That's all for today from the BBC Africa Live page. Listen to the Africa Today podcast and keep up-to-date with stories from across the continent on the BBC Africa News website.
Today's African proverb: "It is trouble that makes a monkey eat pepper." A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US.
Kenya has been celebrating its athletics success this week, but we leave you with this picture of Kenyan rower Diana Wanyonyi as she gets ready to compete in the world rowing championships in France.
The 50th All African Games kick off on Friday in Congo Brazzaville where it all started 50 years ago.
But action is already underway in women's volleyball competition with Nigeria beating Mozambique in the first game.
Nigeria coach Samuel Ajayi told me that he's delighted to be a part of this historic event as the game returns to where it started.
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The last competition was held in Mozambique in 2011Image caption: The last competition was held in Mozambique in 2011
Reaction to Ntaganda trial
The International Criminal Court has been tweeting comments it's been getting from Ituri region in eastern DR Congo to the trial of former rebel leader Bosco Ntanganda.
He is accused murder, rape and killing of at least 800 people from the region.
Gen Ntaganda pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Will DRC's neighbours be mentioned in Ntaganda case?
There is the hope from some of the alleged victims of Bosco Ntaganda, whose trial at the ICC started today, that the case will bring in the roles of neighbours Uganda and Rwanda, a blog post from International Justice Monitor says.
Their responsibility for the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not formally up for discussion but the blog says that the evidence may shed some light on what they were doing there.
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Call to speed up change in South Africa
The man who launched a court case to stop South Africa's rugby squad travelling to the world cup in England is happy with the judge's comments despite the case being dropped.
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Edward Mokhoanatse complained that only nine out of 31 of the Springbok squad are blackImage caption: Edward Mokhoanatse complained that only nine out of 31 of the Springbok squad are black
Edward Mokhoanatse from the Agency for New Agenda party told the BBC that "as the judge said, it cannot be accepted that 21 years had to elapse [since the end of apartheid] before we see visible transformation in the country".
Judge Ntendeya Mavundla said that "it cannot be that transformation is at a snail's pace in all sectors".
Baby hippo has a play day in pool
A five-month-old baby hippopotamus explored San Diego Zoo's pool with her mother as visitors stopped to watch their aquatic play. Watch the video here:
Delegates from Uganda's main opposition party, the FDC, are now voting at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala to choose their next presidential candidate to face President Yoweri Museveni.
Three-time campaign veteran Kizza Besigye is running against Mugisha Muntu.
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Mozambican father 'wanted to sell' albino son
Zenaida Machado
BBC Africa
Police in Mozambique have arrested a man who was allegedly trying to sell his albino son, state-owned radio station reports.
Radio Mozambique says the father staged a kidnapping of his son and went to tell the police while he waited for potential buyers.
During the investigations, the police officers found the boy who had been hidden.
Police spokesman Jeremias Langa said the boy revealed that his own father took him to the hiding place.
This comes as the government is preparing to launch a commission to deal with growing cases of kidnappings of albinos.
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IMF warning to Lesotho
Lesotho's economic growth will likely slow to around 2.5% this year due to falling revenues from the regional customs union, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, Reuters news agency reports.
"Southern African Customs Union revenues, which are highly volatile, have begun to slip and are expected to fall sharply in the next fiscal year," the IMF said in a statement.
It warned that Lesotho's government would have to reduce expenditure to account for the expected shortfall.
Diamond money 'fuels' CAR conflict
Laeila Adjovi
BBC Africa, Dakar
Illicit trafficking of diamonds from the Central African Republic (CAR) into neighbouring Cameroon and Chad is fuelling the continuation of a nearly three-year conflict, a leaked report by a UN panel of experts says.
It says 140,000 carats of diamonds, worth $24m (£16m), have been smuggled out of the country since May 2013 when the country was banned from exporting raw gems.
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The conflict has displaced millions of people from their homesImage caption: The conflict has displaced millions of people from their homes
The panel recommends that regulation on diamond trading be strengthened in CAR, with a suspension of diamond-trading houses that purchase the gems from areas "under direct or indirect control of armed groups".
CAR descended into chaos in March 2013 when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, triggering reprisals by anti-balaka Christian militias.
Although rival armed groups agreed to a peace accord in May, the conflict has continued at a lower intensity.
Uganda's opposition votes for next presidential candidate
As delegates from Uganda's main opposition FDC party wait to vote for their next presidential candidate, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire has been snapping away.
