A young woman was dismembered and stuffed in a plastic bag - the internet blames her.

Torrential rain and flooding hit islands in Mauritius and Reunion, leaving homes without electricity.

Ghana say they are "100%" behind boss Chris Hughton after an altercation with a fan followed their Africa Cup of Nations defeat by Cape Verde.

That's all for now from the BBC Africa Live team.

Until we're back on Tuesday, you can find the latest updates on the BBC News website, or listen to our Africa Today podcast.

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We leave you with a picture of Senegal fans cheering their football team to a 3-0 against The Gambia.

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A short while ago, we reported on Tanzania's plan to ban flights from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam.

Around two-and-a-half hours after the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority made this announcement, the nation's foreign minister, January Makamba, said he and his Kenyan counterpart had "resolved to settle" the issue within three days, external.

In a co-ordinated social media post, Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said there should be "no cause for alarm", external.

"We have jointly agreed that our respective Civil Aviation Authorities will work together to have the matter resolved amicably within the next three days," he wrote.

The French island of Réunion has been spared the worst of the storm, which is heading for Mauritius.

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Tanzania's aviation authority has said that it will not permit any Kenya Airways flights from Nairobi to land in Dar es Salaam from next Monday.

There are usually three scheduled services on this leg of the route every day.

The decision to prevent the flights comes in retaliation to a move by Kenya to not allow any all-cargo flights operated by Air Tanzania to land in Nairobi, a statement from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) said.

It added that Kenya's move went against a 2016 agreement between the two countries.

Hamza Johari, director general of the TCCA, told BBC: "We have written to Kenyan authorities’ but they do not respond. We tried other means of arbitration without success.

“We had no barriers for their flight to Tanzania, why are they not giving us access to operate in their country? We have calculated over $330,000 (£260,000) loss for every single cargo flight from Nairobi to other countries.”

While other airlines ply the Nairobi-Dar es Salaam route, this tit-for-tat action could make things more expensive and disrupt the travel plans for thousands of tourists and businesspeople who have come to rely on Kenya Airways, Tanzania's Citizen newspaper reports, external.

In response to TCAA's statement, Kenya Airways said it is "engaging the Civil Aviation Authorities and relevant government agencies in Kenya and Tanzania to find a solution that will ensure there are no flight disruptions between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam".

This is not the first time the two countries have fallen out over aviation.

In 2020, Tanzania stopped Kenya Airways flights for a brief period in a row over quarantine restrictions for Tanzanians.

Ons Jabeur says fans made her feel "less stressed" during her impressive win over Yuliia Starodubtseva at the Australian Open.

Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Journalist, Monrovia

An opposition party lawmaker has been elected speaker of Liberia's lower parliamentary chamber, in a major blow to President-elect Joseph Boakai.

Jonathan Fonati Koffa defeated Richard Nagbe Koon by 36 votes to 31 in an election among lawmakers for speaker of the House of Representaives.

Mr Koffa is a member of outgoing President George Weah's Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party, while Mr Koon belongs to Mr Boakai's United Party (UP).

Mr Koffa's victory is not surprising as the CDC won a majority of parliamentary seats in October's election, despite Mr Weah losing the presidential run-off to Mr Boakai.

But it will give the incoming government some headaches, as the speaker is the head of parliament - and Mr Koffa's victory is a reminder to the incoming government that it will need the backing of opposition lawmakers to pass legislation.

The CDC's control of parliament was further demonstrated when its candidate, Thomas P. Fallah, defeated an ally of the UP, Liberty's Musa Hassan Bility, in the race for deputy speaker by the bigger margin of 42 votes to 24.

Mr Boakai is due to be sworn in as president on next Monday after Mr Weah - a former international football star - failed in his bid to win a second term in the November run-off.

Lamine Camara scores twice as Senegal beat The Gambia 3-0 in the holders' opening match of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Nicolas Négoce
BBC News, Abidjan

Football fans across the world were left with blank screens as live coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) was hit with technical difficulties.

Monday's match between Senegal and The Gambia had no commentary for the first 15 minutes, then the picture itself cut out.

A variety of television outlets - including Sky Sports in the UK and South Africa's SuperSport - had to broadcast static messages apologising for technical issues.

Fans were able to watch Senegal defeat their neighbours 3-0, after the picture was restored for the second half.

On social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, some fans said the coverage was a "joke" and a "disgrace".

The Group C game was hosted in the Stade Charles Konan Banny de Yamoussoukro, one of the six stadiums built in Ivory Coast specifically for Afcon 2023.

Caf, the administrative body for African football, has not commented.

Read the full match report here.

Former champions fare underwhelmingly as underdogs cause early surprises at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Richard Hamilton
BBC World Service newsroom

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Inflation in Nigeria has risen to its highest rate in more than 27 years.

