1. Scroll down for Tuesday's storiespublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

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    And we leave you with a photo of a model at a festival in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa:

    A female model presents a traditional dress during the 13th Addis Ababa Cultural Festival at Gihon Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 25, 2022.Image source, Getty Images
  2. Tracking Tropical Storm Ana - more flooding expectedpublished at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Nikki Berry
    BBC Weather

    Tropical Storm Ana is the first named tropical system this year in the south-western Indian Ocean. It made landfall early on Monday morning as a moderate strength tropical storm just south of the town of Angoche on the coast of Mozambique. At the time of landfall, sustained winds were 85km (52.82 miles) per hour with gusts up to 110km per hour.

    Before being named as a tropical storm, this system had already brought heavy rain and strong winds across the northern half of Madagascar which resulted in flooding.

    In Mozambique in the 24 hours up to 06:00 GMT on Tuesday, Furancungo recorded 273mm of rain and Songo picked up 156mm.

    Milange reported 170mm in just six hours on Monday morning.

    Ana has now weakened to an overland depression and is tracking westwards across the Mozambique-Zimbabwe border. Winds have dropped but further heavy rainfall is expected for parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia in the coming days.

    However, the most intense rains will become increasingly confined to Zambia from Thursday onwards. An additional 100-150mm is expected in these areas, possibly as much as 200mm locally bringing a risk of flooding.

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    Tropical storm Ana hits Mozambique

  3. Eight killed in crush at Africa Cup of Nationspublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Dozens more people are injured in the incident outside a football stadium in Cameroon.

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  4. Impostor allegedly took Egyptian footballer's exampublished at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    The Newsroom

    BBC World Service

    Egypt's forward Mostafa Mohamed reacts during the Group D Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 football match between Egypt and Sudan at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde on January 19, 2022Image source, Getty Images
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    Mostafa Mohamed is in Cameroon for Africa's main football tournament

    Prosecutors in Egypt are questioning a man alleged to have taken an exam in the place of Mostafa Mohamed - a footballer currently playing for the national team at the Africa Cup of Nations.

    Local media say security services were alerted to a suspected case of fraud at a private educational institute in Giza.

    A man was detained - he is reported to have said he was a friend of Mohamed and was trying to help him out.

    There has been no comment from Mohamed so far.

  5. Boy aged eight died in stadium stampede - hospitalpublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    The youngest person to die in a stampede at a football stadium in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, on Monday was an eight-year-old boy - not a six-year-old girl as previously reported.

    That's what BBC Africa Sport's Piers Edwards has tweeted, external, quoting the director of Yaoundé’s Central Hospital.

    He adds that two-year-old injured in the crush is on the mend, as are seven others who were said to be in a serious condition.

  6. WHO chief poised for second term after rough ridepublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Imogen Foulkes
    BBC News, Geneva

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.Image source, Getty Images
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    Dr Tedros has led the WHO through turbulent times

    World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been nominated for a second term by its executive board.

    Dr Tedros will be the only candidate for the election in May.

    No WHO director general has had a rougher ride than him - the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges of persuading China to share information, the harsh criticism from former US President Donald Trump, who cut funding and took the US out of the WHO claiming it was too close to Beijing.

    US President Joe Biden has reversed those decisions, but huge challenges remain - the pandemic still rages, millions remain unvaccinated, there is an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual abuse by WHO staff tackling Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Dr Tedros has been criticised by his native Ethiopia for demanding humanitarian access to Tigray, which has been affected by conflict.

    But he clearly wants another five years - perhaps to guide the world to the end of the pandemic, and to steer through reform of the WHO.

  7. Mozambican police seize 50 elephant tuskspublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Jose Tembe
    BBC News, Maputo

    n elephant feeds in the bush in the Sabi Sands nature reserve on November 29, 2021Image source, Getty Images
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    No arrests have been made following the seizure

    Fifty elephant tusks have been seized by police in Mozambique from a house on the outskirts of the capital, Maputo, in Boane district.