One delegate came to get his photo taken showing the FDC party sign:
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Party T-shirts were also on display:
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And those backing Kizza Besigye for the party's ticket got their badges organised:
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SA black students rally against "remnants of apartheid"
BBC Trending has spotted this film posted on YouTube chronicling the challenges faced by black students at South Africa's Stellenbosch University, one of Africa's most highly regarded universities, which is causing controversy.
Titled "Luister" - meaning "Listen" in Afrikaans - the film details racist incidents and also describes how students struggle with Afrikaans lessons.
It has racked up more than 250,000 views.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think using #BBCAfricaLive
The transfer window has closed but do the national side The Cranes have a vacancy?
Hosting Commonwealth Games will show 'Africans can do it'
South Africa's sports minister is celebrating the selection of Durban to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and points out all the other big sports events which have come to South Africa, including the cricket, rugby and football world cups.
Ntaganda trial ends for the day
The first day of the trial of the former Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court has ended.
Proceedings opened with the 18 charges being read out and Gen Ntaganda pleading not guilty.
The charges relate to acts carried out in the east of the DR Congo between 2002 and 2003 including murder, rape and conscription of child soldiers.
The prosecution then began laying out its case and the court heard disturbing accounts of mutilated bodies and sexual slavery.
Gen Ntaganda's defence team is expected to speak tomorrow.
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DR Congo's 'terminator' on trial
Our video team has put together this short video explainer on the trial of DR Congo's former rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda.
We wrote a couple of entries on the Live Page yesterday about the discussion, which continues today, around comments by author Anthony Horowitz that actor Idris Elba was "too street" to play James Bond.
He came under a lot of criticism for his view on one of the favourites to take over from Daniel Craig.
Well - and our post is a bit late - Mr Horowitz apologised on Twitter on Tuesday for the comments:
Video of Ntaganda played in court
The BBC reporter at the trial of Bosco Ntaganda in The Hague tweets about the evidence being presented as the prosecution lays out its case:
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Change in South Africa sport 'too slow'
A South African judge has criticised the pace of transformation in sport in the country, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports.
Judge Ntendeya Mavundla was hearing a case about whether the selectors of the country's rugby team had broken the rules by not picking enough black players.
Only nine members of the 31-man squad are not white.
The judge said it was not for the court to decide but added that "transformation is grinding very slowly".
Rugby was seen as a white-dominated sport in apartheid South Africa.
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The squad will be travelling to England to play in the rugby world cup later this monthImage caption: The squad will be travelling to England to play in the rugby world cup later this month
Laying out the case to challenge Museveni
Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala
The two candidates vying to become the presidential candidate for Uganda's main opposition party, the FDC, in next year's election have been addressing party delegates in the capital, Kampala.
Veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been saying that the contest is not about picking a candidate to fight President Yoweri Museveni's ruling NRM party, but it is about picking a candidate to fight government systems that have been militarised.
Retired Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu has said that what Uganda needs is to build institutions which can keep leaders in check because the country has a history of leaders who get to the top and lose track of what they're supposed to be doing.
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Case challenging make-up of SA rugby team dropped
South African Judge Ntendeya Mavundla has criticised the slow pace of transformation in sport in the country since the end of apartheid, but has rejected a case that tried to stop the rugby team from appearing at this year's world cup.
The little-known party Agency for a New Agenda had been trying to argue that the squad did not have the legally required number of black players in the squad.
The BBC reporter at the hearing has been tweeting:
Many West Africans amongst rescued migrants
The BBC's Nigeria correspondent tweets:
Uganda's FDC party conference under way
Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala
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Delegates at the convention of Uganda's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), are waiting patiently to choose the party's presidential candidate for next year's election.
The two candidates, Mugisha Muntu and Kizza Besigye, are waiting to speak to the delegates before they cast their vote later today.
The winner will challenge President Yoweri Museveni - who hopes to run for a fifth term.
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The FDC has also invited other opposition party leaders to witness the conference.
Nigeria's Awoniyi tipped to do well
Oluwashina Okeleji
BBC Sport, Lagos
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Awoniyi played for Nigeria at the Under-17 World Cup in 2013Image caption: Awoniyi played for Nigeria at the Under-17 World Cup in 2013
Nigerian teenager Taiwo Awoniyi has all the attributes needed to be a success at Liverpool, says former Nigeria international Seyi Olofinjana.
