That's all from the BBC Africa Live Page team for now.
Today's African proverb: "You do not look for a person wearing white cloth where the palm-oil maker works." A Yoruba proverb sent by Mohammed Hammed Olanrewaju, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
We leave you with this picture from Angola showing a Gambian pouched rat undergoing mine detection training.
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Ex-Nigeria governor granted bail
A federal high court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has granted bail to the former Jigawa state governor and his two sons who are facing trial on corruption and money laundering charges.
The judge asked Sule Lamdio to hand over all his travel documents to the court registrar as a bail condition.
However, his two sons were asked to pay $13,000 (£8,000) each to make sure that they would appear at the trial.
It is not clear when the trial will take place.
Calls to change global tax
Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Reforming the global tax system is one of the big debates here at the Financing for Development conference here in Addis Ababa.
A small group of demonstrators have been pushing for a United Nations body to oversee things, rather than deals made between richer countries.
This should help less developed countries have a greater say in international tax matters.
Scaffolding kills two in Mozambique
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Africa 'making progress' on HIV
Experts have welcomed a United Nations report which says the world has delivered on the millennium development goal (MDG) of halting and reversing the Aids epidemic.
"This is great news, the world has achieved and exceeded the Aids related MDG," UNAids Mbulawa Mugabe told BBC Focus on Africa radio.
He said about 80 countries have "significantly reduced" new infections and have not seen an increase in the past years.
"There are a number of countries that have been makings significant efforts like South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe for instance, [they] have been able to halt the spread of HIV," he added.
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South Africa tourists held in China
Ten South Africans on a sight-seeing tour of China have been arrested and detained in Inner Mongolia - a semi-autonomous region governed by Beijing.
They were among a group of 20 people from South Africa, India and the UK.
It is not clear why they are being held.
Opposition to Rwanda's Kagame
The leader of one of Rwanda's opposition parties has said that the figure has been inflated for the number of Rwandans who have signed petitions urging a constitutional change to allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party told BBC Focus on Africa radio that there is a duplication of names as individuals have signed more than one petition.
There is said to be more than three million signatures.
Rwanda's parliament today approved moves that will lead to a referendum to change the constitution.
Mr Habineza's party is mounting a court challenge against the proposed change.
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Kenya's Westgate 'is home'
The BBC's Abdinoor Ahmed has been speaking to workers at the Westgate mall in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which is reopening on Saturday after the attack in September 2013 in which 67 people died.
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David Mutwiri was working at the Nakumatt supermarket when the gunmen attacked, he will be there when the shop opens on Saturday.
He said "to me Westgate is home - I have been here since 2007 - and I'm happy to be back home".
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Shopkeeper Nadia Osman said she had mixed emotions about the reopening: "I'm feeling happy and excited, and also I'm feeling scared."
Body of 'drugs mule' found in Kampala
Issaac Mumena
BBC Africa, Kampala
A body containing sachets filled with drugs has been found on a roadside in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police have told the BBC.
The adult male body had 41 sachets of narcotics worth $60,000 (£38,000).
Police initially thought it might be the body of a missing Muslim cleric, as there has been spate of killings targeting religious leaders, said spokesman Fred Enanga.
However, investigations have revealed that it may be the body of a human drug mule, who was transporting illegal narcotics by swallowing them.
Teklehaimanot loses King of the Mountains jersey
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
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Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot of South African team MTN-Qhubeka has lost the King of the Mountains jersey at the end of stage 10 of the Tour de France as the race hit the first real mountains.
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Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome, who won the race in 2013, has won this stage and retains the overall leader's Yellow Jersey. He also increased his lead over his main rivals. Read this BBC sport story for update.
Madagascar find was not silver
It turns out that what was hailed as a discovery of silver pirate treasure in Madagascar was neither silver nor treasure.
It was said at the time that it was part of a horde of the notorious 17th-Century pirate Captain Kidd.
But tests carried out by the UN's cultural body Unesco show that the ingot is in fact 95% lead and was a piece of ballast.
Ex-Nigeria governor back in court
A former governor of Jigawa state, in northern Nigeria, who is facing corruption and money laundering charges has appeared in court again seeking bail.
Last week, Sule Lamido and his two sons were on remanded in prison until 28 September while a judge in the city of Kano decided on their bail application.
But the case has now been moved to the capital Abuja under a new judge.
