Djibouti international Sabri Ali Mohamed is suspended from football for four years after being found guilty of a doping violation.

Gambia's women gardeners are helping the huge waste problem by turning organic waste into fertilisers.

Kenya's press are watching and waiting for presidential runner-up Raila Odinga to address members at his party's media centre in Nairobi.

Right now the stage is empty, but there are national flags hoisted above and a screen displaying the hashtag #INAWEZEKANA which means "It is possible" in Swahili.

It was initially announced that he would talk at 14:00 local time (11:00 GMT), but there has been a delay.

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The first UN ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion has set sail for the drought-hit Horn of Africa.

The MV Brave Commander departed from the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi laden with 23,000 tonnes of wheat intended for Ethiopia.

The UN's World Food Programme, which bought more than half its wheat from Ukraine before the war, says 345 million people in 82 countries are now facing acute food insecurity and need urgent humanitarian support.

More than a dozen ships carrying grain have left Ukraine since a UN-brokered deal to allow safe passage of ships was signed on 22 July.

The cargo aboard the Brave Commander was funded by donations from the WFP, the US Agency for International Development and several private donors.

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A poll official in who went missing shortly after voting day in Kenya last week has been found dead, police confirm.

The body of Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found near Mt Kilimanjaro along Kenya’s southern border, some 200 km (124 miles) from his base in Nairobi.

This has been one of the most peaceful election periods in Kenya’s history, but the disappearance of Musyoka last Wednesday raised concerns about the safety of election officials.

He stepped out of a vote-counting centre in the east of Nairobi to answer a call and was never to be seen alive again. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death.

The electoral commission’s chairman, Wafula Chebukati, said other staff members have been profiled, arbitrarily arrested and he had faced intimidation and harassment.

He declared William Ruto winner of the presidential election on Monday amid scuffles in the national tallying centre.

"Two commissioners and the chief executive were injured in the chaos,” said Mr Chebukati.

Four other commissioners disowned the results claiming the process was "opaque", and the Azimio La Umoja coalition led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has disputed the outcome.

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The runner-up in Kenya's presidential election is set to speak publicly for the first time since his narrow defeat in the polls on Monday.

It's been announced that Raila Odinga will address the press at 14:00 local time (11:00 GMT).

This was the fifth time the 77-year-old ran for the top job and many think it will be his last.

Salim Lone, a former adviser to Mr Odinga, told the BBC on Tuesday that his former boss likened the whole process to "a rape of democracy".

Before Mr Ruto was announced by the head of the electoral commission as the winner on Monday with 50.49% of the vote, Mr Odinga's election agents had said they could not verify the result.

It was also questioned by four out of seven national electoral commissioners, who told the press they were unable to "take ownership of the result".

Kenya's President-elect William Ruto has opened the gates of his rural home in Sugoi, western Kenya, to supporters who are continuing with celebrations following his election win.

The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza is at the home and has snapped the ecstatic crowd dancing and singing praises for Mr Ruto:

In nearby Eldoret town, life has returned to normal following overnight celebrations. Business premises have reopened and public transport has resumed.

Asamoah Gyan is bidding to make a shock return to the international fold aged 36 as he eyes a spot in Ghana's 2022 World Cup squad.

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In response to the violence that followed the disputed presidential election of 2007, William Ruto was charged with orchestrating crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Mr Ruto was accused of murder, deportation and persecution - all of which he denied. He was alleged to have played a pivotal role in formulating a plan to attack Party of National Unity supporters by organising and coordinating a campaign of systematic assaults throughout the Rift Valley.

During the trial, according to the prosecution, a number of witnesses were killed, disappeared or withdrew their testimonies.

Defence lawyers alleged that prosecution witnesses were being coached and given financial incentives to testify.

Ultimately the case collapsed, the court ruled there was insufficient evidence to continue with the trial, but it refused to acquit Mr Ruto.

In a split ruling, one judge declared it a mis-trial because of a "troubling incidence of witness interference and intolerable political meddling".

The ICC judges said the case may reopen should further evidence come to light.

However, there is a twist in this tale.