Liverpool signed the striker, 18, on Monday, and sent him out on loan to German second tier side FSV Frankfurt.
Awoniyi joined Liverpool from the Imperial Academy in Nigeria, which is run by Olofinjana.
"Taiwo is a goal poacher who puts the team before himself. He has all you need to succeed," he told BBC Sport.
A large number of Burundians fearing violence are continuing to flee to neighbouring Tanzania, a senior official of the UN refugee agency has told me.
The UNHCR's country representative Joyce Mends-Cole says the agency is negotiating with the Tanzanian government to reopen two closed camps to accommodate the refugees.
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More than 90,000 Burundians have crossed to Tanzania since April to escape the unrest triggered by the controversial third term bid of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
However, the violence has subsided significantly since the July election, which Mr Nkurunziza won by a large margin.
Legendary Ghanaian footballer and coach dies
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Legendary Ghanaian former footballer and coach C.K. Gyamfi has died aged 85 (see 09:57 post).
Gyamfi was the first African player to play in Germany, when he joined Fortuna Dusseldorf in 1960, and he also captained the national side, the Black Stars.
As a coach he won the Africa Cup of Nations three times with Ghana - in 1963, 1965 and 1982.
It made him the most successful African national team coach, unequalled until Egypt's Hassan Shehata also won a third Nations Cup title in 2010.
The trial of Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court is focused on his role as part of the rebel group, the Union of Congolese Patriots, between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri province in eastern DR Congo.
He is suspected of being involved in the deaths of 800 people during that time.
In Bunia, Ituri's main city, some victims said that the simple fact that he was being tried brought them joy.
But one man said that there could be no justice as long as foreigners who allegedly gave orders to Gen Ntaganda were not indicted.
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges he is facing.
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Uganda's Besigye hoping to run again for president
Catherine Byaruhanga
BBC, Uganda
Uganda's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change, is choosing its presidential candidate today for next year's election.
Kizza Besigye - who's run for president three times - is hoping to be the flag bearer once again, but he is being challenged for the nomination by the party's current leader Mugisha Muntu.
The successful candidate is set to run against current President Yoweri Museveni.
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Kizza Besigye ran for president in 2001, 2006 and 2011Image caption: Kizza Besigye ran for president in 2001, 2006 and 2011
Eight names put forward for Guinea's next president
In Guinea, eight candidates have submitted papers to run for president in October's election including current President Alpha Conde, BBC Afrique reports.
The list - which still needs the final approval of the court - also includes former prime ministers Lansana Kouyate, Sidya Toure and Cellou Dalein Diallo.
The list does not include the former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, as people who want to run for president had to hand in the nomination papers in person and he is not in the country.
He is currently in exile and has said that he has been stopped from returning home by the current government.
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Supporters of Capt Camara were hoping to welcome him back homeImage caption: Supporters of Capt Camara were hoping to welcome him back home
Searching for 'missing' AU troops
BBC reporter in Mogadishu tweets about yesterday's al-Shabab attack on an African Union army base in southern Somalia.
More details of Ntaganda's alleged crimes
A human rights activist has been tweeting from The Hague where the prosecution team continue to present their case at the trial of former DR Congo rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda:
Tourists have 'deserted' Tunisia
The BBC's Liliane Nyatcha is in Tunisia looking at the impact on tourism of this year's attacks - on a museum and a beach resort - in which dozens of tourists died.
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Sabrina and her husband Benchabane have a shop in a craft market in the capital Tunis and they told her that they desperately need visitors for their business.
They said that tourists have deserted the city and the country.
Get Involved: Durban to host Commonwealth Games
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Some of you have been reacting on BBC Africa Facebook page on the decision to award the hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games to South Africa's city of Durban:
Hantshi Mathibedi in Lesotho: Proudly Southern African child WORLD CUP, COMMONWEALTH GAMES, loading...... What's next?
Phetole Collin Phaladi: The first African city to host Commonwealth Games. We always lead and the rest follow.
Kgabo Stv Moloto: Congrats South Africa, it's not about you as country but Africa as continent.
Lindo Nzama: My home city! you go Durban, you go South Africa, you go Africa!
Terngu Tydio Orteseh: South Africa will host while Kenya and Nigeria will lead the medals table.
Onuoha stays at Queens Park Rangers
Murray Burnell
BBC London
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Onuoha represented England at U-20 levelImage caption: Onuoha represented England at U-20 level
Queens Park Rangers captain Nedum Onuoha has signed a new two-year contract with the club - now in the second tier of English football.
