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Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change.

In a post on social media, external, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

He said the move made a mockery of Western commitments towards climate targets.

The Ugandan leader also said European countries were happy to take Africa's resources for their own energy needs but were against the development of fossil fuel projects which were for the benefit of Africans.

Uganda is due to start exporting oil within three years.

Due to the global energy crisis some European countries have recently decided to increase coal production - a move heavily criticised by climate change activists.

Richard Kagoe
BBC News, Nairobi

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Talks are under way in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at resolving a diplomatic row with Rwanda and halting a violent conflict in the east of the country.

Angola's President João Lourenço and the former Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta are mediating between representatives of the two governments.

This follows a meeting on Friday with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame.

He has denied backing the M23 rebel group that recently re-launched an offensive which has left tens of thousands of people displaced.

The mediators will also speak to victims of the conflict.

DR Congo's government is due to meet representatives of various armed groups later this month in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Jose Tembe
BBC News, Maputo

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Mozambique has started exporting liquefied natural gas for the first time, in a move the country’s President Filipe Nyusi has described as historic.

The gas has been produced at an off-shore plant run by Italian energy firm Eni, but British oil giant BP has the purchasing rights over it.

The gas left in a British cargo ship for Europe, but its final destination is unclear.

The shipment comes at a time when Europe is looking for alternative sources of gas, as it tries to reduce its reliance on Russia.

Mozambique hopes to become one of the world's biggest exporters of natural gas, following its discovery in the northern Cabo Delgado province in 2010.

But its efforts have been hampered by a five-year-long Islamist insurgency that has killed more than 4,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in the province.

The government believes the discovery of gas will boost the economy, but Mr Nyusi said Mozambique would continue to focus on "traditional activities", such as agriculture, fishing, tourism, to achieve development.

As the wildlife frontline becomes more dangerous, southern African nations want an end to the ivory ban.

After two years of war, millions are hungry in Tigray - and finally a deal may ease their suffering.

Kenya's hopes of qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup are ended by a thumping defeat by Portugal in Dubai.

In Samburu, the search for water and pasture has seen a drop in access to family planning services.

African football body Caf signs a deal with the Ivorian government to confirm hosting rights for the next Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa signs a new three-year deal with Italian Serie A club Napoli.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team, there will be automated news feed until we're back on Monday morning Nairobi time at bbc.com/africalive.

In the meantime you can get the latest news from our website and the Africa Today podcast.

Here's a reminder of Friday's wise words:

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And we leave you with this photo of the Red Bull Box Cart Race in South Africa - it's one of our favourites of the past week:

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DJ Edu
Presenter of This Is Africa on BBC World Service

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Sierra Leone’s Fantacee Wiz describes herself as "a folk singer, a poet, a film maker, writer, activist, humanitarian, social influencer and a left-wing feminist."

She also describes herself as sapio demisexual, which she says means she looks for "brain stimulation, sexual intelligence, and emotional intelligence" in a partner.

Fantacee Wiz releases an EP this week entitled Karo Kura which means new moon in the Korankoh and Mandingo languages, and in it she expresses her new found self-confidence, both musically and as a woman.

One track, Free, is particularly exuberant and defiant. Fantacee Wiz has been on a journey from abuse to celebration:

Another song on the EP, Sabi, Fantacee Wiz describes in this way:

Fantacee Wiz's sound reflects the fact that she comes from Kabala, a town right in the north of Sierra Leone near the border with Guinea, and her voice is reminiscent at times of the divas of Mali.

But the most striking thing about her is her willingness, as a woman in a deeply patriarchal society, to talk and sing so triumphantly about herself as a sexual being.

You can hear Fantacee Wiz on This is Africa this Saturday, on BBC World Service radio and partner stations across Africa, as well as online here: BBCworldservice.com/thisisafrica, external

At just 26 years of age, Olamide Olowe, founder of the Topicals skincare brand, has become the youngest black woman ever to raise more than $2m (£1.7m) in a financing round, according to business magazine Forbes. She smashed her own previous record and raised $10m.

