Tunisia forward Wahbi Khazri announces his retirement from international football following their exit from the World Cup in Qatar.

Patience Atuhaire
BBC News, Kampala

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Uganda has not registered any new positive Ebola cases in nearly three weeks, indicating that the outbreak might be under control.

The viral fever has an incubation period of 21 days, and two of the worst-affected districts remain under a 21-day lockdown extension.

Mubende, the central Uganda district where the first cases of the viral haemorrhagic fever were recorded, has gone 18 days without registering any new cases.

There are currently no patients in hospital, according to the health ministry. The last of them were discharged this week, having fully recovered.

But the case of a stillborn baby, whose mother was an Ebola patient, was recorded on 28 November.

Since an outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola viral fever was first announced in Uganda in September, there have been 142 confirmed cases, with 56 deaths.

Read more: What is Ebola and why is Uganda's outbreak so serious?

South Africa's ruling party is discussing the president's future, after corruption allegations.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Southern Africa correspondent

A special meeting of South Africa's ruling African National Congress' highest decision-making body has been adjourned, just 45 minutes after the meeting started.

President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t attend the meeting.

ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile said the officials decided that they want the report to be circulated to members of the party’s national working committee first, to allow the officials to read and process the report.

He said the executive committee will then meet before 6 December to discuss the report.

Mr Mashatile also said the ANC regards this as an urgent matter.

It was set to discuss a damning report against Mr Ramaphosa after it was found that he may have violated his constitutional duty as president of the country.

This is in relation to a burglary in which foreign currency was stolen from his private game farm back in 2020.

ANC Chairman Gwede Mantashe has said he believes it would be premature for Mr Ramaphosa to resign before the report is interrogated.

Patience Atuhaire
BBC News, Kampala

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A colonial-era law against being a "rogue or vagabond" has now been declared unconstitutional in Uganda, after a rights group argued in court that it was being used unfairly against the most marginalised people in society and to extort bribes from them while under arrest.

Hawkers and other petty traders, sex workers, drug users and the homeless are who most often receive these charges of vagrancy under the country’s Penal Code Act, said Adrian Jjuuko representing the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum.

"Anyone found walking the streets could be rounded up and charged for being a vagabond. It is a convenient charge because it is vague," he tells the BBC.

Sex work is illegal in Uganda, and hawking is not permitted in some areas of the capital Kampala. It is common for the police and city authorities to carry out mass swoops against hawkers and sex workers.

On Friday Uganda's constitutional court ruled that anyone under arrest should be clearly informed of what they are being charged with, that the legal provisions for "rogue and vagabond charges" are unconstitutional, and that the Penal Code Act clauses are against freedom of movement, and freedom of liberty from arbitrary arrest and detention - which is every Ugandan’s right.

Judges however said that the petitioners did not provide enough evidence to justify that the clauses are used to discriminate between the poor and the rich.

"This gives us motivation to draw up petitions on clauses such as those on being a common nuisance or idle and disorderly. When certain provisions have been declared unconstitutional, then it signals to parliament that the entire law is up for amendment,” Mr Jjuuko tells the BBC.

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BBC Focus on Africa radio

The producer of award-winning film Borga, which has just started streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime, has told the BBC that its reception was markedly different in Ghana and Germany - the two countries in which it is set.

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“The film is a Ghanaian film in that it is in Twi, but it’s not a typical Ghanaian film in that it’s not a slap-stick comedy; it’s not a supernatural comedy; it’s not a romantic comedy - it’s an emotionally driven film about subject matter that is very dear to Ghanaians,” Danny Damah says.

It has allowed Ghanaians to see themselves on the big screen following a widespread ambition to travel overseas - in this case to Germany “where the Western dream is actually a nightmare”, he says.

“Borga” is a word used to describe a Ghanaian who has travelled abroad and returns, trying to keep up a lavish lifestyle.

Damah says the word is short for Hamburg, a city in Germany: “In the 80s there were so many Ghanaians that migrated to Hamburg and when they returned to Ghana they were obviously very wealthy and really showed off their gains.”

The film was inspired by German director York-Fabian Raabe's visit to Ghana 12 years ago as well as the 2012 hit Borga Borga by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie, which explores these migration issues.

For audiences in Germany, the scenes of Borga set in the Agbogbloshie electric waste dump site in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, have been an eye-opener.

