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It is reported to be one of deadliest accidents in the country, which has a poor road-safety record.

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A new head of the High Council of State in Libya has been elected in a development that may further complicate efforts to restart its stalled political process.

Mohammad Takala defeated the incumbent Khaled al-Meshri to take over as president of the Tripoli-based consultative body.

The body was set up in 2015 as part of the UN-backed roadmap towards a new democratic future for Libya, after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and the violent unrest that followed.

The election of Mr Takala may lead to a shift in political alliances in Libya, as he is a close ally of the interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

Samba Cyuzuzo
BBC Great Lakes

Rena Wakama has become the first female coach to lead a team to victory in a women's AfroBasket championship final.

The milestone came after Nigeria beat Senegal 84-74 in front of a sell-out crowd in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.

Wakama's first AfroBasket title is also Nigeria's fourth in a row - matching Senegal’s record that began in the 1970s.

"It has been a long year for me. I asked God for a sign, and this trophy was the biggest of them all,” Wakama said later.

Senegal trailed Nigeria from early in the first quarter and a late dash for points in the fourth quarter was not enough to make up the difference.

Ifanya Okoro was Nigeria’s top scorer with 16 points. Senegal’s point guard Ciarra Dillard outscored her by three.

In the third-fourth place play-off, Mali beat hosts Rwanda 89-52.

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Parliament in Senegal has restored the right of two opposition figures to stand in next year's presidential election.

It voted to allow people who've been convicted but then pardoned or amnestied to run for public office.

That clears the way for Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, who were prevented from standing in 2019.

Senegal's most prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is facing criminal charges that would stop him from running to replace President Macky Sall, who cannot stand for a third term.

Read more about Ousemane Sonko:

• Senegalese opposition leader charged - again

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Italy's coastguard says it's recovered the bodies of an African woman and her child after two boats carrying 90 migrants sunk off the island of Lampedusa.

Fifty-seven people were rescued but more than 30 others are missing.

Survivors told Italian media that the boats had set off from the Tunisian port of Sfax.

More than 2,000 migrants have arrived in Lampedusa in the past few days.

Read more on this story here.

Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala overcame her parents’ opposition to a career in sports to become one of the world’s best footballers and a role model for African women.

FC Robo was once the club of some of Nigeria's Women's World Cup stars.

There are reports of a surge in men wanting to know if they are the biological fathers of their children.

Regional leaders have threatened to use force if Niger's ousted president is not reinstated.

Students explain why song and dance is helping the nation's football team who have reached the second round of the Women's World Cup.

Mohamed Bazoum warns that the region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner group.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team - we'll be back on Monday morning at bbc.com/africalive.

Until then you can find the latest updates at BBCAfrica.com and listen to the Focus on Africa podcast for stories behind the news.

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And we leave you with this photo of victorious Cameroonian long-jumpers Appolinaire Yinra and Raymondo Nkwemy Tchomfa on Tuesday - it's one of our favourites this week:

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Sudan's health ministry says it will immunise children against measles across the country, where more than three million people have been forced from their homes since fighting began in April.

"Most of the displacement camps offer vaccination services through traveling medical teams," says Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim. The doses were provided by the UN's children fund, Unicef.

White Nile and Sennar are likely to be the first states targeted. Remote areas including Darfur, which has seen some of the worst fighting, are also said to be a priority even though staffing levels are at 60% because of a lack of funding.

It's not clear how they will contend with ongoing fighting between Sudan's rival military forces, or if they've been granted safe passage to do their job.

Some regions have been more challenging than others, Mr Ibrahim tells the BBC.

"[In] Al-Gezira state the vaccination service covers 90% of the children including internally displaced people. In some states the vaccination services dropped from 60% to only 47%."

Measles is a serious concern, with 1,000 cases detected across seven states and a number of child deaths, he says.

Where might the match be won when England face Nigeria in the first knockout stage of the Women's World Cup in Brisbane?

Jose Tembe
BBC News, Maputo

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Mozambique's first maritime court has opened in the capital, Maputo.

Coastal northern Mozambique has been hit by a six-year-long jihadist insurgency, while other national security threats include piracy, sea pollution, illegal fishing and the trafficking of drugs and people.

The country shares maritime borders with Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa.

The new court will be led by Judge João Guilherme.

Muhyadin Roble
Editor, BBC News Somali

Somali novice sprinter Nasra Abubakar Ali, who's faced ridicule online, says she was chosen to compete by her university association and was suffering from a sprained leg when she raced this week.

Ali was competing in the 100m at the World University Games in China on Wednesday. Brazil's Gabriela Silva Mourão won the race with a time of 11.58 seconds while Ali finished last on 21.81 seconds.

She defended her performance in a Facebook interview with journalist Munasar Mohamed, saying the backlash she's received is unfair and her efforts should be considered courageous:

"I was heavily criticised for my performance despite the fact that I was injured... I made an attempt. If I had succeeded, they would have cheered me," she added.

Since Wednesday's race, the chairwoman of the Somali Athletics Federation has been accused of abusing her power and defaming Somalia and suspended from her position.

The Association of Somali Universities said it had not appointed any athlete to compete in the event, a press release on its Facebook page said.

Nkechi Ogbonna
BBC News

Niger's military junta has cut ties with Nigeria, Togo, the US and France following failed talks with a delegation from the regional bloc, Ecowas, that were aimed at resolving the political stand-off after President Mohamed Bazoum's ousting last week.

Junta member Col Amadou Abdramane made the announcement on state TV on behalf on the coup leaders, recalling Niger's ambassadors from those four nations.

A delegation led by Nigeria’s former military head of state, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, met some members of the military junta on Thursday but left after just a few hours without any sign of progress.

The Nigerian President and Ecowas head, Bola Tinubu, has yet to respond to Niger's cutting of diplomatic ties.

West African defence chiefs are set to conclude a three-day meeting in Nigeria on possible military interventions to pursue should diplomacy fail.

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After 18 years of operating in Kampala, the UN's human rights mission will close on Saturday because the Ugandan government has ended its mandate.

Sub-offices in Gulu and Moroto, in northern Uganda, have already closed.

It comes after Uganda passed some of the world's harshest anti-LGBT laws against the advice of local and international rights groups, including the UN.

In a statement on Friday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said he was urging the government to ensure Uganda's national human rights body can function effectively and independently, as the main body tasked with human rights oversight in the country.

Mr Türk said the majority of 54 NGOs that were "arbitrarily suspended" in 2021 remain closed, and Uganda's amended computer misuse law could limit free expression even more.

He also expressed deep concern about the run-up to elections in 2026, saying human rights defenders, civil society actors and journalists in Uganda were operating in an increasingly hostile environment.

Explaining its decision to end the mandate of the UN's human rights office earlier this year, Uganda's foreign ministry assured the UN of its "commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights", and the presence of "strong national human rights institutions and a vibrant civil society".

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