The 28-year-old Nigeria born defender says he's pleased with the way the club is looking to "stabilise for the future" following the close of the transfer window, which saw them keep hold of star striker Charlie Austin.
'Chilling details' come out in Ntaganda trial
Anna Holligan
BBC News, The Hague
Bosco Ntaganda is being accused of killing more than 800 civilians and of ruining the lives of thousands more.
When we're covering these stories it's easy to get lost in the numbers, but the prosecutor at the ICC Fatou Bensouda has been giving some chilling details of individual cases.
She spoke of how one witness discovered the mutilated bodies of his wife and children following an attack which Gen Ntaganda is being accused of being responsible for.
She also said that sexual slavery was so prevalent among the rebels of his group - the UPC - that they referred to the girls they had as a communal cooking pot to be passed around.
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Black representation in SA rugby 'contentious'
BBC reporter tweets from the court
The judge has been telling the people bring the case against South Africa's rugby union over the number of black players in the world cup squad that they need legal help:
Video and satellite evidence at Ntaganda trial
Human Rights Watch senior researcher tweets about the trial of former DR Congo rebel leader in The Hague.
Trouble in Kenya's schools
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Kenya's Standard newspaper leads on the trouble in the education sector. A court has ordered the government to raise teachers' pay by at least 50%, but that hasn't happened yet and the teachers have gone on strike.
There is also a picture showing the victorious homecoming of Kenya's athletes on Monday.
Ntaganda was 'responsible for troops' crimes'
The International Criminal Court has been tweeting parts of the opening statement from prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the trial of Bosco Ntaganda:
Ghana mourns ex-footballer
Ghana's Football Association is tweeting about the death of the country's former national team coach Charles Kumi Gyamfi
The BBC's Piers Edwards says Gyamfi was the first African to play in Germany and won three Africa Cup of Nations as a coach.
Very quiet 'not guilty' plea
The BBC's reporter in The Hague tweets:
South Africa rugby trial begins
A court in South Africa has begun hearing a case brought by a small opposition party asking it to stop the country's rugby team, the Springboks, from participating in this month's World Cup in England.
The party argues that the number of black players selected are fewer than the 30% required by the law.
The BBC Southern Africa correspondent has been tweeting from the court:
Prosecutor outlines case against Ntaganda
The ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has opened her case with a graphic description of one of the crimes that Bosco Ntaganda is charged with being responsible for: the slaughter of dozens of civilians in a banana field in Ituri province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Humanity demands justice for such crimes," she says. "It is justice that must hold Bosco Ntaganda responsible for these acts."
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Violent night in Burundi's capital
Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura
It's been a violent night again in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, after nearly three weeks of a semblance of calm.
Heavy gunfire was heard throughout the night in many neighbourhoods especially those where there were strong protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial third term.
Two people are so far reported to have been killed while some areas have been sealed off by security forces.
Some gunfire could even be heard this morning.
Ntaganda pleads 'not guilty'
Bosco Ntaganda has pleaded "not guilty" to all 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity that he faces at the International Criminal Court.
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Ntaganda charges read out
The feed from the Ntaganda trial shows the 18 charges being read out to the court.
It adds that "the gravity and number of crimes he is accused of" makes it one of the most anticipated ICC trials "as well as the long period he spent as a fugitive from justice".
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Who is Bosco Ntaganda?
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The former rebel leader was born in 1973 in Rwanda
Fled to DR Congo as a teenager after attacks on fellow ethnic Tutsis
At 17, he begins his fighting days - alternating between being a rebel and a soldier, in both Rwanda and DR Congo
In 2006, indicted by the ICC for allegedly recruiting child soldiers in Ituri
In March 2013, hands himself in to US embassy in Kigali
The live feed from the Bosco Ntaganda trial (with a 30-minute delay) shows proceedings have begun with introductions from the prosecution and defence teams and the lawyers representing the victims.
The trial of the Congolese rebel Bosco Ntganda has begun in at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
He denies the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts carried out in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2003.
He is alleged to have killed at least 800 civilians during separate attacks on a number of villages.
We'll bring you live coverage of the first session of the trial on the Africa Live Page.
Or you can watch proceedings (with a 30-minute delay) here.
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Durban to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
Durban will become the first African city to host the Commonwealth Games after being confirmed as the venue for 2022.
The city on the east coast of South Africa was the only remaining bidder after Edmonton's bid team withdrew in February for financial reasons.