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Germany refers to Ghana as a "digital dumping ground" and is one of the biggest producers of toxic e-waste sent to the West African country, Damah says.

The movie tells the story of brothers Kojo and Yoofi, who grew up on Agbogbloshie. To make ends meet, they extract valuable metals by burning the dumped devices - and one of them eventually makes it to Germany.

Filming the scenes in Agbogbloshie were the most difficult but the most powerful as it is rare to see locations like this in the cinema, Damah says.

“It's a very toxic area to be in. We'd go there in the morning and by evening time we would have changed about four different industrial masks throughout the day, and we would have to wash and rinse our eyes and wash our skin. It was just so horrible. And we had to do this for a couple of weeks.

“Agbogbloshie looks like an apocalyptic neighbourhood but you’re seeing it in real life - even though it’s cinematic, it’s a little gut wrenching to actually know that people have to do this for a living.”

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Kenyan President William Ruto has suspended four electoral commissioners who refused to endorse the results of the last presidential election, which delivered his win.

Mr Ruto on Friday announced a tribunal headed by a judge would investigate the four officials for serious violation of the law, gross misconduct and incompetence, which could see them ultimately sacked from their posts.

But opposition leader Raila Odinga has condemned Mr Ruto's move as the government's plan to rig the elections in 2027.

"The four are being forced out because Ruto and his administration wants a clean slate at the IEBC [Kenya's electoral commission] and fill it with its stooges and henchmen for the 2027 elections. [Mr Ruto] wants to wants to rig the 2027 elections in 2022," Mr Odinga said.

Mr Ruto’s announcement of the tribunal follows a recommendation by the national assembly to suspend the commissioners over their conduct during the August elections.

Mr Ruto was declared the winner after narrowly beating his rival, Mr Odinga, with 50.5% of the vote.

But four out of seven commissioners, including the vice-chairperson, said the tally was flawed and the result "opaque".

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Some of the biggest businesses in South Africa have voiced their support for a panel that found the nation's president may have broken the law in his handling of a robbery at his farm.

Business Leadership South Africa - a grouping that includes Shell, MTN, Citigroup and BMW among others - said Wednesday's report was healthy for democracy and urged the authorities to continue investigating "without fear or favour".

Political turmoil and fears that President Cyril Ramaphosa would resign caused a slump in the value of the rand on Thursday, but the currency has rallied somewhat as of Friday morning.

Businesses and stakeholders are seeking stability and a quick resolution.

"We would also like to call on all the other organs of state who are working on this matter to conclude their processes and come forward with their findings," read the statement from Business Leadership South Africa.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC Southern Africa correspondent

South Africa is on tenterhooks as the top leadership of the governing ANC party meets behind closed doors, to debate the scandal engulfing President Cyril Ramaphosa over his response to a robbery two years ago.

There has been intense speculation that he would resign. But ahead of Friday's meeting, ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe said he didn't think President Ramaphosa should resign, that he wasn't a liability to the party, and that the full process must be allowed to unfold at the meeting.

This comes after a damning report into a burglary at Mr Ramaphosa’s private game farm in 2020 in which at least $580,000 (£470,000), and maybe much more, in foreign currency was stolen.

The findings of the report suggest that the president may have committed serious misconduct, but he denies any wrongdoing.

Some in the ANC have been calling for the president’s resignation while those close to him have said he will take a decision that is in the best interest of the country.

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The future of South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is hanging in the balance as leaders of the governing ANC gather to discuss their response to a report that said he may have violated the constitution.

The report - released on Wednesday - found that Mr Ramaphosa abused his position and may have broken the law in his handling of a robbery at his farm.

He has denied wrongdoing - but there was intense speculation in South African media on Thursday that he was about to resign.

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

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The Democratic Republic of Congo government has criticised Rwandan President Paul Kagame for his remarks on the elections in the country.

On Wednesday the Rwandan president accused Congolese leader Félix Tshisekedi of creating “grounds for an emergency so that [next year’s] elections don’t take place”.

In his weekly media briefing, the DR Congo government spokesperson, Patrick Muyaya, said President Kagame "does not have [the] capacity to say anything" on the elections.

“It would be better if he looked at his [country] first, if people have freedom of speech, if they are free to protest, and if he can tolerate any opposition to his unique thought,” Mr Muyaya told reporters in the capital, Kinshasa.

