Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja

Rescue operations have ended in the northern Nigerian city of Kano where a three-storey building collapsed in a market - trapping a number of people.

Emergency officials say at least one person was found dead in the rubble while seven others were wounded and taken to hospital for treatment - most of them with "minor" injuries.

But Nigeria's National Emergency Agency (Nema) says one of those wounded has multiple fractures and is still in hospital.

''We have finished searching through the rubble. We believe there are no more people trapped. So, the rescue operation has ended,'' an official of the agency told the BBC.

The building consisting dozens of shops was under construction. It was not immediately clear why it came down on Tuesday evening.

Building collapses are common in Nigerian cities and are mostly blamed on disregard for building regulations and a lack of safety measures. They often cause deaths.

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Four German tourists and their South African pilot died after a plane crash in Namibia on Tuesday.

The plane crashed a few minutes after taking off from an airstrip on Impalila Island along the Zambezi River, according to a police report.

They were travelling on a chartered Cessna 210 with the registration number V5-LMK.

Mike Thomson
BBC World Service News

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France’s highest administrative court has approved the deportation to Morocco of a French-born imam accused of hate speech.

Judges in Paris had previously blocked the deportation of Hassan Iquioussen who holds Moroccan citizenship.

His expulsion had been ordered in July by the interior ministry over what it called his “especially virulent and anti-Semitic speech," as well as sermons calling for women to "submit" to men.

His lawyer insisted that although he had made “retrograde statements” he did not constitute a threat to public order.

But Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin described Tuesday’s decision as “a great victory for the republic.”

Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja

Some 25,000 children are estimated to be missing in Africa, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced as a poignant reminder on the International Day of the Disappeared.

The figure represents 40% of the total number of missing people on the continent, ICRC says.

It expressed concern that the disappearance of children put them at greater risks of exploitation, violence and mental stress.

The ICRC says the number of missing people in Africa is on the rise, reaching 64,000 this year.

The causes include armed conflicts, dangerous migration and detentions.

The organisation says it has recorded more than 5,000 cases of unaccompanied children in Africa. But last year it helped reunite more than 1,200 families.

The International Day of the Disappeared is marked annually across the world to draw attention to the fate of missing people and those being detained or held under poor conditions unknown to their families.

Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC News, Addis Ababa

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Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's embattled northern region have accused the government of conducting drone strikes in the regional capital Mekelle.

The government has not yet responded to the accusations but it had previously warned people to stay away from what it called military targets.

According to the UN, air strikes conducted last week in Mekelle killed civilians including children. A senior Tigrayan figure said in a tweet, external that at least three bombs were dropped in the city and a hospital was among the targets in the latest strikes.

A resident has told the BBC there were air strikes in the city but they could not say what the targets were.

An ongoing communications blackout has made it difficult to get detailed, reliable information.

Meanwhile fighting on the ground has continued to intensify a week after the resumption of violence, following a five-month truce.

The UN says the renewed clashes have been displacing thousands of people in border areas in Amhara and Afar, the neighbouring regions where the fighting is concentrated.

Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC News, Monrovia

The Liberian government has requested authorities in the Arabian country of Oman to immediately halt issuing visas to Liberians seeking to travel to the country for domestic employment.

The request comes after a group of women already in the country posted graphic images of sexual abuse and other forms of mistreatment they said they were going through at the hands of their so-called masters.

In a virtual meeting, Liberia’s Labour Minister Charles Gibson differed with officials of Oman’s Global Affairs department who had described some of the reports by the Liberians as unsubstantiated media claims.

“We are not listening to media reports,” Mr Gibson said. “We are receiving WhatsApp messages, videos from those girls themselves, showing us graphically how they are being mistreated; some of them were even put into solitary confinement by their hosts.”

He said some of the women were being raped and others brutalised which "is very much unacceptable”.

An Omani government official has said the request to halt visas will be considered but insisted the Liberian government should not take everything in the media to be the truth.

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And we leave you with this picture of pupils and education officials in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province wearing traditional attire to celebrate the new Zulu king, Misuzulu kaZwelithini Zulu.

Image source, KZN Provincial Government

Image source, KZN Provincial Government

Image source, KZN Provincial Government

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Southern Africa correspondent

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the country is "not a xenophobic nation".

