Zelalem Tadesse
BBC Afaan Oromoo

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Ethiopia's embassy in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, has come under attack from heavy weaponry, a senior Ethiopian official has confirmed.

No casualties were reported from Tuesday's onslaught but the embassy was partially damaged, Yibeltal Ayimiro Alemu, the Ethiopian ambassador to Sudan, told the BBC.

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting the army since 15 April, has blamed the military for the attack.

The Sudanese army has not commented.

It is not the first time the Ethiopian embassy in Khartoum has been attacked.

An employee of the Ethiopian embassy in Sudan told the BBC that the embassy had been attacked by air strike three weeks ago. A security guard was wounded and windows were shattered, the staff member said.

More than 5,000 people have died in the conflict and forced five million others from their homes, according to the UN.

More on this topic:

• Why has fighting broken out in Sudan?

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BBC News, Abuja

Rescue efforts are ongoing in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi state after a passenger boat capsized on the River Niger.

Officials have told the BBC that four bodies have so far been recovered and 25 people have been rescued.

It is not clear how many people were on board the vessel when it overturned on Monday in strong currents common during the rainy season.

Some reports suggest it may have been carrying 50 passengers.

Such boats are often overloaded and accidents are common on poorly regulated waterways.

In June this year at least 106 people drowned in the River Niger in south-western Kwara state when a boat with more than 300 passengers sank.

An emotional memorial is held for the 368 migrants, mainly from Eritrea, who died 10 years ago.

Nomsa Maseko
BBC News, Johannesburg

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South Africa's Rand Water company has implemented “water shifting” to address shortages in Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng province.

This means residents will still get water but the flow and pressure may be slower.

The country’s economic hub has been struggling with an erratic water supply for several weeks because of high consumption during the spring and summer months, damaged infrastructure and water leaks.

The government has said "water shifting" is the preferred measure instead of imposing rolling water cuts, as happens with the electricity supply.

Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu called for the measure to be implemented during a site visit to affected areas last week.

Rand Water has called for calm, saying there is no reason for water to run out in Gauteng.

"We have enough water as Rand Water, so no 'day zero' is being experienced in the province," said Makenosi Maroo, Rand Water spokeswoman.

More on this topic:

• South African taps run dry after power shortages

Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC News

A new UN report warns of "a very real and imminent risk" of deterioration in insecurity and rights violations in Ethiopia, as violence continues despite a peace deal being signed by the government and Tigrayan forces nearly a year ago.

"An overwhelming majority of risk factors for future atrocity crimes" are evident in Africa's second-most populous country, says the report by the UN’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE).

The latest findings follow a report released last month by the commission declaring that war crimes had been committed in Ethiopia since war broke out in Tigray in 2020.

Ongoing serious violations, widespread violence and deeply entrenched impunity signal there is "a high risk" of further atrocity crimes, the commission’s latest assessment asserts.

According to Tuesday's report, "serious violations" continue in Tigray, and the commission says it has documented patterns of human rights violations and international crimes in the country’s Oromia, Amhara and Afar regions - adding that it is alarmed by recent reports of extra-judicial killings and mass arrests in Amhara.

The UN commission’s mandate is expected to expire later this month.

Rights groups have been calling for its renewal but the authorities in Addis Ababa have been campaigning for its termination saying the country’s capable of conducting its own internal investigations into allegations of abuses.

Richard Hamilton
BBC World Service Newsroom

There's been criticism in Kenya of its decision to send a security force to Haiti to tackle criminal gangs.

On Monday the UN Security Council endorsed an international force to support Haiti's police.

In July the Kenyan government announced it would take on the lead-nation role and deploy a 1,000 strong force.

The former Chief Justice of Kenya Willy Mutunga told the BBC's Newsday that the decision was unconstitutional as the Kenyan public had not been consulted.

Human rights groups have also expressed concern over the poor track record of the country's police and security forces.

Nkechi Ogbonna
West Africa business journalist, BBC News

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Hundreds of protesters are marching in Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for the resignation of the governor of the Bank of Ghana and his two deputies over the loss of about 60bn Ghanaian cedis ($5.2bn; £4.3bn) in the 2022 financial year.

The protest, dubbed #OccupyBoG and led by the minority members of Ghana’s parliament, has seen protesters dressed in red shirts, scarfs and berets chanting songs and holding banners - some reading “stop the looting, we are suffering”.

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The demonstrators also expressed their anger over the proposed use of more than $250m for the construction of new headquarters for the central bank amidst the economic hardships faced by Ghanaians.

The West African country is facing its worst economic hardship in over a generation marred by soaring inflation of over 40%, a high cost of living crisis and huge public debt.

The government introduced tough measures including increasing utility tariffs and taxes to boost domestic revenue.

Last May, the cocoa- and gold-rich country secured a $3bn loan from the IMF to help ease the economic problems it faces.

More than 50 people were killed after troops opened fire on anti-UN protesters in August.

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Kenya’s President William Ruto has welcomed the UN Security Council’s vote approving the deployment of a Kenya-led police mission to Haiti.

He said they would not fail the people of Haiti, adding that for Kenya, the mission was of “special significance and critical urgency”.

On Monday, the UN adopted a resolution authorising the mission to support Haiti police in combating gangs that have taken control of large parts of the country, waging terror on residents and killing hundreds.

Mr Ruto says the situation in Haiti is a matter of “humanitarian consideration” and requires collective action.

“In our struggle, we always had friends, not an overwhelming multitude of powerful allies, yet nevertheless true, loyal and determined friends. The people of Haiti, our dear friends, today stand in need. It is our fundamental moral obligation to be their friend indeed, by standing with them,” he said.

However, some critics have opposed or expressed criticism over the mission and the ability of Kenyan police to take on Haiti's gangs.

