Two male lawmakers have been given six-month jail terms over the incident.

Cameroon are out of the World Cup despite securing a dramatic victory over Brazil at Lusail Stadium in their final Group G match.

Switzerland seal their place in the World Cup last 16 following an entertaining five-goal victory over Serbia to round off the group stage.

Cameroon claim historic 1-0 over Brazil thanks to a late goal from Vincent Aboubakar but still heading out of the World Cup after other results go against them as Brazil top group to set up South Korea clash in last 16.

Vincent Aboubakar scores a late winner against Brazil for Cameroon to claim historic 1-0 win but his goal is not enough to send them through and he gets sent off for removing his short in the goal celebration.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Lusail Stadium

Poor old Brazil. They have to put up with Manchester City's Ederson when they decide to give Liverpool keeper Alisson a break. What a show of strength that is and Ederson has proved his qualty with an outstanding save from Bryan Mbeumo.

Entertaining game despite no goals and Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli the best player on the pitch.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Lusail Stadium

Brazil's mainly second string - hardly call it weakened - have started smoothly, knocking the ball around and dominating Cameroon, Tite's squad is so strong. So many options.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Lusail Stadium

Huge cheers for Neymar as he appears on the big screens stepping off the Brazil team bus. The whole nation will be hoping he recovers from the ankle injury he sustained against Serbia to make his expected impact in the knockout stage.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team. There'll be an automated news feed until we're back on Monday morning at bbc.com/africalive.

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

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And we leave you with this picture from Morocco - it's one of our favourites of the past week:

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Ishaq Khalid
BBC News, Abuja

Charges have been dropped against a Nigerian student who was arrested over a tweet in which he allegedly accused the first lady of misusing public money.

The authorities had accused Aminu Adamu of defamation and spreading "false" information, which he denied.

His lawyer Chijioke Kingsley Agu told the BBC the charge at a high court in Abuja had been withdrawn by the prosecution on Friday.

Mr Agu said his client has been discharged on "compassionate grounds" and that they were "in the process of his release" on Friday evening.

The arrest and the subsequent charge against the 24-year-old undergraduate had sparked outrage in Nigeria with many social media users and rights campaigners calling for his immediate release.

On Thursday Amnesty International said the student was subjected to "torture" and other forms of "ill-treatment" after his arrest, calling it a "deeply repressive act" that "brazenly violates his human rights".

Nigerian authorities have not yet commented on these allegations.

He is studying Environmental Management at the Federal University in Dutse, in the northern state of Jigawa, and is due to start his final exams on Monday.

South Africans wait with bated breath as ANC leaders adjourn crisis talks.

DJ Edu
Presenter of This Is Africa on BBC World Service

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Hélio Batalha is an MC from Cape Verde who has risen from humble beginnings and a tough childhood.

He had eight siblings, and when he lost his father at a young age, he started doing small jobs to help his mother, whose perseverance was his inspiration.

"Being poor was no reason to give up. On the contrary perhaps because I experienced this reality, it served as the inspiration for my music to expand," he says.

His musical career began in 2007 when he won a song competition on the radio. Later, he released three mixtapes that made him one of the best known names in Rap Criolo.

After awards and a touring home and abroad in 2016, he released his first album Karta D'Alforia to critical acclaim. Now known as "the voice of the ghettos", Hélio is today one of the pillars of Cape Verdean and lusophone hiphop.

"My music is a weapon... It's a continuation of the struggle of all those men and women who fought in the past to free Cape Verdean people and the rest of Africa."

Hélio has strong feelings about the preservation and passing on of his culture. He feels it is best expressed in his track Immortal.

"To be immortal we have to raise our heads and face problems head on. We have to preserve our customs, our history, our ancestral knowledge, everything that represents us as a people."

Hélio praises the Cape Verdean Society of Musicians, which he says authors and composers, but says only a few in the country manage to make a living from their music.

"You don't live like a king here. We survive with our talent, but it's really hard," he adds.

The rapper believes Cabo Verde's large diaspora has a big role to play in supporting the country's musicians and keeping the nation's cultural identity, and worries that they listen the songs "as entertainment and not for the richness of their messages.

"The diaspora should take a firmer position on the social problems that exist on the African continent. Today the new generation who live in the United States or Lisbon cannot speak Creole, many of them don’t know our traditional dish Cachupa... do not know Funaná, or Morna music."

