A BBC News investigation has exposed serious flaws in the Egyptian beauty industry that are endangering lives and leaving women scarred for life.
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BBC News
Image source, BBC News IgboMass burials have taken place in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Imo, for dozens of victims of a deadly explosion at an illegal oil refinery.
Emergency officials say 110 people are now known to have died and more than 70 others were wounded in the blast on Friday night.
Most of the victims of the huge explosion - including workers and people who had come to buy fuel at the illegal refinery - were burnt beyond recognition.
Officials say some families had already taken charred corpses they assumed were those of their loved ones - for private burials.
There have been frequent blasts at illegal refineries in southern Nigeria but the magnitude of the latest incident is very rare.
It's still unclear what caused the explosion, and the owner of the facility has been declared wanted by the authorities.
Illegal refineries are improvised small plants where stolen crude oil is refined in the oil producing communities of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. But they often cause deadly accidents and terrible environmental pollution.
Mike Thomson
BBC News
Image source, AFPAhmed Nejib Chebbi, seen here in 2014, has launched the National Salvation Front
A veteran Tunisian left-wing politician has launched a new alliance aimed at countering what he describes as President Kais Saied’s recent power grab.
Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, said the new National Salvation Front, comprised of five opposition parties, aims to re-establish democracy in Tunisia.
Last July, President Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament.
He has since seized control of the judiciary and given himself the power to appoint the head of the electoral commission.
Mr Chebbi has called for a "salvation government" to lead the country during a transition period before new elections.
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Long before afrobeats made an impact, one of the biggest musical styles to emerge from West Africa was highlife.
Kwabena Kwabena has kept the flag flying high by releasing a steady stream of singles in that vein.
"It's a genre which has put Ghana on the map," he tells BBC Focus on Africa radio.
"Loving the fact that I am a Ghanaian, I embrace highlife music as my own. That's what I am born to do - I can't identify myself with any other genre but highlife."
He also tells Focus on Africa's Mark Wilberforce why he's launched a project focusing on celebrities' mental health, and explains the meaning behind his name:
Kwabena Kwabena talks about his new album and his focus on mental health
Joice Etutu
BBC News
Image source, Mohamud Abdisamad/BBCAbdihashi Abdullahi's re-appointment takes the country one step closer to a presidential election
The Speaker of Somalia's Senate has been re-elected, a key step for country to be able to hold presidential elections.
Abdi Hashi Abdullahi was re-elected by the 54-seat upper house during a vote that took place in a highly secured compound in the capital, Mogadishu.
His appointment means all that remains before presidential elections can take place is to vote for the Speaker of the 275-member lower house, the chamber of parliament which wields more power and influence in Somalia.
The country uses a complex and indirect political system and political parties do not contest elections. Nor do one-person-one-vote elections take place.
Instead, the lower house is chosen by delegates appointed by clan elders and members of civil society who are selected by regional state officials. Senators represent Somalia's five regional states. The two houses vote for a president.
The country has missed several deadlines to conclude elections, resulting in sanctions against MPs by the US.
Rivalry between the country's president and prime minister have fuelled the delays, which militants have capitalised on by stepping up attacks in Mogadishu and targeting electoral delegates.
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Patricia Oyella
BBC News, Kampala
Image source, AFPAfrican lions are classed as "vulnerable" with numbers declining (stock photo)
Three female lions have been found dead with their bodies slumped against an electrified fence of a safari lodge in Uganda, bordering the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) says it suspects that the adult lioness and two cubs may have been electrocuted.
UWA spokesman Bashir Hangi described the deaths of the animals as a "big blow" in a country with only 400 lions left.
There is currently no law in Uganda that regulates land use on areas bordering national parks.
Several lions have died in recent years at Queen Elizabeth National Park in what appears to be an increase in human-wildlife conflict.
In March last year, six lions were found dead and dismembered in what officials said was a case of suspected poisoning. Four suspects are currently in court.
The largest number of lions so far killed was in 2018, when 11 lions including eight cubs were poisoned. Five lions also died under similar circumstances in 2010.
Across the continent, lion populations are on the decline with the species considered vulnerable by the International Union of Conservation of Nature.
Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
Image source, Getty ImagesCyril Ramaphosa says many South Africans are worried that money for victims of the flooding will be lost to corruption
The South African president has promised more help to rebuild communities devastated by the recent floods, but has warned of tougher measures to ensure relief funds are not lost to corruption.
Some 435 people died and more than 50 are still missing - most in KwaZulu-Natal province.
Cyril Ramaphosa said the flooding was evidence that climate change was the biggest threat to the future of humanity.
He said many South Africans were worried that money for victims of the flooding would be lost to corruption - something he described as a great source of shame.
Mr Ramaphosa said real-time audits would be carried out to prevent funds being stolen.
Image source, ReutersAn expert warns the virus is "on the cusp of resurgence"
South Africa has reported an almost 20% spike in new coronavirus infections.