His remarks follows comments made by a provincial health minister to a Zimbabwean patient undergoing treatment, which were viewed as blaming foreign nationals for the country's ailing healthcare system.

"You are killing my health system," Dr Phophi Ramathuba was captured in a widely circulated video as saying to a patient who had been in a car accident in neighbouring Zimbabwe, but went to South Africa's Limpopo province for treatment.

In a question and answer session in parliament, Mr Ramaphosa was asked if he agreed with the conduct of Dr Ramathuba.

The president said the health official raised an important issue on how the provision of services is affected by migration but should’ve used a different platform to raise her concerns.

Mr Ramaphosa also said the country’s home affairs department was working to address challenges brought on by migration to ensure that the rule of law was adhered to.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria has contacted the South African government about the comments made by Dr Ramathuba.

The embassy said it watched the video in “shock and disbelief” and conveyed concerns with the relevant authorities.

South Africa’s foreign affairs department has said the matter is being dealt with through diplomatic channels.

Suleiman Kangangi is hailed as a man who transcended the sport of cycling after dying aged 33 in a crash while racing in the United States.

Israel Campos
BBC News, Luanda

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The MPLA may have celebrated its victory in Angola's general election following the announcement of the results on Monday but it looks like this is not the end of the process of these historic elections. The main opposition party Unita - which got its highest ever share of the vote - is contesting the outcome.

In his victory speech, President João Lourenço said he felt “proud and satisfied'' with yet another victory of his party.

The European Union has urged the Angolan authorities to “make every possible effort” to respond to the opposition's complaints in a “fair and transparent manner”.

According to some sources, EU country members will not be congratulating the MPLA until the opposition's complaints are properly addressed.

This EU statement has had an impact in Angola, as it legitimises, in a way, the complaints of Unita.

The party said it would publish the results of its own tally.

It is not yet clear what will happen when Unita’s parallel count comes out.

What is apparent however is that even if it governs for another five years, the MPLA will have to deal with a generation of young people willing to challenge the country’s current status quo and demand changes that impact their quality of life.

Richard Kagoe
BBC Africa, Nairobi

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Judges of Kenya's Supreme Court have ordered the electoral commission to grant party agents of presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s supervised access to computer servers that were used for transmission and storage of voting data.

The court also gave a 48-hour order for scrutiny and recount of votes from 15 polling stations as part of an election challenge filed by Mr Odinga after the election commission chairman Wafula Chebukati declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the 9 August presidential poll.

Chief Justice Martha Koome also directed the head of the police to provide adequate security to representatives during the exercise to be conducted at an undisclosed location.

A seven-judge bench will commence the hearing of the presidential election petition on Wednesday.

The court has consolidated the petition around nine issues, including looking into the validity of the election, after striking out two petitions and rejecting three applications.

During Tuesday’s pre-trial conference, the court set rules for the hearing including time allocated for each party and representation.

Mr Odinga rejected the election result saying the announcement of Mr Ruto as president-elect was unlawful citing divisions among electoral commissioners and the failure of Mr Chebukati to explain how he arrived at the final tally.

Mr Chebukati declared Mr Ruto the winner, saying he garnered 7.1 million votes to Mr Odinga's 6.9 million.

The head of Guinea's military government insists it is committed to hosting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and will release funds for organisational needs.

Shingai Nyoka
BBC News, Harare

A Zimbabwean opposition MP facing an incitement-to-violence charge has been denied bail and will remain in jail until his trial in November, a magistrate's court in the capital, Harare, has ruled.

Job Sikhala was arrested in June after violence broke out between ruling party and opposition supporters at a funeral wake near Chitungwiza area on the capital’s outskirts.

More than a dozen opposition members were arrested and remain behind bars.

Mr Sikhala has been repeatedly denied bail in both the magistrate's and high courts, which ruled that he was likely to reoffend as he faces similar unrelated charges, although he has not been convicted on any of those charges. He denies that he incited violence.

He also faces obstruction of justice charges.

His lawyers had applied for bail citing changed conditions.