They have denied all the charges.
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Sule Lamido (in the middle) flanked by his sons when they arrived at the court last weekImage caption: Sule Lamido (in the middle) flanked by his sons when they arrived at the court last week
Zimbabwe defeat in Harare
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
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Zimbabwe's cricketers have lost the third one day international to India by 83 runs this afternoon.
The Indians had Kedar Jadhav to thank for their win as he scored an unbeaten 105.
It means Zimbabwe have lost all three matches in the series. There are two T20 matches to be played, one on Friday and then another on Sunday - all the matches are being played in Harare.
Museveni now in talks in Burundi
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is now in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, meeting President Pierre Nkurunziza.
They are at the Hotel Belair Residence where other politicians and members of civil society groups have been waiting for hours for President Museveni to arrive.
They are all due to have talks in one of the hotel's conference rooms.
Mr Museveni has been sent by the East Africa Community to help mediate in the crisis sparked by President Nkurunziza's third-term bid.
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Liberia confirms new Ebola case
Liberia has confirmed a new Ebola case after a woman died of the disease shortly after being admitted to a hospital in the capital, Monrovia, Reuters news agency reports.
It is the sixth confirmed case of the virus since it resurfaced last month after a seven-week lull.
The latest victim comes from Montserrado County. Her detection raised fears that the infection may be spreading in a new area of the country.
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Health workers are on alert after the resurgence of the diseaseImage caption: Health workers are on alert after the resurgence of the disease
More than 11,200 people in West Africa have died from Ebola since the epidemic began in December 2013.
Defiant Zimbabwe vendors
Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare
Vendors have been demonstrating here in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, today over what they say was an arson attack on their goods last week.
Some are blaming the police for the attack in which the vendors say they lost thousands of dollars of potential income.
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They held placards saying to the police, in the Shona language, "where are our belongings?".
The vendors are supposed to be moved from the city centre to designated pitches elsewhere, but many are refusing to move.
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Tour de France update
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot looks set to lose his King of the Mountains lead - he will have to finish ahead of Belgian Kenneth Vanbilsen on today's stage of the Tour de France if he is to retain his jersey for the best climber so far.
Vanbilsen is in breakaway of two riders ahead of Teklehaimanot and the rest of the field - and the Belgian has already picked three points on smaller hills to draw level with the Eritrean.
But the end of today's stage is at the top of a mountain where the top 10 riders can win still more points as it is even steeper than the hills already climbed.
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There are a maximum of 50 King of the Mountains points on offer to the winner of today's stage - so basically unless Teklehaimanot wins the stage he will lose the jersey.
Mali's passion for taekwondo
Most of Bamako's taekwondo clubs are taking a break during Ramadan. But these two keen practitioners, pictured by our correspondent Alex Duval Smith, are training on an empty stomach today at Hippodrome stadium.
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Taekwondo has become something of a national sport in Mali, which has more than 500 black belts in the martial art, our reporter says.
The sport exploded in the country after Dada Modibo Keita became the world heavyweight champion in 2007.
Mali's taekwondo athletes almost all train out of doors on concrete slabs, often by night in the glow of motorbike and car headlights.
Uganda brass band plays Abba
A Ugandan brass band playing Super Trouper by Swedish group Abba might seem incongruous, but the children from the Mlisada organisation are well known for their eclectic musical approach.
The band, based in the capital, Kampala, is made up of abandoned and orphaned children who earn their money by entertaining people at weddings and other functions.
The BBC Focus on Africa radio programme has been hearing more from the musicians:
The Facebook page of the End Times Disciples Ministries in South Africa has published pictures of congregants being fed live snakes, the Times Live website reports.
They were told it would change into chocolate.
"We have authority to change everything into anything and it will obey because of our authority," the church's Facebook page says.
Museveni now in Burundi
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is travelling through Burundi by road, after having flown to Rwanda's capital, Kigali.
He is in Burundi to mediate on the third-term crisis.
Ngonzi is the home area of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Africa 'must industrialise'
The head of the AU commission is talking at a meeting on industrialisation at the Forum For Development summit in Addis Ababa:
And she links the Africans drowning in the Mediterranean as they try to reach Europe to the failure of development on the continent:
Support for Kagame third term
There's been a lot of reaction on the @BBCAfrica Twitter account to the news that after a vote in Rwanda's parliament, there is going to be a referendum on whether to drop presidential term limits in the constitution.