One of his most listened to songs is Nada é ka impossível, which means nothing is impossible. "It talks about my trajectory. I left a poor neighbourhood where I went through many difficulties, and today I'm one of the great names of rap in Cape Verde. It says that we should not give up our dreams and that when you believe in your work, and you do it with with love, the doors open and you achieve your goals."To hear the full interview with Hélio Batalha listen to This is Africa on BBC World Service radio and partner stations across Africa, and online here: bbcworldservice.com/thisisafrica

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The World Health Organization says it's only able to help a "tiny percentage" of those in need in the Ethiopian region of Tigray a month after a ceasefire was agreed.

It said it did not have unfettered access to deliver medical aid.

Tigrayan fighters have started to withdraw from frontlines and their representatives are meeting the federal government to discuss disarmament.

Aid workers say Eritrean troops and Ethiopian regional militias are continuing to kill and abuse civilians in Tigray.

The region was almost completely cut off from the rest of the world during the two-year war.

The development minister announces further UK aid, on a visit to draught-hit western Somalia.

Mercy Juma
BBC News, Nairobi

The Somali government says its forces have killed about 40 al-Shabab militants in the Middle Shabelle region.

In a statement the government said this was the latest offensive aimed at removing the militants from the territory they have been holding.

Al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda which is seeking to impose its interpretation of Islamic law across the country, has continued to carry out attacks in central and southern Somalia, despite some of the areas it had captured being retaken by government troops, who are backed by African Union forces and local militias.

On Sunday the militants attacked the Villa Rose Guest hotel, near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, killing nine people

Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years.

Officials say al-Shabab's restrictions on deliveries of international aid in areas it is controlling has left thousands on the brink of famine.

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

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The man who has run Rwanda's national beauty pageant for more than a decade has been cleared of sexual assault charges against former contestants.

Dieudonné Ishimwe, also known as Prince Kid, was accused by multiple women of rape, soliciting or offering sexual favours, and harassment.

But on Friday, a judge at the court in Kigali ruled that the 34-year-old pageant organiser must be released, after ruling out evidence from the accusers.

The judge said one accuser had signed a document in front of a notary confirming she hadn't been sexually harassed, and he also dismissed audio evidence purportedly between Mr Ishimwe and some of the beauty contestants.

Prosecution lawyers were seeking a 16-year jail term for Mr Ishimwe. They have not reacted to Friday's court ruling.

Witness statements were all delivered behind closed doors during the trial, but reporters including the BBC's Yves Bucyana were in the courtroom for the judgment - where some people rejoiced as the judge ordered Mr Ishimwe's release.

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JN Mutere's story is difficult to listen to. She was one of scores of women raped during the violence that shook Kenya after the 2007 disputed elections.

The attack, by a neighbour, led to the birth of her daughter and complications which nearly killed her. Fearing death as she lay on the hospital bed, she made a "covenant with God" - if she were to die, she placed her children in his hands; if she lived she would speak out for those who could not.

She survived, and since then Ms Mutere has used her voice to great effect. She founded her advocacy group, the Grace Agenda, to try to make sure the survivors of sexual violence were at the centre of the conversation of how the issue could be tackled. It stemmed from her first experiences attending events with other survivors.

"We were perceived as specimens. We were perceived as things to be observed under a microscope. We were guinea pigs… And after that we were given a pittance to go home with, [while] they remained with the big bucks to justify their interventions nationally. And I thought that was not fair."

Ms Mutere has just been in London for a conference looking at the prevention of sexual violence in conflict.

She says for someone with her lived experience, such events with their "well-intentioned" speeches can feel a bit "fake" and don't focus enough on survivors. Despite this she says she’ll continue to attend because she’s determined to hold governments and other stakeholders to account.

But maybe Ms Mutere’s biggest victory has been in her personal life.

The child she considered aborting or giving up for adoption is now a teenager and the "pride and joy of our house". Asked to describe her, she says she "brings home people who are in need. She speaks up for other people. She really is a defender of human rights".

Ms Mutere says for her daughter’s sake, she dreams of a world free of sexual violence.

"We must draw a red line… It must stop. It must not be used as a weapon of war. It must be brought to justice."

Click here to listen to the full interview.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's career hangs in the balance over allegations he covered up a theft at his farm.

Aliou Cisse was part of Senegal's history-making World Cup squad in 2002, but three months later was affected by tragedy.