Three African women explain how they have boosted their income by going digital since Covid.

Moeketsi Manake and his family talk about losing everything, including their house, in the Durban floods.

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A separatist group from south-eastern Nigeria has dismissed as “laughable” the accusation that it beheaded two soldiers - a couple - who were attacked on their way to their traditional wedding.

The army blamed the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) for the killings which happened in Imo state over the weekend.

Ipob wants a group of states in the south-east, mainly populated by people from the Igbo ethnic group, to break away and form an independent nation called Biafra.

“Ipob has no hands in the said atrocity which is an abominable act in Igbo tradition,” a statement issued by the secessionists’ spokesperson Emma Powerful said.

“Before the army jumped into their jaundiced conclusion that such abominable act was masterminded by Ipob, what investigations did they carry out to substantiate their claims?

“The latest allegation is part of their propaganda to stain our global reputation.”

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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The authorities in Guinea say they will prosecute former President Alpha Condé for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office.

Mr Condé, who is 84, was toppled in a military coup last September.

A document from Guinea's public prosecutor says he is among 27 former senior officials who are facing a long list of alleged crimes.

These include murder, illegal detentions, abductions, torture, rape and kidnapping.

It seems the allegations relate to the final months of Mr Condé's time in office when the security forces were used to crush opposition to his third term.

Dozens of people were shot dead for taking to the streets.

The public prosecutor - who was appointed by Guinea's military rulers - said the case was launched following a complaint filed by FNDC - an umbrella group that spearheaded the protests.

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Amnesty International has accused a powerful armed group in Libya of what it describes as shocking crimes against migrants and residents of the capital, Tripoli.

The state-funded Stability Support Authority (SSA) has carried out unlawful killings, torture, forced labour and arbitrary detentions, it says.

The SSA was created under a decree by former Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj in January last year.

Amnesty has written to the Libyan authorities demanding that its leader, Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, be removed from his position.

It says he has a well-documented criminal history.

Militia groups have held sway in many areas of conflict-plagued Libya since the ousting and killing of the country’s long-time leader, Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

The Talai clan say they were evicted from their land for tea plantations, some still owned by UK firms.

Mohamud Ali
BBC News

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Members of Somalia’s lower and upper houses of parliament have begun selecting MPs for a committee that will organise the presidential election.

This is yet another milestone in Somalia’s delayed presidential election, which was supposed to be held in February 2021.

It comes as the newly elected speaker of the lower house, Adan Madobe, met the country's security chiefs, warning them that their forces should not get involved in politics.

Last week, an attempt by the police to stop MPs from entering the venue where they were to elect parliamentary speakers and their deputies backfired.

However, it delayed the election, forcing the MPs to vote late into the night.

Analysts say it may take a few weeks for the election to be concluded.

Security remains a key concern as President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo seeks a second term. He faces stiff competition from several candidates including two former presidents.

In the latest in a spate of attacks by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, an African Union (AU) military base, about 160km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Mogadishu, was raided in the early hours of Tuesday morning. At least 10 Burundian soldiers were killed, though the militants say the death toll is much higher.

More on this topic:

• Somalia's elections - where the people don't vote
• Al-Shabab attack on African Union forces in Somalia: What we know

The nine Malian babies hold the world record for the most children delivered in a single birth to survive.

Rashidi Yekini is remembered 10 years on from his death by team-mates, as Sunday Oliseh says the striker was Nigeria's best.

Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja

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UN boss António Guterres has a laid a wreath at the global body’s main office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to honour those who died when a suicide bomber targeted the building in 2011.

At least 24 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in the car bomb attack by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, drawing international outrage and condemnation.

The victims included many UN staff.

The Nigerian government later rebuilt the devastated building, known as UN House - where all UN agencies working in Nigeria have their offices.

The UN chief held a closed-door meeting with UN staff and is now meeting Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and other senior government officials at the presidential palace.

On Tuesday, Mr Guterres was in the north-eastern state of Borno, where UN agencies and humanitarian groups have been helping thousands of families who have fled attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.

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He also met former members of the extremist group at a de-radicalisation camp, where he called for more investment to improve people’s lives as a way to tackle the “enormous” challenges facing the region.

The UN says the Boko Haram insurgency, which began in 2009, has caused the death of nearly 350,000 people and pushed millions more from their homes in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries of Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

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Tunisian coastguards have retrieved a total of 24 bodies since four boats sank off the port city of Sfax at the end of April, AFP quotes a judicial spokesman as saying.

They were full of migrants attempting to reach Europe.

At the time about 97 people were rescued and 17 bodies found. It is thought around 120 people were on board the vessels.

Sfax hospital is reported to be struggling to cope with the influx of bodies of sub-Saharan migrants in recent months.