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The Games will begin on 18 July - what would have been the 104th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela - and finish on 30 July.
It will be the 22nd staging of the multi-sport event, which is held every four years.
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Wise words
Today's African proverb: "It is trouble that makes a monkey eat pepper." A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US
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Today's African proverb: "It is trouble that makes a monkey eat pepper." A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US.
Click here to send us your African proverb and scroll to the end of the page.
Kenya has been celebrating its athletics success this week, but we leave you with this picture of Kenyan rower Diana Wanyonyi as she gets ready to compete in the world rowing championships in France.
Volleyball at All Africa Games gets under way
Farayi Mungazi
BBC Sport, Brazzaville
The 50th All African Games kick off on Friday in Congo Brazzaville where it all started 50 years ago.
But action is already underway in women's volleyball competition with Nigeria beating Mozambique in the first game.
Nigeria coach Samuel Ajayi told me that he's delighted to be a part of this historic event as the game returns to where it started.
Reaction to Ntaganda trial
The International Criminal Court has been tweeting comments it's been getting from Ituri region in eastern DR Congo to the trial of former rebel leader Bosco Ntanganda.
He is accused murder, rape and killing of at least 800 people from the region.
Gen Ntaganda pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Will DRC's neighbours be mentioned in Ntaganda case?
There is the hope from some of the alleged victims of Bosco Ntaganda, whose trial at the ICC started today, that the case will bring in the roles of neighbours Uganda and Rwanda, a blog post from International Justice Monitor says.
Their responsibility for the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not formally up for discussion but the blog says that the evidence may shed some light on what they were doing there.
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Call to speed up change in South Africa
The man who launched a court case to stop South Africa's rugby squad travelling to the world cup in England is happy with the judge's comments despite the case being dropped.
Edward Mokhoanatse from the Agency for New Agenda party told the BBC that "as the judge said, it cannot be accepted that 21 years had to elapse [since the end of apartheid] before we see visible transformation in the country".
Judge Ntendeya Mavundla said that "it cannot be that transformation is at a snail's pace in all sectors".
Baby hippo has a play day in pool
A five-month-old baby hippopotamus explored San Diego Zoo's pool with her mother as visitors stopped to watch their aquatic play. Watch the video here:
Who will be FDC's presidential candidate?
Delegates from Uganda's main opposition party, the FDC, are now voting at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala to choose their next presidential candidate to face President Yoweri Museveni.
Three-time campaign veteran Kizza Besigye is running against Mugisha Muntu.
Mozambican father 'wanted to sell' albino son
Zenaida Machado
BBC Africa
Police in Mozambique have arrested a man who was allegedly trying to sell his albino son, state-owned radio station reports.
Radio Mozambique says the father staged a kidnapping of his son and went to tell the police while he waited for potential buyers.
During the investigations, the police officers found the boy who had been hidden.
Police spokesman Jeremias Langa said the boy revealed that his own father took him to the hiding place.
This comes as the government is preparing to launch a commission to deal with growing cases of kidnappings of albinos.
IMF warning to Lesotho
Lesotho's economic growth will likely slow to around 2.5% this year due to falling revenues from the regional customs union, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, Reuters news agency reports.
"Southern African Customs Union revenues, which are highly volatile, have begun to slip and are expected to fall sharply in the next fiscal year," the IMF said in a statement.
It warned that Lesotho's government would have to reduce expenditure to account for the expected shortfall.
Diamond money 'fuels' CAR conflict
Laeila Adjovi
BBC Africa, Dakar
Illicit trafficking of diamonds from the Central African Republic (CAR) into neighbouring Cameroon and Chad is fuelling the continuation of a nearly three-year conflict, a leaked report by a UN panel of experts says.
It says 140,000 carats of diamonds, worth $24m (£16m), have been smuggled out of the country since May 2013 when the country was banned from exporting raw gems.
The panel recommends that regulation on diamond trading be strengthened in CAR, with a suspension of diamond-trading houses that purchase the gems from areas "under direct or indirect control of armed groups".
CAR descended into chaos in March 2013 when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, triggering reprisals by anti-balaka Christian militias.
Although rival armed groups agreed to a peace accord in May, the conflict has continued at a lower intensity.
Uganda's opposition votes for next presidential candidate
As delegates from Uganda's main opposition FDC party wait to vote for their next presidential candidate, the BBC's Patience Atuhaire has been snapping away.