Former Kenyan chief justice Willy Mutunga told the BBC Newsday programme on Tuesday that it was “unconstitutional” to send officers there without consulting the Kenyan people “on a matter that is very important”.

Rights group Amnesty International has called for a “thorough” examination of “the mission's human rights and humanitarian implications before deployment”.

More on this topic:

• Haiti crisis: Can Kenyan police officers defeat the gangs?

Anne Soy
Senior Africa correspondent, BBC News

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Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Sudan to South Sudan are going multiple days without food as child malnutrition soars, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned, external.

The UN agency says a hunger emergency is looming on the border between the two countries and admits it is struggling to meet the growing humanitarian needs.

“We are seeing families leave one disaster for another as they flee danger in Sudan only to find despair in South Sudan,” says Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP’s South Sudan country director.

It is estimated that 90% of people are going for days without eating and already one in five children and a quarter of pregnant or breastfeeding mothers are malnourished.

They are fleeing the war which broke out in Sudan in April.

Many say they were robbed along the way and often people arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

The majority are South Sudanese who were living and working in Sudan. South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war.

The WFP says it simply does not have the resources to provide life-saving assistance.

It needs more than $120m (£99.5m) to increase support to those who need it most.

More on this topic:

• 'How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone'

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Kenya’s government has banned public officials from taking non-essential trips abroad as part of efforts to cut spending.

This included travel for benchmarking, study, training and research, the country’s Head of Public Service, Felix Koskei, said on Monday.

Conferences are also among the events categorised as non-essential.

Mr Koskei directed government officials to participate in such events virtually or ask diplomatic officials in host countries to attend.

According to local media, officials spent 14bn Kenyan shillings , external($94m; £78m) on travel within the first nine months of President William Ruto taking office.

“Foreign travel will only be facilitated for engagements in which the government of Kenya’s participation is part of the fulfilment of state obligations," Mr Koskei said, and in events involving “critical decisions impacting on the country’s position”.

He also capped the delegations of ministers and governors to three persons and said that they would only be allowed out of the country for a maximum of seven days per trip and 45 days per year.

He added that the delegations of the president, vice-president and first lady would only comprise staff with a direct role in scheduled activities.

Patrick Herminie denies the allegations, saying the case is a "political show" to taint his image.

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More than 100 health workers died in Libya in the aftermath of the floods last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

They were among the 4,000 people who had so far been confirmed dead, it said, adding that more than 8,500 were still missing.

"These 101 doctors, nurses and paramedics who lost their lives are not only missed by their families and loved ones; the whole community is affected by their departure and certainly the health sector in eastern Libya and beyond will be hit hard," said WHO Representative in Libya Dr Ahmed Zouiten in a tribute to the health workers.

The disaster happened after two dams that were poorly maintained amid years of conflict in the country burst under the pressure of torrential rains from Storm Daniel.

Entire neighbourhoods disappeared into the sea as the water hit eastern Libya, including the worst-hit city of Derna.

More on this topic:

• Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic
• The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster

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Kenya’s communications regulator has said that the country experienced a record 860 million cyber-attacks in the last 12 months.

The regulator said that “the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyber-threats” targeted at Kenya’s critical information infrastructure had increased dramatically.

In 2017, Kenya experienced 7.7 million cyber attacks.

In July, a high-profile cyber attack attributed to the pro-Russian hacking group Anonymous Sudan cut off access to more than 5,000 online government services in the country, including visa, passport and driving licence applications and renewals.

The attack also disabled online train booking systems and mobile money transactions.

The Communications Authority of Kenya on Monday said that 79% of the attacks recorded in the last 12 months were caused by cyber criminals infiltrating the computer systems of organisations.

The regulator also said that 14% of the attacks involved malicious software, 6.5% involved cybercriminals flooding servers with traffic to overload their infrastructure and the remaining attacks targeted web applications.

According to the regulator, Kenya is now the third most-targeted country by cyber criminals in Africa, after Nigeria and South Africa.

Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC News

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Families of three Ethiopian politicians jailed in connection with violence in the north-western Amhara region say they are concerned for the detainees’ well-being.

It comes after handwritten letters on social media appeared to indicate the politicians - Christian Tadele, Yohannes Buayalew and Kassa Teshager - were on hunger strike.

Mr Christian is a member of Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament while Mr Yohannes and Mr Kassa are members of Amhara regional and Addis Ababa city councils respectively.

They were arrested - despite having parliamentary immunity - after the authorities declared a state of emergency in order to contain a deadly conflict in Amhara between government forces and local militias.

The politicians had been critical of the government’s approach to growing resistance in Amhara before their arrest.

They are being held in a military camp more than 200km (124 miles) east of the capital.

Family members told the BBC’s Amharic service that they were not allowed to visit the detainees and that they did not know the conditions in which they were being held.

Fighting broke out in August after months of tension and continues to date.

But with internet shutdown in the region and phone lines cut off in areas witnessing intense clashes, it’s been difficult to get a clear picture of the extent of the violence.

More on this topic:

• Why Ethiopia's Amhara militiamen are battling the army

Lawyers representing Cameroonian Football Federation president Samuel Eto'o issue a statement denying he has been notified of legal proceedings against him.

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BBC World Service

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An army colonel has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his role in the killing of more than 50 demonstrators in August.

Troops serving under Mike Mikombe opened fire in the eastern city of Goma on members of a religious sect taking part in a banned protest against the UN peacekeeping force.

He was charged with crimes against humanity.

Three fellow officers have also been convicted by a military tribunal and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Col Mikombe's lawyers have said they'll appeal.

The death sentence is often handed down in DR Congo but it's been more than 20 years since an execution took place.

Killings by militant Islamists have intensified since the military seized power in July.