If approved it will pave the way for President Paul Kagame to run for a third term in 2017.
Many are sympathetic to the president:
But there is some caution over whether President Kagame is joining a club of leaders who have ruled beyond two terms:
Kenya's Westgate mall to reopen after attack
Journalists, including the BBC's Kelvin Brown, have been allowed into the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, before it opens at the weekend.
Sixty-seven people died in an attack by the Somalia-based militants al-Shabab in September 2013.
Mido to coach Ismaily
Former Spurs and Egypt striker Ahmed Mido Hossam has been appointed coach of Ismaily.
Boko Haram 'kills 40' in Nigeria
About 40 people were killed after Boko Haram militants stormed four villages in north-east Nigeria, slitting some residents' throats and opening fire on others, one resident and the police said, according to AFP news agency.
"Boko Haram gunmen came into our villages at night, killing 43 people," said Sheriff Kulo, from Kilwa village near Monguno, who escaped to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
Borno state police commissioner confirmed the attacks but could not corroborate the resident's death toll.
The incident happened on Friday but details have only just emerged because of poor to non-existent phone networks in the remote area.
Rwanda's Kagame for a third term?
Following a decision by Rwanda's parliament, there will now be a referendum on whether the two-term limit for presidents that's in the constitution should be lifted.
The change - if approved - will pave the way for President Paul Kagame to run for a third term in 2017.
Mr Kagame was first elected president in 2003.
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President Kagame was elected for a second term in 2010 with more than 90% of the voteImage caption: President Kagame was elected for a second term in 2010 with more than 90% of the vote
BreakingRwanda to vote on presidential term limits
Rwanda's parliament has approved the holding of a referendum on whether to change the constitutional clause that limits the president to two terms.
Reaction to Museveni's Burundi trip
There's been a swift and mostly sceptical reaction to the news that Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is in Burundi to mediate on the third-term crisis.
President Museveni is currently on his fourth term and has been in power since 1986.
Many are in that vein, but there is one hopeful message:
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Rwanda constitutional debate
The editor of Kigali Today has been tweeting about the debate taking place in Rwanda's parliament on whether a referendum to change the constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term should be held.
Constitution change debate in Rwanda
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Rwanda's New Times website has uploaded pictures of queues of people waiting to get into parliament in Kigali for a debate on whether a referendum to change the constitution to allow for a third presidential term should be called.
The debate is happening after "millions of petitions" were handed into parliament calling for a change in the constitution, the website reports.
President Paul Kagame will come to the end of his second term in 2017.
The parliament will also discuss a petition from an opposition party saying the constitution should not be changed.
Ivory Coast's Tiote refused US visa
Ivory Coast and Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has been refused a visa to join the rest of the club squad in the United States, the Press Association news agency reports.
He was not among the party which jetted out to America at the weekend and head coach Steve McClaren has since confirmed he did not travel because of an administrative issue.
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Cheik Tiote was a regular player for Newcastle last seasonImage caption: Cheik Tiote was a regular player for Newcastle last season
People with criminal convictions sometimes have problems in securing a visa for the United States.
Tiote was given a seven-month suspended jail sentence in October 2013 after admitting possession of a fake driving licence.
'Naked protest' threatened in Kenya
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A little-known political group in Kenya - the Republican Liberty Party - has written to the police about holding a procession of "5,000 totally naked men and women" in Nairobi in the run-up to the visit of US President Barack Obama.
The group wants to protest about the president's "open and aggressive support for homosexuality".
The idea of marching naked is for Mr Obama to "see and understand the different (sic) between a man and a woman".
It's not clear if the police will let it go ahead.
Museveni to mediate in Burundi
Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will be in Burundi today for another attempt to facilitate discussions to end the crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid.
Sent by the East African Community, he's due to spend two days here holding talks with the government and the opposition. Two UN special envoys have already failed to find a deal.
The opposition insists President Pierre Nkurunziza has to end the third-term effort while the presidential side says the issue is not even up for discussion.
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There have been violent protests and many deaths since the president launched his third-term bid in AprilImage caption: There have been violent protests and many deaths since the president launched his third-term bid in April
Simbo ready for the new challenges
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Simbo had played in Europe and Africa in the pastImage caption: Simbo had played in Europe and Africa in the past
Sierra Leone international David Simbo says he is ready for new challenges after moving to Saudi Arabia.