Kinshasa accuses Kigali of supporting the M23 rebels - who now control a remarkable area in Congo’s North Kivu province. Rwanda has repeatedly denied the claims

Mr Muyaya accused President Kagame of creating insecurity in DR Congo and trying to “politically destabilize [Mr] Tshisekedi".

Mr Kagame had earlier said that Rwanda “has no interest in insecurity in Congo” and that he was interested in a “peaceful neighbourhood”.

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The Congolese army has accused M23 rebels of killing about 50 civilians in the eastern town of Kishishe.

It comes amid reports of mass killings following the resumption of fighting, with a ceasefire agreed on last week appearing to be collapsing.

The rebel group has denied the allegations against them as "baseless", saying it has never targeted civilians

Thousands of people are fleeing the fighting between the rebels, government forces and allied militias in different parts of North Kivu province.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed at talks in Angola that a ceasefire would take effect last Friday.

The M23 said the truce did not concern them as they were not invited to the talks. Rwanda denies allegations that it backs the M23.

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Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has announced that he was the target of a coup attempt last week.

In a meeting with civil society organisations on Thursday, Captain Traoré confirmed the coup attempt and said that he knew who was behind it, but was not going to make any arrests as he "prefers dialogue and the situation is under control".

Capt Traoré took power in Burkina Faso on 30 September through a coup by ousting his predecessor, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, who himself had seized power through a coup.

Read profile:

• Capt Ibrahim Traoré: Burkina Faso's new military ruler

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Churches and mosques in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have been urged to be "considerate" and reduce high noise levels at their premises.

In a tweet, , externalNairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said he will be having a discussion with religious leaders on regulating noise levels.

The city recently banned nightclubs from operating in residential areas following complaints from residents about noise and many people have called for a similar ban on worship places - known for having loud music systems.

Mr Sakaja said: "Even with the nightclubs; we didn't start by shutting them down. We spoke to them over time, they agreed to comply but some ignored. Then we took action."

Earlier on Thursday, the governor said he will not close down places of worship but will instead initiate dialogue.

Nairobi has a large number of evangelical churches where loud music is common during worship and overnight vigils.

Students in junior secondary schools coming into place next year in Kenya’s new curriculum will be hosted in existing primary schools amid a shortage of facilities and teachers, the authorities have announced.

It came as more than 1.2 million candidate students in grade six (11-12 years) concluded their final assessment tests unsure of how they would transition to secondary school alongside students graduating in the older curriculum (13-14 years).

The transition appears to face several huddles, including the lack of classroom infrastructure and a shortage of teachers to adequately cover all the students who are supposed to join secondary school.

In an announcement on Thursday, a task force on the implementation of the new curriculum recommended that the students in the newer curriculum would study in existing primary schools and share some of the facilities in neighbouring secondary schools.

The education ministry is expected to build additional classrooms and a laboratory in each of the primary schools within the next one year.

The government is also set to recruit an additional 30,000 teachers by January next year to bridge the teacher shortage.

The presidency tweeted the recommendations:

South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party plans to table a motion in parliament calling for an early election, as President Cyril Ramaphosa grapples with a scandal that has the potential to cost him his job.

The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence. He denies any wrongdoing.

The country's parliament is set to examine a report on the scandal and decide whether or not to launch impeachment proceedings next week.

DA leader John Steenhuisen said the country cannot leave it up to the ruling party to "choose the future of our country" - referring to the upcoming ANC conference where Mr Ramaphosa will seek a second term as the leader of the ruling party.

"The party of Nelson Mandela has become a cess pit of corruption, greed and dishonesty from top to bottom," said Mr Steenhuisen.

The motion for an early election would need a simple majority of 50% plus one of the national assembly to vote for the dissolution of government, which would then trigger an early election, he added.

Read more on the "Farmgate" scandal:

• South African president faces threat of impeachment over 'Farmgate'
• Damning report raises tough questions for South Africa's leader

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Social media video from Spain appears to show a novel method of transport for African migrants trying to enter the European Union.

On Thursday evening, a paraglider drifted over the border fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish territory of Melilla.

Spanish police have not caught or identified the illegal entrant.

Security forces in Spain's enclaves in North Africa have frequently had to deter large groups of migrants trying to climb over fences, swim onto beaches or walk round at low-tide.

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