Almost 2,000 new cases were reported on Monday, and more than half of those were in Gauteng.
Some 30 deaths were also confirmed, external, bringing the total to 100,333 deaths since the pandemic started.
One of the country's coronavirus experts has described the situation as being "on the cusp of resurgence".
Prof Shabir Madhi suggested the resurgence, external could have been caused by a new subvariant of the Omicron strain.
South African scientists were praised internationally for first detecting the Omicron variant last year.
BBC World Service
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Image source, AFPOutraged Egyptians called the president an "enemy of God"
The Egyptian government has reversed its decision to ban night-time prayers and retreats in mosques following a public outcry.
Both practices are customary during the fasting month of Ramadan, with retreats taking place in the last 10 days of the month.
Religious Affairs Minister Mohammad Mokhtar Gom'a had said the ban was designed to avoid spreading coronavirus.
But Muslims in Egypt demanded equality with Christians who have been gathering in large numbers to celebrate Easter this week.
A hashtag trending on Twitter on Tuesday described Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi as an "enemy of God".
PC Khafilat Kareem told producers she was a serving officer in her application, a tribunal hears.
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Africa editor, BBC World Service
The European Union has urged the Sudanese authorities and rebel movements to protect civilians, after an outbreak of violence in the Darfur region left more than 168 people dead.
On Monday, fighting spread from a town near Geneina - the capital of West Darfur.
The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has now called for plans to set up a joint military force, external with rebels who signed a peace deal.
A United Nations peacekeeping force withdrew from Darfur after its mandate expired at the end of 2020.
Since then there have been frequent outbreaks of inter-communal violence involving well-armed militias.
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Samuel Chukwueze hopes Villarreal can notch a semi-final upset against Liverpool after knocking Bayern Munich out of the Champions League.
Read MoreA landslide in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed two people and injured nine others, local authorities say.
The Mayor of Bukavu says an investigation will look into what happened, but has also warned people living on "unsuitable sites nearby [who are] exposed to the same kind of disaster to evacuate to avoid the worst".
A statement from the mayor's office says five homes and three vehicles were also destroyed in the landslide, which blocked access to a secondary school close by and ISTM-Bukavu university.
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Image source, AFPKenya is gearing up for a general election in August
Most of Kenya’s elections over the last 20 years have involved some level of violence and protests.
The worst was in 2007 when at least 1,000 people were killed and more than half a million displaced.
So it's not surprising that many in Kenya are looking ahead to the upcoming elections in August with a sense of nervousness.
Kenyan journalist John Allan Namu tells us that it doesn't help that some politicians are using "unsanitary" language on social media, that the independent election body is underfunded and untrusted by many Kenyans, and that the recent process for nominating candidates was chaotic and controversial.
"We are not rid of the ghost of violence in our elections… Even though it has not been switched on, there is current violence and intolerance that can be turned on at any moment," he says.
"We are a country that has refused to take the many turning points that have been offered to us either through very painful points in our past or through opportunities," he adds.
So what hope is there for a peaceful election in Kenya?
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Rhoda Odhiambo
BBC health reporter
Image source, AFPA vaccination exercise is to start on Wednesday
A second Ebola patient has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo days after a fresh outbreak emerged in the city of Mbandaka, in Equateur province.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the second fatality was a female relative of the first case.
"It was difficult for the response team to trace her because she ran away from the team on the ground to a prayer meeting," Dr Gervais Folefack told the BBC in a phone interview.
"By the time the team got to her, it was already too late. She died before receiving any treatment. Both of them were buried in line with safety guidelines," he added.
On Monday health authorities said more than 100 people had been identified as possible contacts, and a vaccine was expected to be rolled out this week.
DR Congo has seen 13 previous Ebola outbreaks, including one that ended two years ago, which causes more than 2,000 deaths.
Samples analysed at the main laboratory in Kinshasa showed that the new outbreak is not linked to previous ones.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the new outbreak.
Some 1,300 vaccines are scheduled to flown from Goma, in the eastern part of the country, to Mbandaka. The vaccination exercise will begin on Wednesday.
Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Johannesburg
Image source, AFPHundreds of people were killed and hundreds of thousands others were displaced
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will address both houses of parliament on Tuesday over the floods in KwaZulu-Natal province.
He is expected to outline the government’s response and any additional funding after declaring the flooding a national state of disaster.
There are still many areas that are yet to receive any form of relief.
Mr Ramaphosa said more than $63m (£50m) has already been set aside as relief after the floods, and additional funding would be allocated through parliamentary processes.
An ad-hoc committee is expected to be set up to oversee the disaster relief.
This comes as a United Nations (UN) technical team arrived in the region on Monday as part of a three-day visit to the province.
The UN's South Africa technical team will meet various stakeholders, including the provincial disaster team and the eThekwini Municipality, to assess the areas they could support.
It's been just over two weeks since devastating floods left thousands of people displaced and dozens are still missing.
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