The National Bureau of Statistics said the rate that prices were increasing over the year was up for the 12th straight month. On average, the price of goods has risen to just under 29% compared to a year ago.

The statistics office said the rise in the cost of basic foodstuffs, including bread, fruit and eggs, was even higher.

Analysts say higher fuel prices and a weaker currency - the naira - have also contributed to the rise.

When he took office last May, President Bola Tinubu immediately embarked on a series of bold economic reforms. He scrapped a costly but popular fuel subsidy and devalued the currency to try to revive growth.

Read more:

• Nigeria's fuel subsidy: How the new president has shocked the nation

Richard Hamilton
BBC World Service newsroom

Burkina Faso's former head of police has been abducted by unidentified gunmen, according to reports.

Lt Col Evrard Somda was taken from his home in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday, French news agency AFP said, citing sources close to Mr Somda.

He had been sacked in October, a week after four police officers were detained in connection with an alleged coup plot.

Several kidnappings have been reported recently in the West African country.

Sansan Anselme Kambou - an influential businessman who was close to Mr Somda - was abducted by intelligence agents in September. In December, former foreign minister Ablasse Ouedraogo was taken by people claiming to be the police.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu spent 3.4bn naira ($3.5m; £2.7m) on domestic and foreign travel during his first six months in office, local reports say, citing data from the GovSpend, external portal.

The spending means President Tinubu and his team exceeded the 2.49bn naira travel budget allocated for the entirety of 2023 by 36%, the privately owned Nigerian newspaper The Punch reports, external.

The Punch said that although the president inherited the budget halfway through 2023, "he spent more than what was apportioned for the whole year between June and December 2023".

The reports, which have not been verified by the BBC, come nearly a week after President Tinubu capped the number of aides allowed to accompany him abroad.

Prior to this move, he had been criticised for incurring travel expenses that some Nigerians deem to be excessive.

Most notably, Mr Tinubu came under fire after his government sponsored over 400 people to attend last year's COP28 climate conference in Dubai.

The privately run GovSpend portal collates official data from Nigeria's treasury.

Anne Soy
BBC News, Nairobi

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This morning, we reported that schools in Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island east of Madagascar, had shut in preparation for a powerful cyclone.

In the last few hours, torrential rains and floods have begun wreaking havoc.

Mauritius' meteorological department said Cyclone Belal was "dangerously approaching" and is expected to "pass closer to the south of the island" early on Tuesday morning.

On Monday, dramatic images on social media showed occupied vehicles floating in flooded roads in Mauritius' capital, Port Louis.

Belal has already battered the the nearby, French-administered island of Réunion.

One person has died and more than 600 have been displaced there as a result of the storm.

Earlier we brought news of the outrage in Nigeria amid reports that a woman had been killed by her kidnappers after being abucted alongside her five sisters.

Although her death has not been confirmed by the authorities, fellow students at Kaduna State's Ahmadu Bello University have been paying their tributes to the woman, identified as Nabeeha.

A statement from the Students' Representative Council at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) referred to an "unexpected and tragic death".

The student group said two of the sisters kidnapped alongside Nabeeha also studied at ABU.

The statement said: "The [Student's Representative Coucil] strongly condemned this heartless killing and call on the government to rescue the remaining two sisters of the late Nabeeha from the abductors without further delay... may her gentle soul rest in peace."

Engineering students at ABU also commented on the kidnapping.

In a statement, the ABU chapter of the Nigerian Universities Engineering Students' Association sent their "deepest condolences" to relatives and friends of Nabeeha and condemned the "callous kidnapping".

The statement said Nabeeha studied biological sciences at ABU.

Addressing the Faculty of Life Science, the engineering students said: "Nabeeha was undoubtedly a valuable member of your academic community and her absence will be deeply felt."

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Black Coffee, a Grammy award-winning South African DJ, has posted an update after sustaining injuries on a flight last week.

The musician was involved in "severe" incident en route to a club performance in Argentina, his team had said.

As a result, Black Coffee's plane was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo.

On Monday morning, Black Coffee, real name Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo, used a series of emojis to update his fans on social media platform X, external.

Fans have taken the house, bandaged heart and prayer hands emojis to mean he is recovering back at his home.

The 47-year-old is one of Africa's most successful entertainers.

Private security guards in Uganda have been banned from carrying firearms until after the end of a key international summit starting in the capital, Kampala.

Over 4,000 delegates, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and heads of state and government, will be attending the 19th Non-Aligned Movement summit.

The summit runs for nine days.

All private security firms have been notified that due to the summit, the movement of private security guards with firearms will not be allowed until end of the month, state-owned New Vision news website reported.

Police director in charge of operations John Nuwagira told the private security firms to treat the directive with “the urgency and strictness demanded of you by the situation”.

Security has been heightened at airports, meeting venues and hotels in Kampala.

Ugandan police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that counter-terrorism measures have also been enhanced.

President Yoweri Museveni will take over the leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.