The 25-year-old defender has signed an 18-month deal with top-flight side Narjan SC, moving from al-Hilal in Sudan.
"It's time for me to move on to Asia to see the style of play there," Simbo told BBC Sport.
Success in fighting Aids
Anne Soy
BBC Africa
A global health campaign has helped prevent 30 million new HIV infections and nearly eight million deaths since 2000, a new report says.
Fifteen years ago Aids was a death sentence but today more than 15 million people around the world get life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs.
As a result people with HIV are living longer. In Zimbabwe, for example, life expectancy has risen from 44 to 60 years, partly because of the changes in treatment of people with HIV.
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Challenging stigma and wider distribution of antiretroviral drugs have made a big differenceImage caption: Challenging stigma and wider distribution of antiretroviral drugs have made a big difference
Buhari tells military to rebuild its reputation
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the newly appointed military chiefs to help him rebuild the reputation of the country's armed forces and the nation.
Addressing the new team after the appointments, Mr Buhari called on them to show commitment to their duties and profession.
"All of you... were chosen on merit. Your records gave you the job.... I don't know any of you. Your records recommended you," he said.
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The appointments come after Boko Haram has intensified its attacks on several parts of the countryImage caption: The appointments come after Boko Haram has intensified its attacks on several parts of the country
Obama's Kenya visit is a 'business opportunity'
Janet Onyango
BBC Monitoring
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Kenyan businesswoman Caroline Mutoko's column in The Star newspaper calls on Kenyans not to think of President Obama's visit next week as a "homecoming", but rather focus on the business opportunities.
Mr Obama will be attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit which Ms Mutoko describes as the "World Cup of investment opportunities".
She blames the Kenyan media for failing to make this clear to Kenyans, focusing instead on the government's crackdown on the sale of illegal alcohol with only days left to the summit.
Freed Ethiopian journalist 'still scared'
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Last week Ethiopian journalist Tesfalem Waldyes was unexpectedly released from a prison outside the capital, Addis Ababa, along with four colleagues.
"I'm afraid. I'm still scared that I might go back to prison... Maybe today, maybe this afternoon," he told Andrew Harding.
"[Journalism here] is a very dangerous job, because there's this red line that was marked by the government, and we don't know when we crossed that red line", he said.
Danger for SA coffee outlets?
Matthew Davies
Africa Business Report editor, Johannesburg
Global coffee shop franchises have been slow in comparison to the fast food giants to plunge into the South African market.
That's not because the consumers aren't here - the multitude of owner-run small coffee shops in the urban areas is testament to that.
Starbucks is not just jumping into the South African market alone - it's teamed up with the local franchising operator, Taste, which is better known for pizza, particularly another global brand, Domino's.
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Starbucks will open its first branch in sub-Saharan Africa in Johannesburg next yearImage caption: Starbucks will open its first branch in sub-Saharan Africa in Johannesburg next year
What the arrival of the global coffee giants means for the small local coffee shops is uncertain. But they'll have to wake up and smell the coffee - and within a few years that coffee aroma could well be coming from the Starbucks next door.
Museveni to mediate in Burundi
A spokesperson for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says he is on his way to Burundi to help mediate in the country's third-term crisis.
He'll be there on behalf of the East Africa Community.
President Museveni has been in power since 1986 and is now in his fourth term after the constitution was changed.
Real challenge for Eritrea's Teklehaimanot
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
After a rest day at the Tour de France, Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot faces his first real challenge today as the King of the Mountains today as the race heads to the Pyrenees on the border with Spain.
The MTN-Qhubeka rider wears the red and white polka dot jersey again today to denote that he is the best climber on the Tour so far - the climbs to this point have all been relatively gentle.
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Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea (wearing the polka dot jersey) is the first African to wear the King of the Mountains jerseyImage caption: Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea (wearing the polka dot jersey) is the first African to wear the King of the Mountains jersey
Skinny lattes soon in South Africa
Starbucks is following in the path of US companies Facebook and Walmart and will soon be making inroads in South Africa. The coffee brand may appear to be global, but it does not have a branch in sub-Saharan Africa.
Starbucks will have to compete with a number of local coffee outlets.