The regional director of health, Hatem Cherif, told news website Tunisia Numerique that 92 bodies were waiting for burial in the hospital's morgue.

Mourad Turki, the spokesman for Sfax' courts, said there was "no space left" in a nearby cemetery for the migrants, AFP reports.

The UN estimates that nearly 2,000 migrants drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean last year.

Islamist militants have carried out what may be their most deadly attacks on the African Union mission.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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Germany says it will no longer take part in a European Union (EU) military training mission in Mali because of concerns that the soldiers it helps could then fight alongside Russian forces who are suspected of atrocities.

Last month, Human Rights Watch accused Malian troops along with suspected Russian fighters of summarily executing about 300 civilian men during an operation against jihadists.

Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said the country's troops would continue to take part in a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, so long as more troops were deployed to replace French soldiers who are pulling out.

Relations between the military rulers in Bamako and Western countries deteriorated after two recent coups and as a result of a decision by the authorities in Mali to work with Russian forces.

More on Wagner and Africa:

• The row between France, Russia and Mali over a mass grave
• Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed
• EU alarm at Russian mercenaries in Central Africa

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

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Burundi's army says that 10 of its soldiers in the African Union force in Somalia were killed when al-Shabab Islamist militants attacked its camp in the Middle Shabelle region.

An army spokesperson said five other soldiers were missing and 25 were injured.

“Twenty terrorists of al-Shabab group were also killed” in heavy fighting during the attack, the army statement added.

The insurgents say they killed 173 Burundians and took full control of the army base.

A high-ranking officer in Burundi’s army was cited by the AFP news agency as saying that 30 soldiers had died during the attack.

Burundi is one of the largest contributors to the AU force.

Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti also have soldiers in the mission that began 15 years ago.

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

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Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has made 2,000m world record holder Francine Niyonsaba an “extraordinary” ambassador for the East African country.

Last September Niyonsaba set the record of five minutes and 21.56 seconds at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb.

The president did not spell out why he had conferred the honorary title on her, but the 29-year-old athlete is regarded as a hero in Burundi.

Niyonsaba has not yet commented on the announcement.

She is among several athletes banned from competing between 400m and 1,500m for having naturally high levels of testosterone - a law introduced in 2018.

Mercy Juma
BBC News, Nairobi

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A group of Kenyans have sought Prince William's help in getting reparations paid for what they say are human rights abuses committed and land stolen during British colonial rule.

They also want an apology from the UK government.

The group is composed of people from the Talai and Kipsigis clans in Kenya's western Kericho county.

In a letter to the Duke of Cambridge, lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek said the UK government had refused to engage with the victims and their representatives.

He said a request to meet officials from the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office had been denied this week and no opportunity to resolve the matter had been offered.

Last year, six UN special rapporteurs wrote to the UK government expressing concern over its failure to provide “effective remedies and reparations” to the two clans who were brutally evicted from their farms by the British army in the late 1800s to mid 1960s to make way tea plantations owned by white settlers.

In response, the UK government said that in 2013 it “made a settlement in the Mau Mau emergency case of 1952-1963 and therefore do not need to provide any further apology or reparation”.

In their letter, the group has asked Prince William to treat their request with urgency as he prepares to celebrate his grandmother's Platinum Jubilee, which marks Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign.

“Our own elderly family members remember the pain of having their homes and land taken away from them at the same time. We have very little to celebrate.”

In March on a visit to Jamaica, Prince William spoke of his "profound sorrow" over slavery, saying it should never have happened.

• WATCH: The BBC spoke to some of those seeking reparations in 2019:

Burkina Faso defender Edmond Tapsoba says he must put in more consistent performances to improve as a player and have a successful career.

Emmanuel Igunza
BBC News, Nairobi

Kenya has deployed thousands of police and other security forces to the volatile northern county of Marsabit following an outbreak of ethnic violence.

The government says drought, political incitement and the availability of weapons from neighbouring Ethiopia are to blame for worsening insecurity in the border area.

An overnight curfew has been introduced for the next month, and a disarmament exercise is due to begin.

Cattle rustling has increased significantly in Marsabit, which is one of the areas worst affected by a drought across the Horn of Africa.

Kenya's interior minister said police had intercepted a large number of weapons and ammunition smuggled from southern Ethiopia where federal forces are battling rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army.

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Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye says "there are no words strong enough to condemn the terrorist attack against the Burundian contingent” of African Union (AU) troops in Somalia.

The Burundian president was reacting to the attack by the jihadist group al-Shabab on a military base in Somalia on Tuesday.

“I join with all of Africa to console the families of the fallen heroes,” he tweeted, external.

No official figures have been given about casualties, but al-Shabab said it had killed dozens of Burundian troops after overrunning the base. This has not been independently confirmed.

AU Commission chief Moussa Faki has already condemned the deadly attack.