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Dozens of women in the Nigerian town of Owo have been marching to voice their outrage at the killing of at least 22 people in a local church at the weekend.

"I am here in the midst of my people. We are mourning. What happened was war," said Yemi Mahmoud, former Ondo state commissioner for women's affair and social development.

She said the women, mostly from the town’s market, wanted the perpetrators to pay for their sins - so they had placed a curse on the attackers by enacting a local rite.

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Most ethnic groups in Nigeria believe that the curses from women - especially mothers - carry some significance.

"We want them brought to book,” Ms Mahmoud explained.

• READ MORE: Blood on the altar in Owo

Emery Makumeno
BBC News, Kinshasa

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Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have arrived in Kinshasa at the beginning of a long-awaited week-long visit at the invitation of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi.

It will be King Philippe’s first visit to the Democratic Republic Congo since ascending to the throne in 2013.

The trip - postponed by the pandemic - has been hailed by the presidency as an opportunity for reconciliation.

Two years ago the king wrote to President Tshisekedi, expressing his deepest regret for "the wounds of the past".

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, who is also part of the delegation, has called it a historic moment and an opportunity to forge closer ties.

The king is also due to discuss the question of returning artworks looted during the colonial era.

That past remains painful.

Millions of Congolese suffered acts of cruelty, particularly during the reign of King Leopold II, who owned the Congo Free State as his personal property.

• READ MORE: Belgium 'wakes up' to its bloody colonial past

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Kenya should make more of its clothes locally instead of importing items "worn by dead people", says a frontrunner in August's presidential election.

Raila Odinga, who leads the Azimio la Umoja coalition, has promised he will boost local textile production if elected.

"We are going to go to primary production so that our people who are importing 'mitumba' [second-hand items] can have good products to sell here," he said at a campaign rally on Monday.

He elaborated further the next day, saying his plan would include not just producing the cotton and and raw materials but also the finished garments, including "dresses, suits and so on".

Mr Odinga's plan was criticised by fellow frontrunner William Ruto, external, who called "trickle-down" approaches "dangerous".

Shingai Nyoka
BBC News

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Zimbabwe has increased the price of fuel for the second time in under three weeks, blaming rising global fuel prices resulting from the Ukraine-Russia war.

That's despite recently increasing the ethanol content to 15% in order to reduce the amount of imported oil used.

Petrol will now cost $1.73 (£1.38) per litre, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority announced on Tuesday, up from the $1.68 price announced on 20 May.

Diesel will now cost $1.76 a litre, up from $1.74.

Annual inflation in Zimbabwe has returned to triple digit figures for the first time in about a year, hitting 131% last month.

More on this topic:

• Governments should subsidise food and energy - IMF
• Why some think Zimbabweans are selling their toes
• A quick guide to Zimbabwe

Guy Bandolo
BBC News

The army in Cameroon has confirmed that soldiers have killed nine civilians, including an 18-month-old girl.

An army spokesman said a group of soldiers opened fire when they encountered hostile villagers in Missong, in the country's North-West region, earlier this month.

The spokesman described the use of weapons as "inappropriate and manifestly disproportionate".

Cameroon's ministry of defence says four soldiers have been arrested following the shooting.

An investigation has been launched into the killings.

In the same region two years ago, 21 civilians including 13 children and a pregnant woman were killed by Cameroonian soldiers in the village of Ngarbuh.

Two soldiers and a gendarme were later charged with murder, arson, destruction, violence against a pregnant woman and disobeying orders.

But human rights organisations denounced a slow, unfair trial and the absence of the top army officials among the accused persons.

Guy Bandolo
BBC News, Yaoundé

The United States has granted temporary protected status to nearly 40,000 Cameroonian refugees living in the US, who've have fled a separatist conflict in the west of the country and an Islamist insurgency in the north.

It gives them the right to stay and work in the US for 18 months.

The Department of Homeland Security added that the status could be renewed if the security situation in Cameroon did not improve.

The International Crisis Group says more than 6,000 people have been killed and more 700,000 have been displaced in clashes between separatists and security forces since 2017.

Human Rights Watch says the Islamist violence in northern Cameroon has led to a major humanitarian crisis displacing more than 300,000 people since 2014.

Thomas Naadi
BBC News

West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas has condemned the attack on worshippers at a church in south-western Nigeria.

In a statement, Ecowas said it was shocked at the incident and expressed sympathy with the government of Nigeria and the families of the victims who were killed at St Francis Catholic church in Owo on Sunday.