Ms Olowe posted on her Instagram account that she was "excited" by the announcement and would continue expanding the company and supporting non-profits that provide mental health support.

The CEO and founder launched the company just two years ago, fuelled by a lifelong dream to create products that tackled the skincare concerns she had growing up.

Simon Ponsford
BBC World Service News

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US President Joe Biden says global warming is threatening the life of our planet, and has told the UN climate summit in Egypt that tackling the crisis makes good economic sense.

He said the US was taking bold action - spending hundreds of billions of dollars on clean energy projects.

Mr Biden called on countries worldwide to raise their own ambitions.

He said he was confident that the world, with young people leading the way, could limit rises in global temperatures.

Mr Biden also apologised for the US pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, while Donald Trump was president.

Read the full story here.

Mayeni Jones
BBC News, Lagos

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The head of Nigeria's electoral commission, Mahmood Yakuba, has said that he's worried about attacks "intensifying" as the country prepares for February's upcoming presidential elections.

There are concerns that next year’s tightly contested race could be more turbulent than usual, with Mr Yakuba adding that the commission had already tracked 50 attacks related to the polls in the first month of campaigning alone.

The comments were made during an emergency meeting by the commission after two of its offices were attacked on Thursday.

Last month, the US embassy evacuated all non-essential staff from Abuja, citing an elevated risk of a terror attack in the capital.

Security forces have been battling a range of threats across the country: including an Islamist insurgency, armed criminal gangs and separatist groups.

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Three weeks after a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Chad, the country's chief of police and head of the gendarmerie have been replaced, as have a number of other senior officers.

French-language broadcaster RFI says it has spoken to an inside source who called it a tightening of power.

Chad is ruled by a military junta whose leader originally said he would step down, but recently announced he was extending his rule by another two years.

That announcement prompted mass protests by Chadians demanding a return to civilian rule. Dozens of civilians were killed in those protests leading to international criticism and a crisis summit of central African leaders.

Tarik Habte
BBC News

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She is President William Ruto’s second-eldest child, and calls herself Kenya's First Daughter, but social media users are asking why Charlene Ruto seems to be meeting so many government ministers and taking foreign trips.

In the months since her father was elected president, local media report that Ms Ruto has met several county officials across Kenya as well as ministers abroad.

Similar concerns were raised when former US President Donald Trump was first elected and his daughter Ivanka attended meetings with her father as an unofficial advisor. Mr Trump later appointed Ivanka to an official government role.

On Thursday, Charlene Ruto said on Twitter she'd met Morocco's youth minister, Mohammed Mehdi, for a "conversation and exchange of ideas that will go a long way in shaping youth development projects for both nations", external.

Some Kenyans are now asking, who is footing the bill for all these meetings, and are they in an official capacity?

The BBC has reached out to the office of President William Ruto but has not yet had a response.

The allegation is one of several made in a lawsuit against Aberdeen-registered James Finlay Kenya Ltd.

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The youngest people in society will be living with the effects of climate inaction longer than anybody else.

World leaders are in Egypt for the COP27 summit, as campaigners and scientists warn that global carbon emissions are set to reach record levels and key milestones on slowing the planet's rising temperature have been missed.

Egyptian student Laala Salem, 20, says she hopes the conference will encourage "actual change" in terms of policy as well as making citizens more aware of the crisis.

Twenty-seven-year-old Marshaba is originally from Uganda but is studying in Cairo. He says there's no more time for world leaders to be messing about - they've got to be "action-packed".

And Veronica Eskander, 31, says she would like to see more involvement from ordinary people rather than decisions being made "on a hierarchy".

"They don't have to be academics, they don't have to be specialists," she adds.

Grant Ferrett
BBC World Service

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US President Joe Biden is due to address the UN climate summit in Egypt.

He'll tell the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh that the US is taking significant action to help keep the rise in global temperatures below 1.5 Celsius.

Mr Biden's arrival coincides with the publication of research which says the world could pass the threshold within a decade.

The Global Carbon Project says emissions this year will reach a record level.

The United States and others have been urged to do more by poorer countries, including small island states, who are at particular risk from the effects of global warming.

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