    The ivory might come from elephants killed in different conservation areas, National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) spokesperson Henrique Mendes said.

    Sernic was working with Mozambique's national conservation authority to find out more about their origins, he said.

    No arrests have yet been made in connection with the case.

    Poaching has been a serious threat to wildlife in Mozambique.

    The southern African nation lost 48% of its elephant population between 2011 and 2016, according to the country's National Administration of Conservation Areas.

  8. Why Burkina Faso's coup has prompted celebrationspublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    The military takeover, driven by insecurity, resembles what happened in neighbouring Mali.

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  9. Five things to know about Burkina Faso’s coup leaderpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Demonstrators gathering in Ouagadougou to show support to the military hold a picture of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba the leader of Burkina Faso's coup - 25 January 2022Image source, AFP
    • Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been at the forefront of the country’s fight against Islamist militants
    • The 41-year-old wrote a book on the subject last year - West African Armies and Terrorism: Uncertain Responses?
    • The lieutenant-colonel studied in France - at a military academy and a prestigious institution where he got a Master’s in criminal sciences
    • He opposed a previous coup in 2015, which lasted seven days
    • He started his career in the presidential guard (RPS) - the now-disbanded unit was seen as powerful during the presidency of Blaise Compaoré, who was overthrown in 2014 amid protests.
  10. Tropical storm kills 34 in Madagascarpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

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    BBC World Service

    Madagascans walk amidst flooding from a tropical cyclone in the neighborhood of Ankorondrano Andranomahery in the capital Antananarivo, Madagascar, 23 January 2022Image source, EPA
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    The scene in a neighbourhood in Madagascar's capital on Sunday

    A tropical storm has caused havoc in southern Africa, killing at least 34 people in Madagascar and three more in Mozambique and knocking out power in most parts of Malawi.

    The authorities in Madagascar said 65,000 people have been made homeless.

    Parts of the capital, Antananarivo, are being evacuated after flash floods destroyed hundreds of buildings.

    The storm destroyed homes, schools and clinics in central and northern Mozambique. The United Nations says up to 500,000 people could be affected in the country.

  11. Game to be moved after Afcon deathspublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    The Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final due to be held at the Olembe Stadium will be moved after a fatal crush outside the ground on Monday.

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  12. Afcon quarter final moved after stadium crushpublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Patrice Motesepe looks on during a press conference on January 25, 2022 at Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaoundé.Image source, Getty Images
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    The Caf president held a press conference in Yaoundé after the stampede

    The Africa Cup of Nations quarter final match due to take place on Sunday at the Olembe Stadium in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, has been moved.

    It comes after eight people died on Monday following a crush outside the stadium before a match between Cameroon and Comoros.

    Two of those killed were children aged six and 14 and dozens were injured.

    Confederation of African Football (Caf) President Patrice Motsepe said a number of changes were under way and Sunday's game would now take place at Yaoundé's Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium.

  13. Fans rush towards Cameroon stadium before crushpublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    At least eight people have been killed in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations football match in Cameroon.

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  14. Season for coups in Africapublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Analysis

    Mary Harper
    Africa editor, BBC World Service

    Demonstrators gather in Ouagadougou to show support to the military  on 25 January 2022Image source, AFP
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    A crowd gathered in Burkina Faso's capital to celebrate the coup

    The chorus of criticism is unlikely to have much effect on Burkina Faso's new military leaders.

    For now, they have popular support. Burkinabès were fed up with the old government, which they saw as venal and incapable of dealing with an intensifying Islamist insurgency.

    It is now the season for coups in Africa. Over the past 18 months, there have been two in Mali, one in Guinea, one in Chad and one in Sudan.

    Apart from Sudan, where protesters refuse to give up in the face of deadly violence, many people in the other countries seem resigned to accepting military rule, perhaps in the hope that soldiers will achieve more than civilian leaders.

  15. Reports that pregnant woman died in Cameroon crushpublished at 13:10 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Family and friends are giving tragic accounts of the stampede at the football match in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, as they gather outside a hospital where victims have been taken.

