The UN approves the offer to send 1,000 police officers but many question their suitability.

For the latest updates, go to bbc.com/africalive

BBC Africa Eye speaks to more than 30 witnesses about a network of abuse that continued for decades.

They were attempting the dangerous crossing to the Canary Islands, a gateway to Europe.

The rise is far short of the demands of trade unions angered by the sharp rise in cost of living.

Vincent Mutai is the men's winner and Mestawut Fikir triumphs in the women's race at the 2023 Cardiff Half Marathon.

Tuareg rebels attack a northern town as the UN mission continues its withdrawal from Mali.

DJ Edu
Presenter of This Is Africa on BBC World Service

BNXN, formerly known as Buju, is one of Nigeria’s most successful emerging artists. His unique honey voice has graced numerous hits in the last couple of years and he’s been rewarded by awards including Next Rated Artist 2022 at the Headies.

He even made it on to the summer playlist, external of former US President Barack Obama last year.

His talent was spotted early on by Burna Boy, who signed him, and the African giant features on a remix of BNXN’s song Lenu.

The 26-year-old has done a string of collaborations, with Wizkid, Timaya, Stefflon Don, Dave, Pheelz - the list goes on. In fact I can’t bring to mind any artist who has done more.

“I mean God is amazing because a lot of people call me. Somehow they always see me on the record,” he tells me.

The Afrobeats singer's debut album comes out on Thursday, so can we expect lots of features or will we hear more solo BNXN?

“There are a couple of collaborations on the album, I wanted them to be really specific to the message I was passing across. Like I have Headie One on the project, that is Headie One’s best verse internationally. When it drops you can take it to the bank - they will give you 100k,” he says.

“Everybody that’s on this project came in with their A game, not even their A game, their A star game, I’m super excited about it.”

The single Sweet Tea dropped earlier this month as a foretaste of what is to come - and is a sweet love song: “It’s all about expressing the highest form of love and desire for somebody. It gives people a super nostalgic feeling and I love the song so much.”

He says the whole album is “an envelope of emotions”: “I’m ready to just give out. It’s been super challenging because of how I really wanted people to see me on this project.”

This is reflected in album’s title - Sincerely, Benson - which is also a reference to his change of names.

It was Burna who advised BNXN to emphasise his new name on his next project in order to make it stick. But things are going so well for BNXN right now, he’s pretty cool with whatever people choose to call him.

You can hear my conversation with BNXN’s on This Is Africa on BBC World Service radio over the weekend and available online here.

Journalist Maher Mezahi writes that despite his immigrant father's cynicism, he fell in love with Algeria.

Fountain of Life charity has created 250 boreholes to serve communities in Africa.

Napoli said they "never meant to offend or mock" Victor Osimhen in a social media post but stopped short of publicly apologising to him.

Male migrants from Syria, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt danced after being rescued off the coast of Libya.

Rescue efforts are under way to reach those who became trapped when a shaft at a gold mine collapsed.

The BBC's Mohamed Osman writes about his emotional return after war forced him to flee.

Sarah McBride travelled to Morocco to help those in dire need after the devastating earthquake.

After smashing the world record in Berlin, Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, her coach and marathon experts answer three key questions on the evolution of the event.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team - we'll be back on Monday morning Nairobi time at 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 picture taken before a polo match in Nairobi - one of our top shots this week:

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Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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The former chair of the board of South African Airways has been arrested and charged in court with corruption.

Dudu Myeni is accused of receiving bribes including security upgrades for her home from the company, Bosasa.

It has been implicated in numerous corrupt deals during Jacob Zuma's presidency.

Last year a Commission of Inquiry concluded that Ms Myeni had influenced Mr Zuma to favour Bosasa, which was awarded government contracts worth more than $100m (£82m).

A director with a subsidiary of Bosasa, Trevor Mathenjwa, was also charged with corruption. They were both released on bail and are due back in court in November.

BBC Arabic's Sudan Lifeline radio

Sudan's paramilitary force, the RSF, is accused of ethnic cleansing and rape in Darfur, where local people are already struggling for basics like water, food and electricity months after the country's civil conflict began.

The alleged crimes are outlined in a report by the Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights, whose editor, Heba Abu Al-Qasim, says there is also evidence of human trafficking.

She told BBC Sudan Lifeline that people in Dafur were suffering a "humanitarian catastrophe":

Kennedy Gondwe
BBC News, Lusaka

The US embassy in Zambia has fired 10 members of staff who they accuse of fraud, misconduct, and corruption.

The names and nationalities of the people sacked weren't listed in the embassy's statement on Thursday, but the strongly worded letter said no organisation was immune to corruption, external - which undermines corruption public services, national cohesion, and economic development.

"It is precisely because the United States is also challenged by the scourge of corruption that the US embassy takes such an active and robust role fighting corruption in Zambia," the statement read.

"Today’s actions double the number of American and Zambian staff whose employment has been terminated by the US government over the past 18 months for fraud or corrupt practices," it added.