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Starbucks buys coffee beans from the continent and it will soon be selling it in South AfricaImage caption: Starbucks buys coffee beans from the continent and it will soon be selling it in South Africa
US 'terror' warning ahead of Obama's Kenya visit
The United States has warned its citizens in Kenya that there is a risk of that President Obama's visit next week could be a "target for terrorists".
It singles out the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the capital, Nairobi, which opens on 24 July which Mr Obama is due to address.
"US citizens should maintain a high level of security awareness," it added.
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Kenya has been attacked several times by the Somali-based Islamists militant group al-Shabab.
Wise words
Today's African proverb: "You do not look for a person wearing white cloth where the palm-oil maker works." A Yoruba proverb sent by Mohammed Hammed Olanrewaju, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
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That's all from the BBC Africa Live Page team for now.
Today's African proverb: "You do not look for a person wearing white cloth where the palm-oil maker works." A Yoruba proverb sent by Mohammed Hammed Olanrewaju, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
We leave you with this picture from Angola showing a Gambian pouched rat undergoing mine detection training.
Ex-Nigeria governor granted bail
A federal high court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, has granted bail to the former Jigawa state governor and his two sons who are facing trial on corruption and money laundering charges.
The judge asked Sule Lamdio to hand over all his travel documents to the court registrar as a bail condition.
However, his two sons were asked to pay $13,000 (£8,000) each to make sure that they would appear at the trial.
It is not clear when the trial will take place.
Calls to change global tax
Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Reforming the global tax system is one of the big debates here at the Financing for Development conference here in Addis Ababa.
A small group of demonstrators have been pushing for a United Nations body to oversee things, rather than deals made between richer countries.
This should help less developed countries have a greater say in international tax matters.
Scaffolding kills two in Mozambique
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Africa 'making progress' on HIV
Experts have welcomed a United Nations report which says the world has delivered on the millennium development goal (MDG) of halting and reversing the Aids epidemic.
"This is great news, the world has achieved and exceeded the Aids related MDG," UNAids Mbulawa Mugabe told BBC Focus on Africa radio.
He said about 80 countries have "significantly reduced" new infections and have not seen an increase in the past years.
"There are a number of countries that have been makings significant efforts like South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe for instance, [they] have been able to halt the spread of HIV," he added.
South Africa tourists held in China
Ten South Africans on a sight-seeing tour of China have been arrested and detained in Inner Mongolia - a semi-autonomous region governed by Beijing.
They were among a group of 20 people from South Africa, India and the UK.
It is not clear why they are being held.
Opposition to Rwanda's Kagame
The leader of one of Rwanda's opposition parties has said that the figure has been inflated for the number of Rwandans who have signed petitions urging a constitutional change to allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party told BBC Focus on Africa radio that there is a duplication of names as individuals have signed more than one petition.
There is said to be more than three million signatures.
Rwanda's parliament today approved moves that will lead to a referendum to change the constitution.
Mr Habineza's party is mounting a court challenge against the proposed change.
Kenya's Westgate 'is home'
The BBC's Abdinoor Ahmed has been speaking to workers at the Westgate mall in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which is reopening on Saturday after the attack in September 2013 in which 67 people died.
David Mutwiri was working at the Nakumatt supermarket when the gunmen attacked, he will be there when the shop opens on Saturday.
He said "to me Westgate is home - I have been here since 2007 - and I'm happy to be back home".
Shopkeeper Nadia Osman said she had mixed emotions about the reopening: "I'm feeling happy and excited, and also I'm feeling scared."
Body of 'drugs mule' found in Kampala
Issaac Mumena
BBC Africa, Kampala
A body containing sachets filled with drugs has been found on a roadside in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police have told the BBC.
The adult male body had 41 sachets of narcotics worth $60,000 (£38,000).
Police initially thought it might be the body of a missing Muslim cleric, as there has been spate of killings targeting religious leaders, said spokesman Fred Enanga.
However, investigations have revealed that it may be the body of a human drug mule, who was transporting illegal narcotics by swallowing them.
Teklehaimanot loses King of the Mountains jersey
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot of South African team MTN-Qhubeka has lost the King of the Mountains jersey at the end of stage 10 of the Tour de France as the race hit the first real mountains.
Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome, who won the race in 2013, has won this stage and retains the overall leader's Yellow Jersey. He also increased his lead over his main rivals. Read this BBC sport story for update.
Madagascar find was not silver
It turns out that what was hailed as a discovery of silver pirate treasure in Madagascar was neither silver nor treasure.
