Pro-democracy protesters in Sudan have barricaded large parts of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, bringing traffic there to a standstill.

The move follows calls made by the neighbourhood resistance committees, who have mounted regular demonstrations against the military junta that has been ruling Sudan since a coup October last year.

Protesters want the military to step down and to hand power over to a civilian government.

On social media, people shared images and details of the road closures in the capital and other cities.

Ghana has moved a step closer to a treaty with Jersey to boost investment links, says Jersey's government.

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E-hailing platforms in South Africa, including Uber, UberEats and Bolt, could experience major disruptions to services from Tuesday.

Several roads across Gauteng province are expected to close as drivers call for an end to the unregulated industry.

They say they're struggling to survive with poor safety measures, rising petrol costs, unvetted drivers and increased tensions between competitors.

The apps are active but there are surge charges and significant waiting times for drivers.

Transport Member of the Executive Council (MEC), Jacob Mamabolo, called an emergency meeting on Monday, with the Private Public Transport Association (PPTA), which represents the interests of e-hailing drivers nationally, as he pleaded with drivers not to strike.

Mr Mamabolo has reportedly warned that the shutdown could lead to violence and instability in the transport sector.

But the PPTA has insisted that its three-day shutdown will be peaceful and that operators who choose not to take part will not be punished.

The final day of the strike action will be Thursday when all e-hailing apps will be shut down in an attempt to prevent the companies from generating any income.

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Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has termed the death of former Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga an "assassination".

Mr Maïga died on Monday in custody at a hospital in the Malian capital, Bamako, where he was undergoing treatment.

He had been in detention since last August over corruption allegations.

A court ruled against a plea by Mr Maïga's family for medical evacuation as his health condition reportedly deteriorated.

"[The death of the former Malian prime minister] in prison is reminiscent of that of President Modibo Keita in 1977. I thought that such assassinations were from another era," President Bazoum said on Twitter, external.

The president's reaction could worsen strained relations between the neighbouring countries.

The privately owned news website ActuNiger said President Bazoum "would have done well to limit" his reaction.

Mali's interim leaders sent condolences to Mr Maïga's family in a statement, external that hailed the former PM as a "great servant of the state".

Political parties have demanded an inquiry into the death of Mr Maïga. He served as prime minister for several years in late President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's administration, before it was ousted by Mali's current military rulers in August 2020.

Nigerian students in Ukraine plead for help leaving Kherson as food, medicine and water run low.

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Tanzania is allocating wildlife hunting blocks through auction in a bid to raise more revenue.

Tourism Minister Damas Ndumbaro said successful hunters would be allowed to kill aged elephants, lions and other big game considered unproductive.

The East African country is aiming to raise $30m (£23m) from the auction.

About 25% of the proceeds will be spent in helping communities living near the hunting blocks.

The rest will be used on anti-poaching programmes, game patrols, transportation, surveillance and the prosecution of offenders.

Revenue from wildlife dropped from $48m in 2019 to $19m last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tanzania is Africa’s leading country for big game hunting in unfenced areas.

It has approximately half of the world’s wild lions population and the third largest elephant population in Africa.

According to a 2019 International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report, 72% of big hunting zones in Tanzania are now classified as depleted because big game has been hunted out of these areas.

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A Lagos bus driver accused of killing a 22-year-old fashion designer will appear in court on Tuesday, in the widely reported #JustiveForBamise case, which sparked outrage in the country.

Oluwabamise Ayanwola went missing after she entered a bus on 26 February.

Whilst on the bus it is thought she spoke to a friend, saying she felt unsafe, according to her sister.

Around a week later, police found her body along a bridge in Lagos Island.

The suspect is being arraigned on four counts, including conspiracy, murder and two counts of rape, according to Nigeria's Channels TV., external

After the outrage over the case, the Lagos state governor assured people justice would be served.

"The management of Lagos Bus Service Ltd, has been directed to co-operate fully with security agencies in their investigations so that the full weight of the law is brought down on everyone involved in this ugly incident," Babajide Sanwo-Olu is quoted as saying in Nigeria's The Guardian newspaper. , external

A Kenyan motorist has been fined by a court after being filmed speeding off on a highway with a screaming female passenger while one of the car doors was open.

Images of the incident were shared widely on social media:

The police said the woman was the motorist's girlfriend who had wanted to alight, but the man had insisted that they spend the evening together.