In a tweet, lawyer and Citizen’s Coalition for Change party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said bail was a constitutional right adding “this persecution must stop”.

A prominent Zimbabwean journalist has also tweeted a letter that Mr Sikhala had allegedly written saying they were "living like rats" in prison and pleading to religious leaders to "rebuke the suffering of the weak".

Charles Gitonga
BBC News

Image source, Interior Ministry Kenya

Authorities in Kenya have unveiled a new generation motor vehicle registration plates to deal with forgery, duplication and the swapping of plates.

The new number plates will have unique serial numbers and other inbuilt security features to enable the tracing of vehicle ownership.

It will also ensure due taxes are paid on vehicles imported in the country.

“Commissioning of the new generation number plates marks a historic moment in securitising vehicle registration by eliminating loopholes exploited by financial fraudsters and unscrupulous motor vehicle importers,” Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i said at the launch.

Car owners will pay $25 (£21) to obtain the new plates which can be acquired from October.

The government aims to change plates belonging to 4.8 million vehicles within the next one year.

Catherine Byaruhanga
Reporting from Djibouti

As we reported earlier, the first shipment of grain from Ukraine to East Africa since the war began docking today at the Red Sea port in Djibouti.

While this latest shipment offers some relief for Ethiopia - where some of the shipment is due to be transported - the wheat will not make its way to shops and markets due to concerns there's not enough there.

"We really need to see increased shipments coming from Ukraine, Russia and others in support of what is a very dire situation today in the Horn of Africa and across the region," Michael Dunford, East Africa director for the United Nations' World Food Programme, told the BBC earlier.

The UN hopes today's shipment will boost confidence within the private sector by proving it is possible to safely ship grain from the Black Sea to Africa, where rising global food prices and difficulties raising donor funding have forced the UN to cut rations for refugees and displaced people.

Ghana international Felix Afena-Gyan hopes he can help Cremonese "achieve its vision" after joining from Serie A rivals Roma.

Patience Atuhaire
BBC News, Kampala

More than 21,000 members of the armed forces have graduated in South Sudan, as part of a unified force that will take charge of the country’s security.

This follows several deadline extensions after the 2018 peace agreement, which requires that all fighting factions lay down their arms and form a joint state army.

Many of the troops at the ceremony previously belonged to different fighting factions. But today, they pledged allegiance to their country.

The unified forces include the army, police and officers of the prisons service.

Defence Minister Angelina Teny told local media on Monday that her department will now embark on deploying the security forces to their and that another batch will graduate in about six months.

Regional leaders, who are guarantors of the peace deal, witnessed the graduation ceremony.

In 2013, war broke out in South Sudan between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and his then deputy Riek Machar. Thousands of civilians were killed, and others displaced.

A peace deal signed in 2018 ended most of the fighting, and it was agreed that about 80,000 troops be trained for a unified security force.

A joint transitional government was formed in 2020, with plans to hold elections in December, but these have been postponed until 2024.

South Sudan is experiencing a fragile peace, with armed groups still operating in parts of some regions.

Alfred Lasteck
BBC News, Dar es Salaam

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Tanzania has launched a four-day real estate census to determine the number of buildings, ownership, cost and availability of basic infrastructure in the country.

This is addition to the population census that started last week.

The data from the real estate census will assist in improving housing policy, the authorities say.

In the 2012 population census, it was revealed that out of 9.3 million available houses, 6.3 million homes were roofed by corrugated iron sheets and three million were mud roofed.

At least 93% of households had been enumerated in the national population census by Monday.

At least 19 people were killed and 21 others injured after police in Madagascar's south-eastern town of Ikongo opened fire on a group of people who were angered by the kidnapping of a child with albinism.

Those injured in the Monday incident are receiving treatment at the local hospital, the police said.

Some 500 people armed with machetes allegedly attempted to force their way into a police station where four kidnapping suspects were being held, the AFP news agency reports.

The head of the police, Andry Rakotondrazaka, defended the police's actions saying they resorted to self defence after trying to avoid the confrontation.

An investigating has however been opened.

The kidnapped child's fate is unclear but officials said the mother was killed by "bandits".

People with albinism have been targeted in some African countries because of false beliefs that their body parts can bring luck and wealth.