A derogatory remark during a live broadcast reveals how racism still permeates all sections of society.

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We leave with a view of sunset at a pier in Libya's Benghazi city:

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Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC News, Monrovia

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Liberia’s health ministry has confirmed an outbreak of measles, affecting 14 of the 15 counties in the country.

Chief Medical Officer, Francis Kateh, said there were reports of deaths in the wake of the outbreak, but he was not sure if they were all measles-related.

He told a radio programme that the outbreak was as a result of low immunization rates.

He said many parents stopped taking their children for vaccination since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Ameyu Etana
BBC Afaan Oromoo

At least 20 people have been killed and 50 others wounded in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, officials have said.

Different sides have blamed each other for the violence.

Amhara officials say the Oromo Liberation (OLA) rebel group was behind the violence, while Oromo officials blame Amhara militias known as Fano.

Neither group has as yet commented.

More than 5,000 people were also displaced in the violence that lasted for several days.

The violence took place in remote villages in Amhara that neighbour Jille Dhumuga of Oromo zone and Efrata Gidim district of North Shoa zone.

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The African Union (AU) has donated $150,000 (£115,000) towards relief efforts following the devastating floods in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.

More than 440 people died in the floods which swept through the province last week.

The floods also caused massive damage to infrastructure

Announcing the donation, AU commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat said the body reaffirmed its support with South Africa during "this difficult time".

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The chairman of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, held a phone conversation, external with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday.

Mr Faki posted on Twitter that he "stressed the need to respect international law and urged for dialogue and a peaceful resolution" to the war in Ukraine.

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reached out to his Senegalese counterpart and African Union chairman, Macky Sall, requesting to address the AU.

President Macky Sall said he “noted” Mr Zelensky’s request. He also called for dialogue to end the war.

The conflict has led to sharp increases in fuel and wheat prices in Africa and threatens to further worsen economies devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Damaris Muthee Mutua is the second female runner to have been killed in the famous Iten athletics base in a year.

Ameyu Etana
BBC Afaan Oromoo

Ethiopia’s athletics body has sent its condolences to the family and friends of Kenyan-born athlete Damaris Muthee Mutua, 28, after she was found dead with stab wounds in the Kenyan town of Iten, famous for its centre for long-distance runners.

Police say her Ethiopian boyfriend, named as Eskinder Hailemaryam, is a key suspect and they are looking for him.

He has not yet commented. He is said to have fled Kenya.

The Ethiopian Athletics Federation described Mutua as ‘‘a heroine athlete’’.

She was born in Kenya but has competed for Bahrain.

Police say Mutua's body was found in "a state of decomposition" in Iten.

She is the second female athlete to be killed in the town in a year.

Last year, Kenyans were shocked by the killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop.

Her husband remains in custody and denies murder.

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The Nigeria Football Federation is awaiting a ruling from Fifa over a $1m claim by former coach Gernot Rohr for unfair dismissal.

Charles Gitonga
BBC Africa business reporter, Nairobi

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Tech giant Google has announced that it will build its first product development centre in Africa in Kenya's capital, Nairobi

In 2018 the company announced a $1bn (£770m) investment plan for Africa to capitalise on the growing number of internet users on the continent.

“By 2030, Africa will have 800 million internet users… and Google is committed to accelerating Africa’s digital transformation through enabling human capital,” said Nitin Gajria, Managing Director for Google in Africa.

Earlier this year, payments technology firm Visa and computer software giant Microsoft also opened innovation hubs in Nairobi.

The centres will see job opportunities for software engineers, researchers and designers.

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Denmark has confirmed that it is in talks with Rwanda about transferring asylum seekers there, following a similar move announced by the UK last week.

Denmark, which has introduced increasingly harsh immigration policies in the last decade, passed a law last year that allows refugees arriving on Danish soil to be moved to asylum centres in a partner country.

The move drew criticism from human rights advocates, the United Nations and the European Commission.

Denmark failed to find a partner country at that time.

Read more: Is Rwanda a land of safety or fear?

Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja

The Nigerian military has confirmed that two of its pilots died in a helicopter crash in the northern city of Kaduna.

The aircraft came down on Tuesday evening at an air force base.

Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Oladayo Amao, visited the city to console families, friends and colleagues of the deceased, who have now been named.

The cause of the crash is not known.

In the past year at least four Nigerian military aircraft have been involved in fatal crashes, including one that killed the country’s army chief and about a dozen other officers in May last year.

Jose Tembe
BBC News, Maputo

A man has been arrested in Mozambique's central Zambezia province after being accused of decapitating a young girl whom he thought was his daughter.

