment centres have been secretly operating, while others permanently shut their doors.
Monday also marks the lifting of the dusk-to-dawn curfew, except for motorcycle taxis, known as boda boda, which are only allowed to operate until 19:00 local time.
President Yoweri Museveni had in his end-of-year national address directed that the rest of the economy could reopen two weeks after schools had resumed in-person classes.
Following a spike in positive Covid cases around Christmas time, the country has been recording an average of 300 cases per day in recent days.
More than 1.2 million doses of Covid vaccines have been administered so far, and Uganda has begun giving out booster jabs to priority groups.
Burkina Faso President Roch Kaboré has been detained at a military camp, the Reuters news agency has reported.
It comes amid confusion on where the president is.
Reuters cites two security sources and a West African diplomat as saying that he had been detained by mutinying soldiers.
Shots were earlier heard near the presidential residence in the capital and gunshots were fired in several barracks amid a mutiny by soldiers.
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Image source, Government of BeninFlorent Edgard Agbo is accused of illegally issuing passports to foreigners
The trial is expected to begin in Benin of the country's former immigration director on charges of abuse of office.
Florent Edgard Agbo is accused of having illegally issued Beninese passports to foreigners. He has not responded to the accusations.
Seven other officials detained last month in connection with the case have been charged with forgery.
Mr Agbo has been in police custody since his arrest.
A police divisional commander has already replaced him as head of the immigration service.
Some Nigerians on Twitter are making fun of President Muhammadu Buhari by blaming his video call to the national football team for their loss to Tunisia in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).
Nigeria had won all their previous group matches, emerging as favourites in the tournament. But their 0-1 loss to Tunisia now means they are out of the tournament.
Tunisia's win was all the more impressive given that their coach and several players had to stay away after contracting coronavirus.
Nigerians online expressed their disappointment, albeit in a humorous way, and ribbed their president:
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Some even asked Ghanaians not to mock them as revenge for the trolling they experienced after Ghana crashed out of the tournament:
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Shots have been heard near the presidential palace in Burkina Faso's capital amid a mutiny by soldiers.
Gunfire has also been heard at several barracks in Ouagadougou, with soldiers demanding the sacking of military chiefs, and more resources to fight militant Islamists.
Hundreds of people came out in support of the troops, forcing authorities to introduce a night time curfew.
The government said the crisis had been contained and dismissed rumours of a new coup attempt, just over a week after 11 soldiers were detained for allegedly plotting a coup.
Sam Mednick is a journalist who works for the Associated Press in Ouagadougou. She's been inside one of the army bases and has been speaking to soldiers involved in the mutiny.
(Picture: People gather after heavy gunfire was heard in army barracks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso January 23, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/ Thiam Ndiaga)
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Eswatini will destroy 10,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines that have expired, the Swazi Observer newspaper reports.
The country's health ministry says that AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are still available and therefore vaccinations will continue.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccines expired on Tuesday last week.
The current batch of Pfizer doses expires next week, the newspaper reports.
The country is expecting to receive more vaccines.
The South African military is investigating the cause of a fire at an air force base in Pretoria on Sunday evening.
It broke out at about 19:00 local time at the Waterkloof Air Force Base after a suspected pipe leakage at a fuel storage site, and was extinguished within an hour, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said.
No foul play was suspected, its spokesman Brigadier General Andres Mahapa told journalists.
A video of the blaze was shared on social media:
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The magnitude of the damage to the fuel depot will also be part of the investigation, according to SANDF.
It comes weeks after a fire at the South African parliament building in Cape Town.
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