One delegate came to get his photo taken showing the FDC party sign:
Party T-shirts were also on display:
And those backing Kizza Besigye for the party's ticket got their badges organised:
SA black students rally against "remnants of apartheid"
BBC Trending has spotted this film posted on YouTube chronicling the challenges faced by black students at South Africa's Stellenbosch University, one of Africa's most highly regarded universities, which is causing controversy.
Titled "Luister" - meaning "Listen" in Afrikaans - the film details racist incidents and also describes how students struggle with Afrikaans lessons.
It has racked up more than 250,000 views.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think using #BBCAfricaLive
The football skills of Uganda's president
The Ugandan government's media centre has tweeted a couple of pictures showing President Yoweri Museveni displaying his football juggling skills.
The transfer window has closed but do the national side The Cranes have a vacancy?
Hosting Commonwealth Games will show 'Africans can do it'
South Africa's sports minister is celebrating the selection of Durban to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and points out all the other big sports events which have come to South Africa, including the cricket, rugby and football world cups.
Ntaganda trial ends for the day
The first day of the trial of the former Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court has ended.
Proceedings opened with the 18 charges being read out and Gen Ntaganda pleading not guilty.
The charges relate to acts carried out in the east of the DR Congo between 2002 and 2003 including murder, rape and conscription of child soldiers.
The prosecution then began laying out its case and the court heard disturbing accounts of mutilated bodies and sexual slavery.
Gen Ntaganda's defence team is expected to speak tomorrow.
DR Congo's 'terminator' on trial
Our video team has put together this short video explainer on the trial of DR Congo's former rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda.
Apology by Bond author over Idris Elba comments
We wrote a couple of entries on the Live Page yesterday about the discussion, which continues today, around comments by author Anthony Horowitz that actor Idris Elba was "too street" to play James Bond.
He came under a lot of criticism for his view on one of the favourites to take over from Daniel Craig.
Well - and our post is a bit late - Mr Horowitz apologised on Twitter on Tuesday for the comments:
Video of Ntaganda played in court
The BBC reporter at the trial of Bosco Ntaganda in The Hague tweets about the evidence being presented as the prosecution lays out its case:
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Change in South Africa sport 'too slow'
A South African judge has criticised the pace of transformation in sport in the country, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports.
Judge Ntendeya Mavundla was hearing a case about whether the selectors of the country's rugby team had broken the rules by not picking enough black players.
Only nine members of the 31-man squad are not white.
The judge said it was not for the court to decide but added that "transformation is grinding very slowly".
Rugby was seen as a white-dominated sport in apartheid South Africa.
Laying out the case to challenge Museveni
Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala
The two candidates vying to become the presidential candidate for Uganda's main opposition party, the FDC, in next year's election have been addressing party delegates in the capital, Kampala.
Veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been saying that the contest is not about picking a candidate to fight President Yoweri Museveni's ruling NRM party, but it is about picking a candidate to fight government systems that have been militarised.
Retired Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu has said that what Uganda needs is to build institutions which can keep leaders in check because the country has a history of leaders who get to the top and lose track of what they're supposed to be doing.
Case challenging make-up of SA rugby team dropped
South African Judge Ntendeya Mavundla has criticised the slow pace of transformation in sport in the country since the end of apartheid, but has rejected a case that tried to stop the rugby team from appearing at this year's world cup.
The little-known party Agency for a New Agenda had been trying to argue that the squad did not have the legally required number of black players in the squad.
The BBC reporter at the hearing has been tweeting:
Many West Africans amongst rescued migrants
The BBC's Nigeria correspondent tweets:
Uganda's FDC party conference under way
Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala
Delegates at the convention of Uganda's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), are waiting patiently to choose the party's presidential candidate for next year's election.
The two candidates, Mugisha Muntu and Kizza Besigye, are waiting to speak to the delegates before they cast their vote later today.
The winner will challenge President Yoweri Museveni - who hopes to run for a fifth term.
The FDC has also invited other opposition party leaders to witness the conference.
Nigeria's Awoniyi tipped to do well
Oluwashina Okeleji
BBC Sport, Lagos
Nigerian teenager Taiwo Awoniyi has all the attributes needed to be a success at Liverpool, says former Nigeria international Seyi Olofinjana.
Liverpool signed the striker, 18, on Monday, and sent him out on loan to German second tier side FSV Frankfurt.
