Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.

Israel's prime minister is facing calls to ramp up war on Hamas by right-wing political allies.

South Africa's ex-president wins an appeal against his earlier disqualification by the electoral body.

The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

Funds have been traced to over 50 bank accounts following Betta Edu's suspension, investigators say.

Passengers were trapped in raging waters after a driver attempted to cross a flooded highway.

Enemy mortar fire "fell near the camp where they were staying," says a southern African military force.

Kenya's hopes of reaching the World Cup will be over prematurely unless the country stops "shooting itself in the foot".

Tigran Gambaryan's wife says she is "beyond heartbroken" at his transfer to a prison in Nigeria's capital.

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The medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has made an urgent appeal for humanitarian agencies that have suspended work in Sudan to return to the country.

Nearly a year after fighting began between rival military factions, MSF said a colossal humanitarian crisis was taking place.

It called on the United Nations to use its influence and leadership to ensure a rapid increase in aid.

Nearly five million people in Sudan face emergency levels of hunger. The Norwegian Refugee Council recently warned of the grave danger of an epic famine.

Grant Ferrett
BBC World Service

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An American executive with the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has appeared in court in Nigeria to plead not guilty to money laundering.

Tigran Gambaryan also denied a charge of operating without a licence at the hearing in Abuja. He's been remanded in custody until later this month.

Mr Gambaryan was detained when he arrived in Nigeria six weeks ago. He is the head of the firm's financial crime compliance unit.

A fellow Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who was also arrested has since fled the country.

The Nigerian authorities blame the cryptocurrency firm for undermining the national currency, the naira.

More on this topic:

• Nigeria orders crypto firm to pay $10bn
• Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade
• What is cryptocurrency and how does it work?

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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa and they reaffirmed their support in finding a "political situation" to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mr Ramaphosa was visiting the East African country to take part in the 30th commemorations of the Rwandan genocide.

President Ramaphosa told reporters that he left “with a renewed vigour and intention” to solve the issues plaguing DR Congo, which has been wracked by violence for more than three decades.

South Africa troops are leading a Southern African Development Community (Sadc) force that is helping the Congolese army fight M23 rebels in DR Congo’s North Kivu province.

The South African deployment caused tension with Rwanda, which accuses the Congolese army of collaborating with rebels who threaten their country. This is denied by DR Congo.

UN experts and others accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23, which it has denied.

“I think we had a very good discussion, a very good understanding of the situation, and maybe the best ways we can work together to resolve that. I was satisfied," President Kagame said.

Nichola Mandil
BBC News, Juba

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At least three people have been killed and five others wounded after their convoy was ambushed by the South Sudanese army, local officials said.

Nyinkwany Aguer Bol, the acting Minister of Information in the Abyei Special Administrative Area, described the attack, which took place in Agok on Sunday, as “an attempted assassination” targeting key officials in the Abyei government.

The Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement Agencies, and Commissioner of Rum-Amer County were in the convoy.

The South Sudanese army did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.

Mr Aguer condemned the incident and said the presence of South Sudanese soldiers in schools in Agok and Sunday’s attack were clear indications of South Sudan army’s plan to discourage the existence of the Abyei Administration.

South Sudan and Sudan jointly administer Abyei, and both claim ownership to the region in a dispute that has remained unresolved since the South's independence in 2011.

Mr Aguer urged the South Sudan army leadership in the capital Juba to urgently redeploy its troops who are stationed along the border of Abyei and Twic County of Warrap State.

In February, two armed youth groups from Warrap State in South Sudan raided Abyei, killing at least 50 people, including two UN peacekeepers.

Farah Yusuf
BBC Monitoring, Nairobi

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Niger’s ruling junta has doubled down on its demand that US troops withdraw, dealing a blow to Washington’s security interests in the Sahel.

Last month, military leader General Abdourahamane Tiani ordered US troops to leave after ending a military agreement.

At least 650 US personnel are stationed in Niger to monitor jihadist activity.

In a statement on Sunday, Niger's junta said they had not benefited from the US military deal as it "turned out to be a fool's bargain".

It accused the US of exploiting Niger and interfering in its internal affairs and seeking to control its foreign relations.