In a statement, external, it said the couple had sought to withdraw the matter from police after they had reconciled.

But the police filed charges against the motorist for reckless driving and endangering the life of the woman and other road users.

James Maina Kibe pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined more than $600 (£450) and his driving licence was suspended.

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One of the Nigerian students who fled the war in Ukraine has died in his hometown of Sokoto in northern Nigeria.

It’s not yet clear what exactly caused the death of Huzaifa Habibu.

His father, Habibu Halilu Modaci, told the BBC that he was taken to hospital after complaining of discomfort and loss of appetite.

The 22-year-old student, who was studying medicine in Ukraine, was due to graduate next year and had arrived back in Nigeria barely two weeks ago.

It was his first time returning home in three years.

Mr Modaci said that his son had narrated the horrors of the war and the scramble to flee Ukraine.

Nigeria has evacuated more than 1,500 of its students from Ukraine following the Russian invasion last month.

But there are around 100 more still trapped in the city of Kherson.

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BBC News

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Aid agencies have warned that Somalia is on the brink of famine.

At least 4.5 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian aid in the country, which is experiencing its worst drought in a decade.

Livestock are dying and the price of essential goods like food and water is spiking.

The number of people who have been internally displaced by the drought is said to be increasing at an alarming rate.

Carcasses of dead goats, donkeys and cattle are scattered on the roadsides in south-western Somalia.

New camps for internally displaced people are being set up.

According to the United Nations, almost 700,000 people have been forced from their homes in search of food and water, and the numbers keep rising.

There is a severe water shortage across the country and in the camps the situation is no different.

This has led to a spike in diseases like cholera, measles and acute diarrhoea. Medical centres are witnessing a sharp increase in admissions of acutely malnourished children.

Humanitarian agencies say there is a huge funding crisis. They only have 3% of what they say is needed to help the country.

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Mali's former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who has been on trial for corruption, has died aged 67.

He died on Monday at a hospital in the capital, Bamako, his family said.

His family had previously said he was detained in deplorable conditions. He was admitted to hospital in December.

His requests for medical evacuation had been refused by the military junta, the Associated Press news agency reports.

In a statement, the government said he died after a "long illness" and offered its condolences to the family.

Mr Maïga was arrested in August last year and detained on allegations of corruption over the purchase of a presidential jet when President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's was in power.

This happened in 2014 when he was defence minister.

He also served as foreign minister under President Amadou Toumani Touré in 2011.

He resigned as prime minister in the aftermath of the outrage over the killing of 160 Fulani civilians in April 2019 in Ogossagou, Mopti region, by suspected Dogon hunters.

Alfred Lasteck
BBC News, Dar es Salaam

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A rhino thought to have had the largest family in East Africa has died at the age of 43 in Tanzania.

Rajabu, an eastern black rhino, was first sighted in the Ngorongoro conservation area in 1979.

It roamed the Ngorongoro area freely for more than 14 years before moving to the Serengeti National Park.

The rhino is said to have died of old age.

It had a large family and was said to have been one of the most productive male rhinos in Tanzania.

"Rajabu is no more…He has gone but behind he left a very huge and stable family. He had been aggressive and would fight any animal trying to attack him," Pascal Shelutete, from the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority, told the BBC.

Rajabu’s father, John, died seven years ago from an undisclosed sickness.

In the wild, rhinos typically live up to between 37 and 43 years, or up to 50 years in captivity.

The eastern black rhino is listed as critically endangered. Its numbers are dangerously low because the animals are often illegally killed for their horn.

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New details are emerging from the horrific machete attack over the weekend in Ituri in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in which several people were killed including a two-year-old girl.

The BBC has been able to speak to an official on the ground who called the attack "shocking" in a region which repeatedly sees high levels of violence.

Furaha, aged two, Izaki, aged four, and Salama, aged eight, were some of the latest victims in the ongoing conflict.

The BBC spoke to Jules Tsuba, a local official in the region, who reported that 14 people, including seven children and seven adults, were killed in the Saturday attack in a camp for displaced people.

He blamed the notorious armed group Codeco, which has previously been accused of carrying out attacks in the area, and spoke about the devastating effect of the killings.

“The attack is shocking,” he said. “Our people should be dying of old age, not in their childhood. We can’t cope like this.”

Aggressive and unprovoked attacks by armed groups are nothing new in the region, which has faced decades of instability.