Awoniyi joined Liverpool from the Imperial Academy in Nigeria, which is run by Olofinjana.
"Taiwo is a goal poacher who puts the team before himself. He has all you need to succeed," he told BBC Sport.
Read more on BBC Sport
Burundians flee to Tanzania
Tulanana Bohela
BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam
A large number of Burundians fearing violence are continuing to flee to neighbouring Tanzania, a senior official of the UN refugee agency has told me.
The UNHCR's country representative Joyce Mends-Cole says the agency is negotiating with the Tanzanian government to reopen two closed camps to accommodate the refugees.
More than 90,000 Burundians have crossed to Tanzania since April to escape the unrest triggered by the controversial third term bid of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
However, the violence has subsided significantly since the July election, which Mr Nkurunziza won by a large margin.
Legendary Ghanaian footballer and coach dies
Legendary Ghanaian former footballer and coach C.K. Gyamfi has died aged 85 (see 09:57 post).
Gyamfi was the first African player to play in Germany, when he joined Fortuna Dusseldorf in 1960, and he also captained the national side, the Black Stars.
As a coach he won the Africa Cup of Nations three times with Ghana - in 1963, 1965 and 1982.
It made him the most successful African national team coach, unequalled until Egypt's Hassan Shehata also won a third Nations Cup title in 2010.
Read more on BBC Sport
Reaction to Ntaganda trial in DRC
Maud Jullien
BBC Africa, Kinshasa
The trial of Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court is focused on his role as part of the rebel group, the Union of Congolese Patriots, between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri province in eastern DR Congo.
He is suspected of being involved in the deaths of 800 people during that time.
In Bunia, Ituri's main city, some victims said that the simple fact that he was being tried brought them joy.
But one man said that there could be no justice as long as foreigners who allegedly gave orders to Gen Ntaganda were not indicted.
Gen Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to the 18 charges he is facing.
Uganda's Besigye hoping to run again for president
Catherine Byaruhanga
BBC, Uganda
Uganda's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change, is choosing its presidential candidate today for next year's election.
Kizza Besigye - who's run for president three times - is hoping to be the flag bearer once again, but he is being challenged for the nomination by the party's current leader Mugisha Muntu.
The successful candidate is set to run against current President Yoweri Museveni.
Eight names put forward for Guinea's next president
In Guinea, eight candidates have submitted papers to run for president in October's election including current President Alpha Conde, BBC Afrique reports.
The list - which still needs the final approval of the court - also includes former prime ministers Lansana Kouyate, Sidya Toure and Cellou Dalein Diallo.
The list does not include the former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, as people who want to run for president had to hand in the nomination papers in person and he is not in the country.
He is currently in exile and has said that he has been stopped from returning home by the current government.
Searching for 'missing' AU troops
BBC reporter in Mogadishu tweets about yesterday's al-Shabab attack on an African Union army base in southern Somalia.
More details of Ntaganda's alleged crimes
A human rights activist has been tweeting from The Hague where the prosecution team continue to present their case at the trial of former DR Congo rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda:
Tourists have 'deserted' Tunisia
The BBC's Liliane Nyatcha is in Tunisia looking at the impact on tourism of this year's attacks - on a museum and a beach resort - in which dozens of tourists died.
Sabrina and her husband Benchabane have a shop in a craft market in the capital Tunis and they told her that they desperately need visitors for their business.
They said that tourists have deserted the city and the country.
Get Involved: Durban to host Commonwealth Games
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Some of you have been reacting on BBC Africa Facebook page on the decision to award the hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games to South Africa's city of Durban:
Hantshi Mathibedi in Lesotho: Proudly Southern African child WORLD CUP, COMMONWEALTH GAMES, loading...... What's next?
Phetole Collin Phaladi: The first African city to host Commonwealth Games. We always lead and the rest follow.
Kgabo Stv Moloto: Congrats South Africa, it's not about you as country but Africa as continent.
Lindo Nzama: My home city! you go Durban, you go South Africa, you go Africa!
Terngu Tydio Orteseh: South Africa will host while Kenya and Nigeria will lead the medals table.
Onuoha stays at Queens Park Rangers
Murray Burnell
BBC London
Queens Park Rangers captain Nedum Onuoha has signed a new two-year contract with the club - now in the second tier of English football.
The 28-year-old Nigeria born defender says he's pleased with the way the club is looking to "stabilise for the future" following the close of the transfer window, which saw them keep hold of star striker Charlie Austin.