The metal ingot was handed over to the country's president at a ceremony in May.
It was said at the time that it was part of a horde of the notorious 17th-Century pirate Captain Kidd.
But tests carried out by the UN's cultural body Unesco show that the ingot is in fact 95% lead and was a piece of ballast.
Ex-Nigeria governor back in court
A former governor of Jigawa state, in northern Nigeria, who is facing corruption and money laundering charges has appeared in court again seeking bail.
Last week, Sule Lamido and his two sons were on remanded in prison until 28 September while a judge in the city of Kano decided on their bail application.
But the case has now been moved to the capital Abuja under a new judge.
They have denied all the charges.
Zimbabwe defeat in Harare
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
Zimbabwe's cricketers have lost the third one day international to India by 83 runs this afternoon.
The Indians had Kedar Jadhav to thank for their win as he scored an unbeaten 105.
It means Zimbabwe have lost all three matches in the series. There are two T20 matches to be played, one on Friday and then another on Sunday - all the matches are being played in Harare.
Museveni now in talks in Burundi
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is now in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, meeting President Pierre Nkurunziza.
They are at the Hotel Belair Residence where other politicians and members of civil society groups have been waiting for hours for President Museveni to arrive.
They are all due to have talks in one of the hotel's conference rooms.
Mr Museveni has been sent by the East Africa Community to help mediate in the crisis sparked by President Nkurunziza's third-term bid.
Liberia confirms new Ebola case
Liberia has confirmed a new Ebola case after a woman died of the disease shortly after being admitted to a hospital in the capital, Monrovia, Reuters news agency reports.
It is the sixth confirmed case of the virus since it resurfaced last month after a seven-week lull.
The latest victim comes from Montserrado County. Her detection raised fears that the infection may be spreading in a new area of the country.
More than 11,200 people in West Africa have died from Ebola since the epidemic began in December 2013.
Defiant Zimbabwe vendors
Brian Hungwe
BBC Africa, Harare
Vendors have been demonstrating here in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, today over what they say was an arson attack on their goods last week.
Some are blaming the police for the attack in which the vendors say they lost thousands of dollars of potential income.
They held placards saying to the police, in the Shona language, "where are our belongings?".
The vendors are supposed to be moved from the city centre to designated pitches elsewhere, but many are refusing to move.
Tour de France update
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot looks set to lose his King of the Mountains lead - he will have to finish ahead of Belgian Kenneth Vanbilsen on today's stage of the Tour de France if he is to retain his jersey for the best climber so far.
Vanbilsen is in breakaway of two riders ahead of Teklehaimanot and the rest of the field - and the Belgian has already picked three points on smaller hills to draw level with the Eritrean.
But the end of today's stage is at the top of a mountain where the top 10 riders can win still more points as it is even steeper than the hills already climbed.
There are a maximum of 50 King of the Mountains points on offer to the winner of today's stage - so basically unless Teklehaimanot wins the stage he will lose the jersey.
Mali's passion for taekwondo
Most of Bamako's taekwondo clubs are taking a break during Ramadan. But these two keen practitioners, pictured by our correspondent Alex Duval Smith, are training on an empty stomach today at Hippodrome stadium.
Taekwondo has become something of a national sport in Mali, which has more than 500 black belts in the martial art, our reporter says.
The sport exploded in the country after Dada Modibo Keita became the world heavyweight champion in 2007.
Mali's taekwondo athletes almost all train out of doors on concrete slabs, often by night in the glow of motorbike and car headlights.
Uganda brass band plays Abba
A Ugandan brass band playing Super Trouper by Swedish group Abba might seem incongruous, but the children from the Mlisada organisation are well known for their eclectic musical approach.
The band, based in the capital, Kampala, is made up of abandoned and orphaned children who earn their money by entertaining people at weddings and other functions.
The BBC Focus on Africa radio programme has been hearing more from the musicians:
Live snake anyone?
The Facebook page of the End Times Disciples Ministries in South Africa has published pictures of congregants being fed live snakes, the Times Live website reports.
They were told it would change into chocolate.
"We have authority to change everything into anything and it will obey because of our authority," the church's Facebook page says.
Museveni now in Burundi
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is travelling through Burundi by road, after having flown to Rwanda's capital, Kigali.
He is in Burundi to mediate on the third-term crisis.
