Veteran politician, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s new president.

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The BBC goes inside a jail in the Seychelles - a nation where 10% of the population is addicted.

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BBC World Service News

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A court in Egypt has handed down jail sentences, ranging from life to five years' hard labour, to 30 people for involvement with the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Ayesha Khairat al-Shater and her husband were given 10 years each. Her father was the Muslim Brotherhood's first nominee for president in 2012 before he was replaced by Mohamed Morsi.

She was arrested in 2018 and charged with misuse of social media and promoting terrorist ideas.

Amnesty International and other rights groups had described her detention as arbitrary and campaigned for her release.

The State Security Criminal Court acquitted one woman.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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Thousands of Tunisians have gathered in central Tunis in defiance of an official ban on their protest against President Kais Saied, calling for him to release detained critics and retract his controversial remarks on migrants.

He recently blamed illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa for violence and crime and said there was a plot to change the demographic composition of Tunisia.

Demonstrators shouted "down with the coup" - referring to the fact President Saied has been ruling by decree since September 2021, after dissolving parliament, suspending the constitution and dismissing the government.

"Stop racism and xenophobia" and "no to hate speech and discrimination" read some of the placards at Sunday's demonstration.

Meanwhile in Senegal, 13 activists and an MP have been released after being arrested for protesting outside the Tunisian embassy.

On Saturday they tried to hand over letters denouncing recent remarks by the Tunisian president that triggered a wave of violence and discrimination against black Africans.

In their letters the Senegalese protestors described his words as hateful and racist.

In recent days hundreds of nationals from West African countries have been repatriated after saying they no longer felt safe in Tunisia.

More on this topic:

• Black Africans in Tunisia speak out about their fears
• Tunisia tennis star Ons Jabeur urges 'dignity' amid row
• Tunisia arrests presidential critics in crackdown

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The authorities in Burkina Faso have imposed further overnight curfews until the end of March in the North region, and the central-eastern Koulpelogo province, to help with the fight against armed jihadist groups.

An official in the North region said the move would help the army in areas bordering Mali, reports AFP.

Militant Islamist attacks have increased this year with dozens of civilians and soldiers being killed every week.

About 40% of Burkina Faso is no longer controlled by the government.

Since 2015 around two million people have been forced to flee their homes.

Last month more than 50 soldiers died in an ambush which the Islamic State group said it had carried out.

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BBC World Service News

The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has arrived in Cairo to seek Egypt's help to repair dilapidated public services such as water and electricity supplies.

Four years ago, contaminated drinking water left thousands needing hospital treatment, and frequent power cuts led to nationwide protests which toppled the government.

Mr al-Sudani, who assumed office last October, will also try to attract Egyptian companies to invest in Iraq after years of sanctions and terror attacks.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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Military officials from the southern African regional block, SADC, are in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to assess security at a time when there is increased international attention on the conflict there.

The EU has just announced an operation to fly in aid to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced since M23 rebels relaunched a rebellion several months ago.

A decade ago a SADC military operation helped drive M23 rebels out of the country.

We don't know if this latest inspection will lead to yet more boots on the ground, but it's a sign of a growing international dimension to the conflict.

As well as more than 12,000 UN peacekeepers, Kenya and other east African countries have also sent in soldiers.

A ceasefire is due to begin in a couple of days.

But the key to stopping at least some of the violence will be improving the relations between DR Congo and Rwanda which is widely known to be backing the M23 rebel group. Rwanda, however, denies this.

Related articles:

• Why Kenya decided to put boots on the ground in DR Congo conflict
• Rwanda-DR Congo tension: Shooting of plane an ‘act of war’
• Soldiers get death sentence for cowardice against M23 rebels

Youssef Chebbi triumphs at Fespaco film festival with his first feature-length production, Ashkal.

The Scottish government has given £500,000 to Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Sciaf and Tearfund.

Bex Yearworth has been integral to a charity that has helped more than 14,000 people walk again.