'Chilling details' come out in Ntaganda trial
Anna Holligan
BBC News, The Hague
Bosco Ntaganda is being accused of killing more than 800 civilians and of ruining the lives of thousands more.
When we're covering these stories it's easy to get lost in the numbers, but the prosecutor at the ICC Fatou Bensouda has been giving some chilling details of individual cases.
She spoke of how one witness discovered the mutilated bodies of his wife and children following an attack which Gen Ntaganda is being accused of being responsible for.
She also said that sexual slavery was so prevalent among the rebels of his group - the UPC - that they referred to the girls they had as a communal cooking pot to be passed around.
Black representation in SA rugby 'contentious'
BBC reporter tweets from the court
The judge has been telling the people bring the case against South Africa's rugby union over the number of black players in the world cup squad that they need legal help:
Video and satellite evidence at Ntaganda trial
Human Rights Watch senior researcher tweets about the trial of former DR Congo rebel leader in The Hague.
Trouble in Kenya's schools
Kenya's Standard newspaper leads on the trouble in the education sector. A court has ordered the government to raise teachers' pay by at least 50%, but that hasn't happened yet and the teachers have gone on strike.
There is also a picture showing the victorious homecoming of Kenya's athletes on Monday.
Ntaganda was 'responsible for troops' crimes'
The International Criminal Court has been tweeting parts of the opening statement from prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the trial of Bosco Ntaganda:
Ghana mourns ex-footballer
Ghana's Football Association is tweeting about the death of the country's former national team coach Charles Kumi Gyamfi
The BBC's Piers Edwards says Gyamfi was the first African to play in Germany and won three Africa Cup of Nations as a coach.
Very quiet 'not guilty' plea
The BBC's reporter in The Hague tweets:
South Africa rugby trial begins
A court in South Africa has begun hearing a case brought by a small opposition party asking it to stop the country's rugby team, the Springboks, from participating in this month's World Cup in England.
The party argues that the number of black players selected are fewer than the 30% required by the law.
The BBC Southern Africa correspondent has been tweeting from the court:
Prosecutor outlines case against Ntaganda
The ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has opened her case with a graphic description of one of the crimes that Bosco Ntaganda is charged with being responsible for: the slaughter of dozens of civilians in a banana field in Ituri province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Humanity demands justice for such crimes," she says. "It is justice that must hold Bosco Ntaganda responsible for these acts."
Violent night in Burundi's capital
Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura
It's been a violent night again in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, after nearly three weeks of a semblance of calm.
Heavy gunfire was heard throughout the night in many neighbourhoods especially those where there were strong protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial third term.
Two people are so far reported to have been killed while some areas have been sealed off by security forces.
Some gunfire could even be heard this morning.
Ntaganda pleads 'not guilty'
Bosco Ntaganda has pleaded "not guilty" to all 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity that he faces at the International Criminal Court.
Ntaganda charges read out
The feed from the Ntaganda trial shows the 18 charges being read out to the court.
International Justice Monitor which is following the trial says no other defendant at the ICC has faced as many charges.
It adds that "the gravity and number of crimes he is accused of" makes it one of the most anticipated ICC trials "as well as the long period he spent as a fugitive from justice".
Who is Bosco Ntaganda?
Read more about him in this BBC News story
Ntaganda trial at the ICC
The live feed from the Bosco Ntaganda trial (with a 30-minute delay) shows proceedings have begun with introductions from the prosecution and defence teams and the lawyers representing the victims.
Charges against Ntaganda
The 18 charges that Bosco Ntaganda is facing are detailed on the International Criminal Court website.
These include:
Gen Ntaganda denies all the charges
Ntaganda 'calm in court'
BBC reporter in The Hague tweets:
Ntaganda trial starts
The trial of the Congolese rebel Bosco Ntganda has begun in at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
He denies the 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts carried out in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2003.
He is alleged to have killed at least 800 civilians during separate attacks on a number of villages.
We'll bring you live coverage of the first session of the trial on the Africa Live Page.
Or you can watch proceedings (with a 30-minute delay) here.
Durban to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
Durban will become the first African city to host the Commonwealth Games after being confirmed as the venue for 2022.
The city on the east coast of South Africa was the only remaining bidder after Edmonton's bid team withdrew in February for financial reasons.
The Games will begin on 18 July - what would have been the 104th birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela - and finish on 30 July.
It will be the 22nd staging of the multi-sport event, which is held every four years.
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