“How can we talk about the interests of Niger, when the Americans stationed here refuse to provide us with the coordinates of the bases of the terrorists who mourn us daily?” the statement said.

“How can we talk about the interests of Niger when the United States of America does not pay a single kopeck [Russian unit of money] to Niger for stationing its forces on our territory?”

The US State Department and Pentagon have downplayed Niger’s rejection of the military agreement, saying that talks between the two countries were continuing.

Niger's military junta initially appeared to have a favourable stance towards the US, but turned to Russia after severing ties with France last year.

Linet Bahati
BBC Monitoring, Nairobi

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More than 100 people have died in Mali because of an extreme heatwave that hit the country last month, reports say.

Last week the south-western town of Kayes recorded a temperature high of 48.5°C.

It would be the hottest day in African history recorded in April, according to meteorologists cited by online news website RFI., external

Gabriel-Toure Hospital in the capital, Bamako, received 102 heat-affected patients who died upon arrival, French RFI news website reported.

Most of them were over 60 years of age and chronically ill, Djibo Mahamane Django, the head of anaesthesia department at hospital told local Joliba FM, external.

Some local sources put the death toll at over 250, external in three days.

"We've seen an increase in the number of deaths, and the mortuaries are much fuller," Ladji Dibatéré, a funeral home owner, was quoted as saying.

Mr Dibatéré said families are forced to keep bodies of the relatives at home.

Officials have urged residents to stay in well-ventilated areas and restricted learning for schoolchildren as the young and elderly are the most vulnerable, Mali’s state-run ORTM TV station reported.

Authorities have shortened and changed the school hours for primary school students to protect them from the fatal temperatures.

The high temperatures have been attributed to the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has raised ocean and atmospheric temperatures.

The Malian military junta is yet to comment on the rising temperatures.

Russ Cook says it is "hard to contemplate the whole thing" after completing the mammoth challenge.

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Nigeria's former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele pleaded not guilty to 26 fresh charges brought against him by the country's finance watchdog.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Mr Emefiele of committing exchange rate violations during his tenure as the central bank chief.

He is accused of allocating $2bn (£1.5bn) in foreign exchange without following due process.

The court in Lagos on Monday ordered that Mr Emefiele be remanded in the watchdog's custody until the resumption of the case on Thursday.

Mr Emefiele is already on trial on 20 separate charges at a court in the capital Abuja, including unlawfully withdrawing $6.2m from the Central Bank.

He is the most high-profile former official to be charged with corruption since President Bola Tinubu took office last May.

He was suspended not long after Mr Tinubu used the address at his May inauguration as president to criticise a key policy spearheaded by Mr Emefiele - the redesign of the currency, the naira.

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Eight members of a Ugandan music band have been arrested for complaining that the president's speech at the weekend was too long, local media report.

The complaint by one of the band members was seen as an insult to President Yoweri Museveni, who was speaking during the 50th wedding anniversary celebrations of former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and his wife Jacqueline Mbabazi on Saturday night.

The members of the Crane Performers band were speaking in the local Runyankole language, according to security sources, privately owned Uganda Radio Network news website reported.

The band members are alleged to have said "Rutabandana Waturusya Rugahamuzindaro", which loosely translates to “over speaker, we are tired, leave the microphone”, the report added.

The musicians are reportedly being held at the Kampala Central Police Station.

They have been charged with insulting the president, according to court files seen by the local media.

Neither the band nor the police have commented on the matter.

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Kenyan doctors working in public hospitals have vowed not to go back to work despite President William Ruto's appeal to end a weeks-long strike that has hampered health services in the country.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) went on strike on 14 March over the non-payment of salary arrears, delays by the government to deploy medical interns and other grievances.

On Sunday, President Ruto urged the striking doctors to reconsider their stance, saying that his government was unable to meet their demands due to the ballooning wage bills.

“I know we have a situation in Kenya facing our doctors and (medical doctor) interns but I want to implore them that we as a nation need to agree that we must live within our means, fellow countrymen and women,” Mr Ruto said.

But in response, KMPDU secretary general Davji Atellah said, "we cannot backtrack on our salaries to exploitation in the name of the wage bill".

"The doctors' salary is important [just] like the salary of any Kenyan," Mr Atellah said.