The United Nations Security Council is due to meet to discuss tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia over a controversial port deal with the self-declared republic of Somaliland.

The Somali state TV, SNTV, reports that the Monday meeting will "address concerning events in the Horn of Africa".

The row was triggered by Ethiopia signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Somaliland early this month.

The deal gives landlocked Ethiopia access to a seaport for military and commercial purposes.

Somalia, which considers Somaliland part of its territory, rejected the deal and accused Ethiopia of violating its sovereignty.

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BBC News, Juba

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Authorities in South Sudan's Central Equatoria state have banned the sale of a popular beer after several people died after consuming the local gin.

The Royal Gin, popularly known as "Makuei Gin" is said to be addictive, mostly to young people.

Its consumption reportedly increased during Christmas and New Year celebrations, leading to deaths of an unspecified number of people.

“I have banned this red beer, Royal Gin called ‘Makuei’. Nobody should sell nor drink it because it is killing many young people," Governor of Central Equatoria state Emmanuel Adil Anthony said on Sunday.

"Many young people when they get drunk, they hit their mothers with machetes,” he added.

The Anglican Church in the capital, Juba, has urged the governor to make sure the ban is enforced.

The gin was nicknamed after Information Minister Michael Makuei in 2019, who is said to be the most talkative minister in South Sudan.

Last year, the minister called for the ban of the gin and demanded that the factory that produces it be closed down.

Firefighters in South Africa are battling to put out wildfires in the wine-producing region of Cape Winelands, including one fire that broke out a week ago.

The wildfires have raged uncontrollably for a week, spread by strong winds, local reports say.

Forty structures in informal settlements have been destroyed in the fire and an estimated 22,600 hectares razed down, Trevor Abrahams, the managing director of the Working on Fire firefighting program, told news broadcaster eNCA.

"It's an ongoing battle. It's in a mountainous area in a nature reserve."

Firefighters are also fighting to protect the Landsberg Nature Reserve, which hosts the critically endangered renosterveld vegetation, public broadcaster SABC reported.

The Western Cape province frequently experiences wildfires during the dry season, which runs from October to April.

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At least six people, some of them school children, have been killed in north-east Nigeria by an explosive device which they had mistaken for scrap metal.

Police and local officials in Borno state said the blast occurred in a building at an Islamic school on Saturday.

Reports say pupils often collect and sell the metal to local communities.

Despite a ban on the practice, scavenging for scrap is still common in the area, which is plagued by Islamist violence.

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Several African leaders are in Italy's capital, Rome, for the Italy-Africa summit, which is aimed at boosting relations between Africa and the European nation.

During the two-day summit, Italy is expected to launch a "new approach" for cooperating with African countries, which is "not predatory, not paternalistic, but not charitable either", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.

The targeted areas for collaboration include energy, economic and infrastructure development, culture, food security and education and vocational training.

The summit, which started on Sunday, is also aimed at boosting investment in African countries as a strategy to curb irregular migration from the continent.

Several other countries have organised similar summits to strengthen ties with African countries, including Germany, Russia and China.

A bull owned by a Kenyan senator has killed its caretaker in the western county of Kakamega, sparking shock and grief in the area.

The prized bull, named Inasio, turned aggressive and gored to death Kizito Moi, who had been training bulls for more than 20 years, Kakamega county Senator Boni Khalwale, who owns it, said.

His body, which had deep injuries on the head, neck, stomach and back was discovered on Sunday morning.

The senator said he had speared the bull to death in line with the local Luhya community traditions. The meat is then divided among villagers.

Mr Khalwale said it was rare for animals to turn on their keepers, and that the last such incident happened in the area about 30 years ago.

The five-year-old bull, which weighed 120kg, had recently been crowned the reigning champion in the local competitions.

The senator has been organising the bull fighting competitions, popular in western Kenya, where thousands of locals often grace the events.

The owners of the winning bulls like Mr Khalwale are considered heroes.

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Nigerian authorities have declared an ex-beauty queen wanted over her alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, escaped when its officers raided her her home in Lagos last week.

In a statement, the agency said that the raid followed "credible" intelligence that the ex-beauty queen was involved in illicit substances.

"Recovered from her home during the search witnessed by the estate officials include 606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics," the statement added.

The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and founder of Queen Christmas Foundation.

She is yet to comment on the allegations.

Another suspect, who was returning from Brazil last week, was also arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine, the agency said.