Ngonzi is the home area of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Africa 'must industrialise'
The head of the AU commission is talking at a meeting on industrialisation at the Forum For Development summit in Addis Ababa:
And she links the Africans drowning in the Mediterranean as they try to reach Europe to the failure of development on the continent:
Support for Kagame third term
There's been a lot of reaction on the @BBCAfrica Twitter account to the news that after a vote in Rwanda's parliament, there is going to be a referendum on whether to drop presidential term limits in the constitution.
If approved it will pave the way for President Paul Kagame to run for a third term in 2017.
Many are sympathetic to the president:
But there is some caution over whether President Kagame is joining a club of leaders who have ruled beyond two terms:
Kenya's Westgate mall to reopen after attack
Journalists, including the BBC's Kelvin Brown, have been allowed into the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, before it opens at the weekend.
Sixty-seven people died in an attack by the Somalia-based militants al-Shabab in September 2013.
Mido to coach Ismaily
Former Spurs and Egypt striker Ahmed Mido Hossam has been appointed coach of Ismaily.
Boko Haram 'kills 40' in Nigeria
About 40 people were killed after Boko Haram militants stormed four villages in north-east Nigeria, slitting some residents' throats and opening fire on others, one resident and the police said, according to AFP news agency.
"Boko Haram gunmen came into our villages at night, killing 43 people," said Sheriff Kulo, from Kilwa village near Monguno, who escaped to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
Borno state police commissioner confirmed the attacks but could not corroborate the resident's death toll.
The incident happened on Friday but details have only just emerged because of poor to non-existent phone networks in the remote area.
Rwanda's Kagame for a third term?
Following a decision by Rwanda's parliament, there will now be a referendum on whether the two-term limit for presidents that's in the constitution should be lifted.
The change - if approved - will pave the way for President Paul Kagame to run for a third term in 2017.
Mr Kagame was first elected president in 2003.
BreakingRwanda to vote on presidential term limits
Rwanda's parliament has approved the holding of a referendum on whether to change the constitutional clause that limits the president to two terms.
Reaction to Museveni's Burundi trip
There's been a swift and mostly sceptical reaction to the news that Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is in Burundi to mediate on the third-term crisis.
President Museveni is currently on his fourth term and has been in power since 1986.
Many are in that vein, but there is one hopeful message:
All over the world there are some leaders who are reluctant to give up power. The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones has been looking at the arguments for and against presidential term limits.
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Rwanda constitutional debate
The editor of Kigali Today has been tweeting about the debate taking place in Rwanda's parliament on whether a referendum to change the constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term should be held.
Constitution change debate in Rwanda
Rwanda's New Times website has uploaded pictures of queues of people waiting to get into parliament in Kigali for a debate on whether a referendum to change the constitution to allow for a third presidential term should be called.
The debate is happening after "millions of petitions" were handed into parliament calling for a change in the constitution, the website reports.
President Paul Kagame will come to the end of his second term in 2017.
The parliament will also discuss a petition from an opposition party saying the constitution should not be changed.
Ivory Coast's Tiote refused US visa
Ivory Coast and Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has been refused a visa to join the rest of the club squad in the United States, the Press Association news agency reports.
He was not among the party which jetted out to America at the weekend and head coach Steve McClaren has since confirmed he did not travel because of an administrative issue.
People with criminal convictions sometimes have problems in securing a visa for the United States.
Tiote was given a seven-month suspended jail sentence in October 2013 after admitting possession of a fake driving licence.
'Naked protest' threatened in Kenya
A little-known political group in Kenya - the Republican Liberty Party - has written to the police about holding a procession of "5,000 totally naked men and women" in Nairobi in the run-up to the visit of US President Barack Obama.
The group wants to protest about the president's "open and aggressive support for homosexuality".
The idea of marching naked is for Mr Obama to "see and understand the different (sic) between a man and a woman".
It's not clear if the police will let it go ahead.
Museveni to mediate in Burundi
Prime Ndikumagenge
BBC Africa, Bujumbura
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will be in Burundi today for another attempt to facilitate discussions to end the crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid.
Sent by the East African Community, he's due to spend two days here holding talks with the government and the opposition. Two UN special envoys have already failed to find a deal.
The opposition insists President Pierre Nkurunziza has to end the third-term effort while the presidential side says the issue is not even up for discussion.