Following a recent string of massacres, hospitals have become overcrowded with victims of armed fighting.

The violence in the region has grown so bad that the global health organisation, Doctors Without Borders, announced on Monday they are ending two programmes in the Ituri province.

“It’s a long-term project that we decided to close definitely,” said Jérôme Alin, the head of mission for the organisation in the country.

“We don’t think the security and the safety of our staff are there anymore.”

Earlier this year, the Ugandan military began deploying soldiers in the Ituri province to help the country tackle rebel forces.

Despite these operations, the violence continues for people in this region. Mr Tsuba has called for the Congolese government to act.

“We want the government to do everything it can to regain peace and stability in the whole country. So people can get back to work, and so our children can go back to school.”

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Tanzania will begin the process of drafting a new constitution after the 2025 general elections.

A statement issued by State House says a new constitution will be among other long-term issues that will be addressed then.

This comes after the release of the country’s main opposition leader Freeman Mbowe, of the Chadema party.

He alleged his court case was politically motivated because he had started a movement demanding a new constitution.

The Tanzania government denies that allegation.

Last week, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, President Samia Suluhu Hassan refused to discuss the constitution, saying it was a “matter between herself and Tanzanians”.

But there has been mounting pressure from activists and opposition parties demanding a new constitution.

Mr Mbowe was charged with terrorism and stayed behind bars for eight months before the charges were dropped in early March.

Speaking to the BBC for the first time since his release, the Chadema leader said he would continue demanding a new constitution although with a more cautious approach.

“In African democracies sometimes telling the truth can be your hanging rope, it’s very unfortunate that our leaders, most of the time, would not like to hear what they don’t want to hear. When you tell the truth and stand by the truth you become the victim of circumstances,” he said.

Immediately after his release Mr Mbowe met President Samia to discuss their working relations.

“In essence what we agreed was that we are ready to work together if both of us are targeting justice as the pillar of running political affairs,” he said.

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There has been a mixed reaction among representatives of South Africa's Khoi and San communities after a Cape Town court halted construction of Amazon’s new African headquarters on what some consider sacred land.

Tariq Jenkins from the group which brought the court application welcomed the order and said it would stop the project from proceeding.

“Our heritage is not for sale,” he said.

However, the First Nations Collective which backs the project, said it would urgently appeal against the judgement.

Referring to the cultural facilities included in the development plans, it said it wanted the court “to return all of this province and South Africa to sanity, namely that the Khoi and San people have every right to return to the areas from which their ancestors have been dispossessed”.

In an interdict pending a final review, Western Cape deputy judge president Patricia Goliath stopped all further construction pending the “conclusion of meaningful engagement and consultation with all affected First Nations Peoples” as well as the conclusion of a full court review of the permission to build.

The 4.6bn rand (£235m; $310m) development has divided Cape Town’s first-people communities, with different groups on opposite sides of the court battle.

The application to stop the construction was brought by the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and a local civic group, while a separate Khoi and San group, the First Nations Collective (FNC), supported the development.

The 14-hectare development site is situated on an ecologically sensitive and historically significant flood plain.

Tech giant Amazon is the anchor tenant in the multi-use development which will include retail, hospitality, residential and office space. Construction started in June 2021 and has cost 500m rand so far.

The disputed land is considered sacred by the Khoi and the San, who associate the site with early confrontations with Portuguese invaders and Dutch settlers in 1510 and 1659.

The San lived as hunter gatherers in Southern Africa more than 2,000 years ago. They were later joined by the Khoi pastoralists who moved south to settle in the Western parts of the country.

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At least 16 people are feared dead after raids by gangs of armed men on motorbikes on a remote villages in the north-western state of Zamfara, police in Nigeria said.

Residents in the area say more than 20 bodies have been recovered and those killed include two local traditional leaders.

The authorities and residents say the gunmen came in large numbers on motorbikes and attacked the village on Sunday.

One man who lost seven family members in the attack told the BBC the community was in a state of distress. Hundreds of people have fled the village.

Three more people were killed in a separate attack - also in Zamfara state.

Armed gangs carrying out killings and kidnappings for ransom have continued to unleash violence in northern Nigeria despite military bombardments of their hideouts. And in the south of the country, armed separatists have been blamed for an upsurge in deadly attacks - mainly targeting security forces and their facilities.