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Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in Mali.

The organisation said the abductions took place on a road between the north-eastern cities of Gao and Kidal - an area which has long been a hotspot for violence by Islamist militias.

Mali has been gripped by a security crisis since 2012 and kidnappings are common, with motives including demands for ransom and acts of reprisal against security operations by the government.

Last month in Mali, a World Health Organization doctor was freed weeks after he was kidnapped from his car in the district of Ménaka. And back in May 2022, gunmen abducted three Italians and a Togolese national.

The violence has also spread into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger, killing thousands and displacing more than two million people in the region.

More on Mali:

• Emmanuel Macron's mission to counter Russia in Africa
• Russia in Africa: How disinformation operations target the continent
• UK withdraws troops from Mali early blaming political instability
• Coups that promised - and failed - to bring safety
• The iconic photos of Mali's Malick Sidibé

An archive of photos from Ghana stretching back a century offers a glimpse of how things have changed.

The French president is back in Africa trying to fend off challenges from Russia and China.

Administrators in Kenya say they will no longer focus on winning medals as they bid to ‘smoke out’ drug cheats.

Opposition parties say they will go to court - what happens next?

That's all from the BBC Africa Live team for this week but we'll be back on Monday morning, Nairobi time, at bbc.com/africalive.

There will be an automated news feed here until then. You can also get the latest on the BBC News website and listen to the Africa Today podcast.

A reminder of Friday's wise words:

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And we leave you with this photo of young cricket fans in Cape Town - taken from our gallery of the week's best photos:

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DJ Edu
Presenter of This Is Africa on BBC World Service

Image source, 5K Records

Libianca has an astonishing voice, warm, melodious and versatile – Rolling Stone magazine called her "the afro-soul siren who can do everything".

At 21, she wowed the judges on The Voice talent show in the US, and it was a shock to many, as well as to Libianca herself, that she did not win:

Not winning did Libianca’s career no harm at all. A year later she released her smash hit People which she tells me changed her life overnight:

The latest development in the story of People is that it’s been jumped on by none other than Ayra Starr and Omah Leh, two of the best voices in Afrobeats.

The lyrics of the song were inspired by Libianca’s personal experience with depression. She hasn’t had it easy. She’s been diagnosed with cyclothymia, a mood disorder, and wrote People when she was not coping well. It’s a cry for help that has clearly resonated with many people.

Libianca also told me about having to be uprooted from the US aged four because her mother was being threatened with deportation, then settling in Bamenda, Cameroon until her teens. The family then moved back to Minnesota, and the young Libianca had to adjust again:

But Libianca got stuck in, with music as her constant companion:

Libianca’s combination of feisty self-belief and honesty about her vulnerability seems to be a winning one when it comes to making it in the music industry. She’s now been signed to 5K Records, a subsidiary of Sony, and is living her best life:

You can hear the full conversation between Libianca and DJ Edu on This is Africa this Saturday, on BBC World Service radio and partner stations across Africa, as well as online here: BBCworldservice.com/thisisafrica

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Burundi says it is deploying about 100 soldiers to North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where dozens of armed groups are fighting.

They are to join a regional East African force - which also includes soldiers from Kenya.

It was deployed in November following the resurgence of the M23 rebel group which Rwanda is accused of backing but the Kigali government denies.

The rebels are due to withdraw by the end of the month from areas they have captured.

Previous deadlines have been missed and there have been recent demonstrations in eastern Congo by people who want the East African force to take a more aggressive stance against the rebels.

Social media sensation Khaby Lame, who was born in Senegal and raised in Italy, has joined the judges' panel of reality TV show Italia’s Got Talent.

Lame is currently the world’s most-followed content creator on TikTok, where he is known for his famous shrug and for myth-busting various "life hacks". He launched his page in 2020 after losing his job in a factory, and quickly built a huge following.

The BBC profiled him a year ago, asking his fans in Senegal what they made of his fast rise: