Nigeria women can take "some positives" from two winless friendlies against Olympic champions Canada, says coach Randy Waldrum.

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Ten people have died and 14 have been injured in a traffic accident in Egypt involving a tourist bus.

Reports say five Egyptians, four French people and one Belgian were killed in the crash in the Aswan region, said to have involved a collision with a lorry.

Aswan is a tourism hub near the ancient Egyptian temples of Abu Simbel.

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Shipping at South Africa’s busiest port has been suspended following severe flooding in the KwaZulu-Natal province that has so far claimed 59 lives.

The flooding has devastated the province's roads, bridges and houses after five months of rain fell in just three days.

State-owned logistics company, Transnet, says the Durban port has been closed until further notice because of the environmental damage caused by the flooding.

Roads leading to the terminals are badly damaged and cannot be accessed.

A shipping container warehouse near a busy highway was severely flooded, and hundreds of containers were washed away by the raging waters.

The city of Durban has become the epicentre of the unfolding natural disaster, which is fast escalating to a humanitarian crisis.

Parts of the crucial N3 highway, which connects Durban to the economic heartland of Gauteng, has been blocked off.

Communications have also been disrupted. Two major telecoms companies have reported more than 900 of their mobile phone towers were down.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short a trip to Mozambique to visit affected areas to assess the damage.

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Algeria has accused Morocco of killing three people in an attack in the disputed region of Western Sahara.

The Algerian foreign ministry said Moroccan forces shelled a commercial convoy on the border between Algeria and Mauritania.

Neither Morocco nor Mauritania have commented on the allegation.

In November, Algiers accused Rabat of killing three Algerian nationals in a similar attack.

Tensions have increased in recent months between the two countries, culminating in Algeria breaking off diplomatic relations last August.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal where key roads are shut and mudslides have destroyed many homes following prolonged rains.

The death toll from the floods has climbed to 59, according to the authorities, with the rain expected to weaken on Wednesday.

Mr Ramaphosa will assess the response of government and civil societies and offer support to affected communities, his office has said.

“This is a tragic toll of the force of nature and this situation calls for an effective response by government," said President Ramaphosa.

There are reports of looting of shipping containers which had washed up to a major highway following the heavy rains.

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The Provincial Executive Council has condemned the reports and warned that criminals will not be allowed to take advantage of the havoc, IOL website reports, external.

"We call on all law enforcement agencies to ensure that all property is protected from criminality and that law and order is maintained during this period," the website quoted a statement from the council.

African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat has tweeted , externalhis "sincere condolences to the families who have lost loved ones following heavy flooding".

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The Nigerian president has condemned a series of raids on villages in the central Plateau state, in which more than 150 people were killed.

Muhammadu Buhari described the Sunday attacks as terrorist and offered his condolences to the families of the victims.

He said the perpetrators should get no mercy.

Gunmen on dozens of motorbikes rampaged through four villages in the Kanam area, shooting people dead and burning homes.

Most of the dead have been buried in mass graves as the search for more bodies continues in bushes near the villages.

Many of the victims were shot dead as they tried to escape.

The Nigerian government has faced mounting criticism for its failure to stop attacks by armed gangs who have been killing and kidnapping people for ransom in northern Nigeria.

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BBC News, Juba

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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has formed a unified armed forces command structure that integrates opposition commanders into the armed forces.

It follows last week's deal between President Kiir's and opposition groups on the sharing of key positions in the army and security forces.

The president's faction has a 60% representation in the command structure while the opposition occupies the remaining 40%.

The agreement came after mediation by neighbouring Sudan, which is the current chair of the regional bloc Igad.

The line-up of generals to lead the unified command was announced by the national broadcaster on Tuesday night.

A unified armed forces command was a key pillar of a peace agreement signed in September 2018 following five years of civil war.

Its formation is expected to be followed by the graduation of trainee soldiers and police officers and their deployment - within two months, according to the new deal.

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Three Europeans were among a group of suspected jihadists detained during a military operation in the central town of Diabaly over the weekend, the Malian army says.

A statement from the armed forces gave no further details.

Mali has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency in its northern Sahel regions for more than 10 years.

The military authority, which has ruled the West African country since 2020, faces accusations of carrying out a massacre of civilians at the beginning of this month.

It says those killed were jihadist fighters.

France, which was leading an international military effort against jihadists in the Sahel region, announced its withdrawal from Mali in February.

The exit notice came amid a deterioration in the relationship between France and the military junta that seized power last year.

The decision was also prompted by Mali’s decision to use fighters from the Russian company Wagner to help in the fight against jihadists.

Mali however denies the presence of any Russian mercenaries in the country.

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And we leave you with this photo of a military parade in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, on the 62nd anniversary of the army.

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The organiser of Ghana's #Fixthecountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has alleged that he was tortured by security personnel and held in detention for 35 days without a just cause.

Mr Barker-Vormawor was arrested and charged with treason in February for allegedly threatening to stage a coup in Ghana.

In his first public statement since his release on bail, he said that he and nearly 30 others were crammed in a cell designed for four inmates.

He described the conditions as poorly ventilated and infested with bed bugs, cockroaches, and rats.

The police have not yet commented on these accusations.

The University of Cambridge student, who has been critical of the government in social media posts, threatened a coup if a controversial bill to tax electronic transactions was passed by parliament.

But he later clarified that he did not intend to incite violence.

Mr Barker was released on bail, and must now report to the police every week.

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South Sudan has given a two-week ultimatum to illegal migrants to register and meet legal requirements to stay and do business in the country.

The Director-General of Immigration, Lt Gen Atem Marol Biar, says 85% of Ugandan nationals who are residing in South Sudan entered the country without legal documents and they have not obtained work permits either.

It is not clear what measures migrants who do not register will face.

Sources from the Business Union - a South Sudanese commerce body - revealed that more than one million Ugandans are residing in South Sudan.

Most of them were involved in the construction sector as well as in the retail sector, it said.

Millions of South Sudanese who fled the conflict in their country are living in Uganda as refugees.

In October last year the two countries scrapped visa fees as requirements for their nationals to enter each other’s territory. The move was to foster economic and political integration between the countries which are both in the East Africa Community.

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BBC News, Abuja

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Families of dozens of passengers abducted by gunmen in Nigeria during an attack on a train more than two weeks ago are not satisfied with the authorities’ efforts to rescue the abductees.

Speaking at a press conference in the northern city of Kaduna, the relatives said they’ve not heard much from the authorities on what was being done to rescue the captives.

A leader of the group of families, Abdulfatai Jimoh, told journalists that they have been having sleepless nights since the abductions.

The train was traveling from the capital Abuja to the northern city of Kaduna when armed men ambushed it after blowing up the rail track with an explosive device, killing at least eight people and kidnapping an unknown number of passengers.

One man whose brother is among the hostages told the BBC the past two weeks have been agonising.

The Nigerian authorities say they are trying to rescue the abducted passengers, without giving details.

But the relatives have now given the government a three-day ultimatum to rescue the dozens of abductees.

Nigeria is facing worsening violence by armed groups.

On Sunday more than 150 people were killed by gunmen in the central state of Plateau.

Read more: Abuja-Kaduna train attack: Passengers killed after Nigeria gang hits rail link

People stand on rooftops awaiting rescue after flooding along Durban's coast kills at least 45.

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A lot of street children living in Zambia's capital Lusaka have family and often start off on the streets as "part-timers", a new book on the topic by American anthropologist Chris Lockhart says.

"Sometimes they spend their days on the street but their nights back at home", he told the BBC's Newsday programme. But they are sometimes sent to the streets by their parents due to rampant poverty.

"They have to pull them out of schools and have them work on the streets", Mr Lockhart said.

The plan is usually for the children to re-enter education, but in many cases this never happens, he continued.

"They steal, they beg, they sell glue and other drugs, they get connected in with gangs who are into petty theft and other things like that, some informal work does take place."

His new book, titled Walking the Bowl, took five years to write and was compiled through researchers who embedded themselves into Lusaka street culture.

It is difficult to estimate how many street children there are in Africa, but many of them are at risk of becoming victims of violence and "turn up dead and murdered almost everyday", Mr Lockhart explained.

His book was co-authored alongside former Zambian street child and social worker, Daniel Mulilo Chama.

Ehab Galal is appointed as Egypt's new national coach after the Pharaohs parted company with Carlos Queiroz.

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United Nations (UN) agencies, external are warning that millions of people in Somalia could face a famine, with children the most at risk.

Currently 1.4 million children face "acute malnutrition through the end of this year," agencies said.

Somalia is currently facing what experts call its worse drought in a decade, with the country's largest river, the Juba, almost totally dried up.

The country is battling "a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40% of Somalis on the brink," the press statement said.

The agencies also urged for more funds for the country.

"The reality is that time is not on our side and many more lives and livelihoods are bound to be lost in case of further funding delays," said Adam Abdelmoula from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).

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