Patricia Oyella
BBC News, Kampala

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The son of Uganda's president is in Ethiopia on a working visit, Uganda's foreign affairs ministry has confirmed.

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has in the past tweeted in support of Tigrayan rebels, but the Ugandan army told the BBC in July that it was his personal opinion and not the position of the army.

Local media reports say he is expected to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Gen Kainerugaba has in recent months been dispatched by President Yoweri Museveni to Rwanda to help resolve long-standing tensions between the two countries that had led to the closure of a common border for three years.

He was also dispatched in June this year to meet outgoing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to deliver a special message.

Gen Kainerugaba’s increasing diplomatic engagement is viewed by some as an attempt by long-serving President Museveni to groom his son to take over the presidency.

A collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in south-east Algeria has left nine people dead, according to the civil defence.

Six other people were injured in the weekend crash in the Illizi area.

The civil defence in its statement on Sunday did not identify the cause of the crash.

Speed is the main cause of road accidents in the North African country, according to a government road safety agency.

Algeria recorded more than 3,000 traffic fatalities in 2021.

Four Nigerian Catholic nuns have been abducted in Nigeria's south-eastern state of Imo, the local convent said, on a now notorious highway where a Catholic was last week kidnapped.

The four nuns were on their way to a morning mass on Sunday when they were abducted in the Okigwe-Umulolo area, the Sisters Of Jesus The Saviour said in a statement.

It said the nuns were headed to a thanksgiving mass for a colleague.

"We implore for intense prayer for their quick and safe release," the statement said.

Nigeria has experienced an upsurge in violence in recent months. Kidnappings and attacks have been reported across the vast country.

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The Olympic star says the name Mohamed Farah was given to him by a stranger who flew him to the UK.

It comes after Sir Mo Farah revealed he was trafficked to the UK as a child.

Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Kenya have begun using some of Africa’s first electric fishing boats.