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Lucy Sexton was making a TV series about hostages when her father Joe was abducted

Lucy and her father Joe Sexton are American journalists. In 2021 Lucy was working on the TV series ‘Hostages’ when her personal and professional life collided. Joe had been abducted while on a reporting trip in Libya. What followed was a surreal week of parallels as they both tried to make sense of what was happening – Joe from a cell in Libya and Lucy from a production set in Washington. Later, they turned their experience into a joint writing project that brought them closer than ever before.

Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: May Cameron Editor: Harry Graham Sound design: Joel Cox

The demands, if implemented, would drastically change the nature of Israel's Gaza campaign.

Treasures taken 150 years ago will go back, the BBC can reveal, in a possible model for other disputes.

A handwritten map is all Mamadou Barry had to guide him from Guinea to Egypt, where he wanted to enrol at one of the world’s top Islamic universities. At the age of 24 he had reached a crossroads in his life. Having failed his final year secondary school exams five times in a row, he set his sights on a different type of education. Mamadou had heard about the prestigious Al Azhar University in Egypt, but could not afford a plane ticket. So he decided to set off on an epic adventure, travelling by bike, and leaving his home in Guinea with only $55, a small bag of clothes and tools, and a map he had drawn himself.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Rob Wilson Translator and interpreter: Olivier Weber Voiceover artist: Gaïus Kowene

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(Photo: Mamadou and his bike. Credit: Courtesy of Mamadou Barry)

File on 4 tells the story of a young street trader from Lagos who revealed a conspiracy that took down one of Nigeria’s most powerful politicians. The young man was tested, trafficked and tricked into a plot to take his kidney, to donate to the politician’s sick daughter in the UK. His conviction - the first of its kind in the UK - has led to police investigating more potential cases.

Reporter: Mark Lobel Producer: Kate West Technical Producer: Kelly Young Digital Producer: Melanie Stewart-Smith Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley Editor: Carl Johnston

David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the latest events in Sudan. Fighting has been commonplace ever since Sudan gained independence but what's behind the latest violence?

Guests:

James Copnall - currently presenting Newsday on the BBC World Service and formerly the BBC's Sudan correspondent

Mohanad Hashim - Sudanese journalist working on Newshour on the BBC World Service

Dame Rosalind Marsden, associate fellow at the Chatham House International Affairs and former UK ambassador to Sudan

Professor Alex De Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and Research Programme Director with the Conflict Research Programme at LSE

Produced by: Kirsteen Knight, Claire Bowes and Ben Carter Edited by: Penny Murphy Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Production co-ordinator: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill

Every World Cup has a team that captures the heart of the world, but maybe none has ever been as popular as the Cameroon side of 1990. When the Green Lions defeated reigning world champions Argentina in the opening game, it was arguably the biggest upset in World Cup history. Barely afforded a hope upon qualification, the Cameroon team provided joy at Italia 90, both on and off the pitch.

Green Lions tells the story of a team of amateurs who became heroes. Young men, and one veteran, who dared to dream, achieved the impossible and inspired a generation around the globe.

Andy Day and Kip the cat go all around the world in search of weird and wonderful animals.

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure, this time to Africa in search of the fastest land mammal in the world, the cheetah. Andy shrinks to the size of a cheetah cub and practises stalking in the long grass with some cubs. After rescuing a cub stuck in a tree, Andy climbs on top of a mother cheetah as it chases a potential meal on the savannah. Reaching speeds of 70 miles per hour, Andy has his work cut out holding on. Exhausted, he joins the cheetahs for an afternoon nap.

Andy Day and Kip the cat go all around the world in search of weird and wonderful animals.

Andy and Kip head to South Africa for a wild adventure in search of gannets. These birds can dive into water from a great height at incredible speeds in search of a fish supper. Naturally, Andy tries his hand at diving into a school of fish just like a gannet. While underwater he has a whale of a time - quite literally, as he swims alongside an enormous whale.

The wild Hamadryas baboons of Ethiopia have a friend in biologist Mat Pines. They even pick the nits from his hair. He's been studying and living with them for five years in the remote and arid Awash National Park. Now in Mat's final year, we follow the fortunes of his favourite baboon, Critical, as he tries to find a family and fend off his aggressive male rivals.

But the local gun-toting Afar tribe have a traditional hatred of the baboons. Before Mat leaves, he hopes to broker a peace between the baboons and the tribe.