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And we leave you with this photo of Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur practising her hits in Paris on Wednesday at the French Open tennis tournament.

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Thomas Naadi
BBC News, Accra

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the country will soon resume borrowing, as the country grapples with its worst economic crisis in a generation.

"There is no rush but obviously, why not take advantage of global savings, it makes a lot of sense to be able to do that," Mr Akufo-Addo said at the Qatar-Africa Economic Forum in Doha.

However, he stressed that the country would "maintain the discipline which is required" following last week's $3bn (£2.4bn) bailout by the IMF.

His comments come as the country is still negotiating with external creditors hoping for debt relief of about $10.5bn.

The country was shut out of the international capital market because of its huge debts but can now have access as a result of the bailout.

The government had been criticised for excessive borrowing, one of the main factors the opposition believes plunged the country into the crisis.

But the government has blamed the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global coronavirus pandemic.

President Akufo-Addo has indicated that the government will cut its expenditure and mobilise more domestic revenue.

The IMF support is expected to help Ghana tackle inflation of more than 40%.

Read more about Ghana's economic crisis here.

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A Tunisian court has dismissed a case against three students for posting a satirical song online.

In the recording – set to the theme tune of the well known children's show Babar the Elephant – they sang about police breaking into a home and wrongly accusing its residents of smoking cannabis.

The composition was intended to highlight police corruption and the harsh penalties given to those caught using the drug.

The song soon went viral on Tiktok.

The arrest of the songsmiths three days later caused widespread outrage.

Uganda police say they have registered a case of "attempted murder" and "suicide by shooting" after a 47-year-old officer is thought to have "shot several bullets into the room" of his boss and then turned the gun on himself.

The incident took place during the early hours of Wednesday at Makokoto police post in Kassanda district in central Uganda.

The scene of crime has been visited and documented by our task team", Ugandan police tweeted., external

A police spokesperson has warned that Uganda has seen three cases of shootings involving police and security operatives in the space of one week, according to Uganda's Monitor news site., external

In response to the violence the country's Internal Security Organisation is offering officers further training on gun handling, the Monitor reports..

The former leader of Kenya's outlawed Mungiki sect, Maina Njenga, has presented himself at a court in western Nakuru county a day after police said they were looking for him.

Police said they seized two firearms and cannabis from a home linked to him in Nakuru last week. Eight suspected members of the Mungiki sect were arrested during the raid, police added.

Mr Njenga has denied the allegations, saying they were political.

Local media said Mr Njenga arrived in court accompanied by his lawyer after he got anticipatory bail stopping police from arresting him.

This comes a few weeks after Mr Njenga's homes in the capital, Nairobi, and in central Laikipia county were reportedly raided by security officers for unknown reasons.

The Mungiki is a secretive sect that was banned in 2002 after being accused of being involved in violence and organised crime.

Barbara Plett Usher
BBC News, Nairobi

There are reports from Sudan that a fighter plane belonging to the military has crashed in Omdurman close to the capital, Khartoum.

It's not clear if it was shot down or experienced a technical failure.

Videos on social media show the aircraft on fire, external before it plunges to the ground.

Separate images show two pilots descending by parachute.

In another video, a wounded man dressed in army uniform and looking dazed is seated in the back of a car, apparently held captive by men with guns who are celebrating.

And residents in the area have reported intense fighting.

This happened on the second day of a ceasefire that has reduced, but not ended the clashes.

The truce is aimed at facilitating the delivery of badly needed aid but there’s been little sign of it so far.

Humanitarian workers have been waiting for security permits and guarantees.

Mike Thomson
BBC World Service News

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One of Algeria's best known opposition leaders has been detained by the authorities for unknown reasons.

Karim Tabbou has become one of the most recognisable faces during mass pro-democracy rallies - organised by the Hirak movement.

He’s reported to have been arrested in a suburb of Algiers on Tuesday.

Hirak protesters – who forced long-term President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down in 2019 - are demanding a sweeping overhaul of the country’s system of government.

Dozens of people have been detained in Algeria over links to the movement.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

A lawyer for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes has told judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) that her client was not a key figure in the group that took over Timbuktu in 2012.

Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz's lawyer said he had tried to maintain order in a chaotic situation after the group Ansar Dine took over the city.

Earlier prosecutors and lawyers for more than 2,000 victims described Mr al-Hassan as a cold-blooded monster.

They said he headed an Islamic police force that terrorised the population of Timbuktu - especially women who were subjected to rape, forced marriages and sexual slavery. He has pleaded not guilty.

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More than 30 schoolchildren have been admitted to hospital after they inhaled tear gas from canisters fired by anti-riot police during a morning drill in Nigeria’s south-western Osun State, local media reports.

It was taking place opposite Fakunle Comprehensive School, in the city of Osogbo, but the fumes drifted over on to the campus.

The secondary school students were reportedly rushed to two different hospitals for urgent medical attention after losing consciousness.

The incident sparked panic as some parents quickly picked up their children after the school authorities were advised to close for the day.

Osun police spokesperson Yemisi Opalola apologised for the incident and said the officers would make the “necessary adjustments” to prevent a recurrence.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The UN human rights chief has urged the two warring generals in Sudan to stop sexual violence and spare the lives of civilians.

Volker Turk described the conflict as heart-breaking.

He called on Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to stop what he called the senseless violence immediately.

There has been a reduction in the fighting since a ceasefire came into effect on Monday.

But people in Khartoum say clashes have continued in some parts of the city.

In El Obeid - the capital of North Kordofan State - a doctor told the BBC five people had died as the truce had been ignored.