Police spokesman Sidner Lonzo said the man and his wife were having a "bitter argument" when the wife told him he was not the child's biological father.

"Furious, the man ended up committing the macabre crime,” Mr Lonzo said.

The girl was believed to be less than five years old.

New Libya coach Corentin Martins admits qualifying for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will not be easy after once again being drawn in a group with both Tunisia and

A Nigerian man is riding a motorbike from London to Lagos to raise funds for charity.

Kunle Adeyanju tweeted that the 12,000km (7,500 mile) ride was expected to last for 25 days, taking him through France, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin, before he crosses into Nigeria.

Mr Adeyanju said the money he raises would be spent on health, water and sanitation projects. He would give a 10% "match grant for every donation".

Tweeter Christopher D wished Mr Adeyanju a safe ride, saying he had skipped an opportunity to ride from London to Cape Town two years ago because he was scared.

"My colleagues who went have memories to last them a lifetime , externaland it went well and safely without any major issues. So ride on sir .. I’ll follow your progress," Christopher D said.

Sandip Moneea, who was acquitted of murder in 2012, appears in court in Mauritius on theft charges.

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

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A Rwandan court has sentenced a Chinese national for torture after a video showed him beating men tied on a tree.

The court on Tuesday sentenced Sun Shujun to 20 years in prison, a journalist who attended the court session told the BBC.

A Rwandan man said to be his employee was also sentenced to 12 years in jail for abetting torture.

The victims are reported to have been former workers at a mine operated by Shujun in Rutsiro district and who were allegedly linked to theft.

Shujun said he had previously warned thieves after his belongings were repeatedly stolen.

In August 2021, the three-minute video went viral in Rwanda and led to the arrest of Shujun - who was later released on bail.

The video was taken by angry workers and shared on social media.

Witnesses told the court that Shujun had erected a cross where those suspected of stealing from him were tied and whipped.

In a statement on the court ruling, the Chinese embassy in Kigali called for a “fair and just manner” trial for Shujun who’s expected to appeal.

Nichola Mandil
BBC News, Juba

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South Sudan’s main opposition political party says it is dissatisfied with recent appointments to a unified armed forces command structure.

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) says there were a number of “serious violations" in naming the commanders of various army, police and security services units.

The appointments were announced by President Salva Kiir last week.

The SPLM-IO says President Kiir omitted three directorates in the National Police Service that were meant for the opposition

It says the president also created new positions that were not agreed by the parties, and appointed his allies to these positions.“This attempt by the president is meant to separate the opposition... and that will make it harder for us to implement the reforms needed, especially in the finance sector within all the organised forces,” Puok Both Baluang, a SPLM-IO official said in a press release.

He urged President Kiir to abide by the agreement on the unified command.

The office of the president has not responded to the matter.

Almost 2,000 Kenyan police officers are mentally unfit to do their work, the head of the national police service says.

Inspector-General Hilary Mutyambai on Tuesday told a forum of bishops and senior clergy that they had found the “surprising” number of cases after medically examining all police officers.

Kenya has some 100,000 police officers working under the National Police Service.

The revelation comes amid rising number of depression and suicide within the police force.

Mr Mutyambai said they had started the process of discharging some of the affected police officers from duty, noting the importance of having police who were mentally fit.

“Our tool of work is the gun, and when one bullet is discharged, the implications are serious,” he said.

He however said removing the officers from work was not easy because of the elaborate procedures involved.

There have been growing concerns in recent years over the mental health of police officers and the government has been moving to address the matter.

Mr Mutyambai said the police now had a professional health board that includes counsellors and psychiatrists seconded from the health ministry to offer mental health services.

Local TV station NTV has shared a video of some of the remarks by the police chief:

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A passenger airplane skid off the runaway during landing at Uganda's Entebbe airport on Wednesday morning.

In a statement, RwandAir said the incident was "as a result of bad weather".

All passengers and flight crew disembarked safely with no reported injuries, it added.

The aviation regulator said an alternate runway is operational for small and light aircraft.

"All efforts are underway to remove the aircraft from the runway strip so that the main runway can return to full use," it said.

Uganda's main newspaper, Daily Monitor, reports that 20 of the 60 passengers on board are scheduled to attend the birthday party of President Yoweri Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

It reports that Gen Kainerugaba's 48th birthday party is set for Sunday.

Gen Kainerugaba, who is also the commander of land forces, tweeted on Monday, external that former Miss Rwanda will be among the guests at the event.