Simbo ready for the new challenges
Sierra Leone international David Simbo says he is ready for new challenges after moving to Saudi Arabia.
The 25-year-old defender has signed an 18-month deal with top-flight side Narjan SC, moving from al-Hilal in Sudan.
"It's time for me to move on to Asia to see the style of play there," Simbo told BBC Sport.
Success in fighting Aids
Anne Soy
BBC Africa
A global health campaign has helped prevent 30 million new HIV infections and nearly eight million deaths since 2000, a new report says.
Fifteen years ago Aids was a death sentence but today more than 15 million people around the world get life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs.
As a result people with HIV are living longer. In Zimbabwe, for example, life expectancy has risen from 44 to 60 years, partly because of the changes in treatment of people with HIV.
Buhari tells military to rebuild its reputation
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the newly appointed military chiefs to help him rebuild the reputation of the country's armed forces and the nation.
Addressing the new team after the appointments, Mr Buhari called on them to show commitment to their duties and profession.
"All of you... were chosen on merit. Your records gave you the job.... I don't know any of you. Your records recommended you," he said.
Obama's Kenya visit is a 'business opportunity'
Janet Onyango
BBC Monitoring
Kenyan businesswoman Caroline Mutoko's column in The Star newspaper calls on Kenyans not to think of President Obama's visit next week as a "homecoming", but rather focus on the business opportunities.
Mr Obama will be attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit which Ms Mutoko describes as the "World Cup of investment opportunities".
She blames the Kenyan media for failing to make this clear to Kenyans, focusing instead on the government's crackdown on the sale of illegal alcohol with only days left to the summit.
Freed Ethiopian journalist 'still scared'
Last week Ethiopian journalist Tesfalem Waldyes was unexpectedly released from a prison outside the capital, Addis Ababa, along with four colleagues.
"I'm afraid. I'm still scared that I might go back to prison... Maybe today, maybe this afternoon," he told Andrew Harding.
"[Journalism here] is a very dangerous job, because there's this red line that was marked by the government, and we don't know when we crossed that red line", he said.
Danger for SA coffee outlets?
Matthew Davies
Africa Business Report editor, Johannesburg
Global coffee shop franchises have been slow in comparison to the fast food giants to plunge into the South African market.
That's not because the consumers aren't here - the multitude of owner-run small coffee shops in the urban areas is testament to that.
Starbucks is not just jumping into the South African market alone - it's teamed up with the local franchising operator, Taste, which is better known for pizza, particularly another global brand, Domino's.
What the arrival of the global coffee giants means for the small local coffee shops is uncertain. But they'll have to wake up and smell the coffee - and within a few years that coffee aroma could well be coming from the Starbucks next door.
Museveni to mediate in Burundi
A spokesperson for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says he is on his way to Burundi to help mediate in the country's third-term crisis.
He'll be there on behalf of the East Africa Community.
President Museveni has been in power since 1986 and is now in his fourth term after the constitution was changed.
Real challenge for Eritrea's Teklehaimanot
Nick Cavell
BBC Africa sport
After a rest day at the Tour de France, Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot faces his first real challenge today as the King of the Mountains today as the race heads to the Pyrenees on the border with Spain.
The MTN-Qhubeka rider wears the red and white polka dot jersey again today to denote that he is the best climber on the Tour so far - the climbs to this point have all been relatively gentle.
Skinny lattes soon in South Africa
Starbucks is following in the path of US companies Facebook and Walmart and will soon be making inroads in South Africa. The coffee brand may appear to be global, but it does not have a branch in sub-Saharan Africa.
Now, after a deal with South African Taste Holdings it's set to open up in Johannesburg in 2016.
Starbucks will have to compete with a number of local coffee outlets.
US 'terror' warning ahead of Obama's Kenya visit
The United States has warned its citizens in Kenya that there is a risk of that President Obama's visit next week could be a "target for terrorists".
It singles out the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the capital, Nairobi, which opens on 24 July which Mr Obama is due to address.
"As with all large public events, there is the opportunity for criminal elements to target participants and other visitors," the US State Department said in a statement.
"US citizens should maintain a high level of security awareness," it added.
Kenya has been attacked several times by the Somali-based Islamists militant group al-Shabab.
Wise words
Today's African proverb: "You do not look for a person wearing white cloth where the palm-oil maker works." A Yoruba proverb sent by Mohammed Hammed Olanrewaju, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
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