It also reaffirmed solidary with the Nigerian government and the resolve to rid the nation and the West African region of terrorist activities.

On Sunday, unidentified gunmen stormed the catholic church and killed 22 worshippers, and wounded 50 others, according to Niegria's National Emergency Management Agency.

It’s still unclear who the attackers are and what their motive is as the authorities continue with their investigations.

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Eight young trainee vets from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda have been learning how to dart wildlife from helicopters and fit them with GPS tracking devices.

The short course is designed to teach various "immobilisation" techniques needed to treat, move and monitor the animals, according to organisers at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.

Here are more photos of the vets in action in Namibia:

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Mauritius hopes hosting the African Athletics Championships for the third time will shine a light on the country's ability to successfully organize major sports events.

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An upcoming visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Belgian king and queen is really just a "business trip", an opposition Congolese politician has told the BBC.

"It’s a big thing, I think, for the government, for the regime and it’s going to maybe put some spotlight on the country. But for most Congolese and me included we see it as a business trip," said Angèle Makombo of the opposition League of Congolese Democrats.

"Belgium has a lot of interests in [DR Congo] and now they are coming to renew these business interests."

It will be King Philippe's first trip to the country's former colony since becoming the monarch in 2013.

Two years ago, he expressed regret for the monarchy's colonial record.

Millions of people in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo were murdered under the reign of King Leopold II in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

The Congolese foreign minister, Christophe Lutundula, described it as a visit of reconciliation.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Southern Africa correspondent

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High-level talks have begun between the governments of South Africa and the United Arab Emirates to bring two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family to justice.

Atul and Rajesh Gupta were recently arrested in the Gulf state.

They are accused in South Africa of profiting from their close links with former President Jacob Zuma and exerting unfair influence.

All three deny any wrongdoing.

The wealthy Indian-born brothers, who are accused of fraud and money laundering, are expected to apply for bail in the next few days.

Rajesh and Atul, along with their brother Ajay Gupta - who has not been arrested - fled South Africa in 2018, around the same time former President Jacob Zuma was forced to resign following a string of corruption allegations against him.

The Guptas have been accused of using their association with Mr Zuma to cash in on huge government contracts by paying bribes.

The United States placed the Guptas on a sanctions list in 2019, after they were accused of being members of a significant corruption network.

South Africa successfully negotiated an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates last year, but it could take years before the accused are successfully extradited to face justice in South Africa.

More on this topic:

• South Africa and the fable of the missing Guptas
• Who are the Guptas?
• How the Guptas' brand turned toxic
• Long read: The many trials of Jacob Zuma

If famine is to be avoided in Somalia the world must first "widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine", says the UN's children's agency Unicef.

"An explosion of child death is about to happen in the Horn of Africa," Unicef Deputy Regional Director Rania Dagash has warned.

There were 386,000 acutely malnourished children in Somalia, but only a third of the $250m (£200m) donor funding needed to address the humanitarian crisis had been secured, she said.

Campaign group Oxfam has described the hunger in East Africa as a "predictable crisis" brought on largely by climate-induced drought.

This has been compounded by a global rise in food and fuel prices driven by the war in Ukraine halting exports.

• READ MORE: Somalia drought: 'Act now or children will die'

Logos Hope is sailing around the world and has previously docked at the Tema seaport in Accra, Ghana.

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The shocking attack on a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria on Sunday killed 22 people and injured 50 others, according to the National Emergency Management Agency.

It's the first time officials have given a death toll since the attack two days ago, but still no information has been given by the authorities about who the attackers were nor why they did it.

Eyewitnesses at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo had put the number of dead at at least 50, including several children.

Police say the attackers had disguised themselves as worshippers, using dynamite inside the church and opening fire on congregants who were attending an Igbo-language service.

Read more:

• 'I don't think the shock will leave me for the rest of my life'
• Five reasons why Nigerians don't feel safe
• Nigeria train hostage photos bring relief and pain

Elephants rarely give birth to more than one calf at a time, but for the second time this year in Kenya a pair of twin baby elephants have been spotted.

Kenya's national wildlife body announced the news of the birth on Tuesday:

It says the pair were born in Aberdare National Park in central Kenya. Back in January, safari guides spotted another pair of twin baby elephants further north, in Kenya's Samburu reserve.

Before that the last known case was in 2006, according to Save the Elephants.

The conservation charity says elephant twins account for only 1% of elephant births.

Mauritius prepares to welcome Africa's top athletes for this week's continental championships.