Mr Ruto's former defence lawyer Karim Khan QC is now the ICC's prosecutor, so bringing new charges against his former client would take the court into unchartered territory - and throw up a whole new set of challenges for both the ICC and Mr Ruto.

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• Kenya's William Ruto's case dismissed by ICC
• Kenya 'ICC defence witness' in Ruto's trial killed
• Reaction to the verdict

Tanzania's President Samia Hassan has ordered fresh training for pot-bellied immigration officers to make them more agile.

She made the remarks in Swahili on Monday, during a passing-out parade for new officers.

"I was looking at the parade - those who were leading the officers look experienced, but among them I saw pot bellies," she said.

"They should return here to remove the pot bellies, to become more agile in executing their roles."

The man in charge of a polling station in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has been found dead days after his family reported him missing, Kenyan media outlets are reporting.

The body of Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found in a forest in Loitoktok at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro near the border with Tanzania, the reports quote a police boss as saying.

The body was identified by his two sisters, the Daily Nation newspaper adds. It says the body was found by herders and had visible scars of torture.

Mr Musyoka was a returning officer at Embakasi East in Nairobi.

His disappearance was confirmed last Friday by the election commission, which said he went missing while on duty at a tallying centre.

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BBC News, Johannesburg

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Some relatives of South African miners who were shot dead by police 10 years ago say they have still not received promised compensation.

The Marikana massacre, as it became known, saw 34 striking workers killed at the Lonmin platinum mine.

South Africa’s government says it has paid almost $10m (£8.3m) in compensation but many claims are still outstanding and some families say they feel forgotten.

A court has given the state until the end of August to finalise all outstanding claims.

During the days that led up to the Marikana massacre 10 other people were killed including non-striking miners, security guards and two police officers.

Most businesses are closed in Kisumu in the western Kenya stronghold of Raila Odinga, the BBC's Roncliffe Odit says.

Mr Odinga narrowly lost the presidential election to William Ruto - who was declared the winner on Monday with 50.49% of the vote.

Some protests in Mr Odinga's strongholds followed Monday's declaration of Mr Ruto as the winner of the election.

Mr Odinga has not yet publicly spoken about the election's outcome.

On Tuesday morning, it's relatively calm in the city, as these images from the streets show:

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Kenya's Raila Odinga has not spoken publicly after his rival William Ruto was declared the president-elect.

It isn't clear whether Mr Odinga will make a legal challenge.

Salim Lone, a former adviser to Mr Odinga, has given the BBC his reaction to his former boss losing the election:

Mr Odinga's running-mate, Martha Karua, has said on Twitter: "It's not over till it's over".

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The UK has launched a scheme to cut tariffs on hundreds of products from some of the world's poorest countries to try to boost trade links.

The preferential terms, which come into effect early next year, will affect products ranging from food to textiles.

Under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme, 99% of goods imported from Africa will be duty-free.

Ministers say the scheme helps to fulfil the post-Brexit pledge to take back control of the country's trade policy while also reducing dependence on aid.

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The US embassy in Kenya has lauded Kenyans for a peaceful vote, and urged all parties to work together to peacefully resolve any remaining concerns.

It said, external the declaration of William Ruto as Kenya’s president-elect was an “important milestone in the electoral process”.

“Going forward, we urge all parties to work together to peacefully resolve any remaining concerns about this election through existing dispute resolution mechanisms,” it added.

The embassy asked political leaders to continue to urge their supporters to remain peaceful and refrain from violence during the electoral process.

Mr Ruto was declared the winner with 50.49% of the vote – narrowly defeating his main challenger, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Mr Odinga's poll agents however said they could not verify the result, and four out of seven national electoral commissioners announced that they were unable to "take ownership of the result".

Mr Ruto has pledged to work for all Kenyans, saying that the results process was "the most transparent ever" in Kenya.

Celebrations broke out in strongholds of Mr Ruto, while some protests were reported in key support areas of Mr Odinga.

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William Ruto won the Kenya's presidential elections, narrowly beating his fierce rival Raila Odinga.

The announcement was marred by scuffles, allegations of vote-rigging and a divided electoral commission.

Deputy President William Ruto was the underdog in the race for the presidency.