Kenyan caddy Virginia Karemi Njeri says she was 'desperate' when she took up a career in golf but the sport has turned her life around.

A Nigerian influencer has made an apology on his YouTube channel , externalafter he told the BBC that some Nigerians sign up to study degrees in the UK just to get a visa for themselves and their dependents.

"We're beginning to see that a lot of people just hide behind the studentship. So the student thing is not real, it's not like they need the degrees," Emdee Tiamiyu said.

Speaking on YouTube on Wednesday, Mr Tiamiyu apologised, after a backlash on social media - with some suggesting he had betrayed Nigerians.

"I am sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused you," Mr Tiamiyu said.

He added that he regretted the "pain" he had caused, and he also said positive things about Nigerians in the interview.

His intention for granting the interview was to "highlight some of the challenges" Nigerians face at home and in the UK, and that he would never have agreed to an interview that he felt "put Nigeria to shame".

He also said he did not know how he would "get over" the backlash.

Mr Tiamiyu's comments come as the UK government restricts visas for family members of some foreign students.

The reaction to Mr Tiamiyu's apology has not been universally warm online, with some calling his video "worthless"., external

More on this topic:

• Nigerian students amass degrees to stay in Europe

The Namibian health authorities have confirmed the outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), following the death of a patient in the eastern town of Gobabis last week.

Lab tests confirmed the male patient died from the viral illness, the Ministry of Health and Social Services said in a statement, external.

A total of 27 contacts, including 24 health workers, have been identified.

The authorities have urged people who may have had direct contact with the patient to report to the nearest facility.

The ministry said one confirmed case is considered an outbreak, according to World Health Organization (WHO) protocols.

CCHF is usually transmitted to people by ticks or livestock animals. Ticks are small parasites that suck blood from other animals, including humans.

According to the WHO, the majority of cases occur in people involved in the livestock industry, such as agricultural workers, slaughterhouse workers and vets.

The disease can be caught from contact with infected blood or tissues from a person or animal.

Symptoms then develop quite quickly - after a few days - and include fever, aches, nausea and vomiting, and a rash caused by bleeding into the skin.

Patients can become severely ill with organ damage, which can be fatal.

Meet Emmanuel Okoye, Nigeria's fast-rising American football star who has had his NFL dreams supercharged in Loughborough.

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Nigerian Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after spending days in detention for allegedly assaulting a police officer, local media report.

His lawyer Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika told Punch website that Kuti - the son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti -was released on Tuesday night after meeting bail conditions.

A video shared on Twitter, external by activist Omoyele Sowore showed Kuti celebrating the release with his fans.

The singer was remanded by police in Lagos on 15 May after being "captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform", police said at the time

Before his arrest, Kuti said the policeman had tried to kill him and his family, but he did not explain how.

BBC East Midlands Today speaks to Nigerian Emmanuel Okoye, who moved to England to fast-track his rise as an American football prospect.

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British exploration firm Tullow Oil has assumed full ownership of a major Kenyan oil project after its joint venture partners, Canada's Africa Oil Corp and France's Total Energies, pulled out.

Africa Oil said it abandoned the project to concentrate on regions with high petroleum potential, while Total said it was considering other options.

Each had a 25% stake in the South Lokichar Basin.

TotalEnergies had at the end of last year indicated plans to dispose of its stake, as doubts lingered on Kenya’s ambition to join the league of oil exporting nations.

Tullow Oil had last year disclosed plans to exit the project amid funding problems, which are likely to worsen with the exit of its partners.

Kenyan authorities are yet to comment on the impact of the exits and whether the country's oil project was still viable.

Read more here:

• Kenya oil discovery after Tullow Oil drilling

Curtis Gallant
BBC HARDtalk

The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), South Africa’s third-largest political party, has said he would “supply weapons to Russia” because Moscow is “in a war with imperialism”.

In an interview with the BBC in Johannesburg, Julius Malema insisted that “South Africa is an ally of Russia” and that the ANC government’s position of non-alignment only applied to the war in Ukraine.

“I will go beyond the friendship with Russia. In the war, I will align with Russia and I will even supply the weapons,” Mr Malema told HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur.

The EFF also wants South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes but Mr Malema has pledged to prevent any attempt to arrest the Russian president if he attends next month’s Brics summit in Cape Town.

Mr Malema made the comments following a diplomatic row in which the US ambassador to South Africa alleged that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto a Russian vessel docked in the country last December.

The South African government has denied approving any arms shipments to Russia.

Watch the full interview on 24 May 2023 on BBC News and on BBC iPlayer for UK audiences. It will be available to listen to on BBC World Service Radio on 26 May 2023.

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Separatists in Cameroon’s restive north-western region have kidnapped over 30 women and injured an unspecified number of others, officials have said.

The women were abducted in Big Babanki, a village near the border with Nigeria, for allegedly protesting against a curfew and taxes imposed on them by the separatists.

“Around 30 women were kidnapped by separatists [on Saturday morning] - we have not found them yet,” an army colonel told the AFP news agency.

Some local media report that the number of those missing was even higher - up to 50 women.

Officials said some women were "severely tortured" by the heavily armed rebels, who frequently kidnap civilians, mostly for ransom.

Separatist leader Capo Daniel told the Associated Press that the women were being punished for allowing themselves to be "manipulated" by Cameroon's government.

The military says it has deployed troops to free the women.

Cameroon has been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017.

The conflict has claimed more than 6,000 lives and forced more than a million people to flee their homes, according to the Crisis Group.

Read more here:

• Cameroon's Anglophone crisis - fuelled by student rejects and poor spelling