    "A pregnant woman died there. There was also another woman who had a baby, we can't find the mother but the baby is here, inside. There are so many dead," one man told the Reuters news agency.

    A woman said "all her family" went to the stadium for the match between Cameroon and Comoros.

    "When I arrived [at the hospital] I found my big sister screaming and my little brother lying down here, a little further my nephew, I can't find the others," she said.

  16. Author of The Greedy Barbarian rearrested - lawyerpublished at 13:09 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Patience Atuhaire
    BBC News, Kampala

    Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been rearrested, moments after he was released on bail on the orders of a court.

    His lawyer Eron Kiiza said that plain-clothed men grabbed the author as soon as he stepped out of prison, bundled him into a vehicle without a registration number plates, and drove off.

    The author had appeared in court via video-link, from prison.

    Mr Rukirabashaija was detained in December, and has been charged with two counts of "offensive communication" after making unflattering remarks about the president and his son on Twitter.

    He has pleaded not guilty.

    Rukirabashaija is best known for The Greedy Barbarian, a satirical novel which describes high-level corruption in a fictional country, and Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous, an account of the torture he was subjected to while in detention in 2020.

    Last year, he won the Pen Pinter Prize for an international writer of courage, external.

  17. Morocco into last eight with Malawi winpublished at 12:25 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Morocco are through to the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-1 victory over stubborn Malawi.

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  18. Museveni denies taking sides in Kenyan poll - reportpublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    Wycliffe Muia
    BBC Monitoring

    President Yoweri Museveni and William RutoImage source, DP Ruto Press
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    Kenya's deputy president visited Uganda last year on the invitation of the president

    President Yoweri Museveni has said he will not take sides in the Kenyan presidential elections scheduled for 9 August, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reports

    He dismissed allegations that Uganda and the ruling National Resistance Movement Party (NRM) support Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto.

    “Elections in Kenya or any other African country are a matter of the people of that country. We never take sides in the internal matters of other countries. So, we have no side in the Kenya elections,” Mr Museveni said.

    Mr Ruto has made several visits to Uganda, including in 2015 when he joined President Museveni on a campaign rally in the eastern town of Kapchorwa.

    Mr Museveni last year invited Mr Ruto as his chief guest during the launch of a vaccine manufacturing facility in central Wakiso District.

    In August of the same year, Kenyan immigration authorities blocked Mr Ruto from flying to Uganda for what he had termed a private visit.

    Mr Ruto and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga are seen as front-runners in the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta.

  19. Jubilant crowd celebrates coup in Burkina Fasopublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    A woman reacts as people gather in support of a coup that ousted President Roch Kabore, dissolved government, suspended the constitution and closed borders in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou January 25, 2022Image source, Reuters

    More than 1,000 people have gathered in the main square in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, to celebrate Monday's coup, with some burning the French flag while others danced as live music was played, Reuters news agency reports.

    The burning of the French flag is the latest sign of the growing frustration about the former colonial power's military role in the region.

    France has troops in Burkina Faso and several other states in the region to help fight militant Islamists who have been wreaking havoc in the region.

    But its troop presence has proved to be controversial, as analyst Paul Melly explained in a recent BBC article.

    The military in Burkina Faso said it had seized power because of President Roch Kaboré's failure to unite the nation and to deal effectively with the security crisis that "threatens the very foundations of our nation".

    The military in neighbouring Mali gave similar reasons when it seized power in May 2021 - a coup that was broadly welcomed by the public despite being condemned internationally.

    In Ouagadougou, some in the crowd also criticised the West African regional body Ecowas, which has takes a tough line against coups.

    "Ecowas doesn't care about us, and the international community only wants to condemn," demonstrator Armel Ouedraogo told Reuters.

  20. First Netflix Arabic movie sparks morality rowpublished at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2022

    The film, which includes a scene of an actress removing her underwear, stirs anger in Egypt.

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