Africa highlights: Nigeria foils suicide attack, Kenya 'police killings' protest

Nigeria's army says its soldiers have averted a suicide bomb attack.

In a statement it says that three female Boko Haram militants were trying to attack internally displaced people as they were collecting water at a borehole near a town in Borno state, north-east Nigeria.

Soldiers shot two dead and the army says that two civilians were injured when the suicide bombs went off.

The third attacker did manage to go further along the road and blow herself up, but the statement does not reveal if anyone was injured.

English Premier League champions Leicester City have agreed a deal with CSKA Moscow to sign Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa, according to the player's agent.

The 23-year-old, who joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, is set to sign for what BBC Sport understands is a Foxes club-record fee.

"Everything has been finalised and Musa will be in England for his medical on Wednesday," Tony Harris told BBC Sport.

BBC Sport understands Musa turned down Southampton, Everton and West Ham.

Read more: Ahmed Musa: Leicester City 'agree fee'

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Child welfare advocates and regional grouping Ecowas have applauded Senegal President Macky Sall’s decision to order the removal of all child beggars off the streets. 

Since Thursday, 150 beggars have been taken to a children's centre in Senegal's capital, Dakar. 

Their parents or their koranic teachers have been warned that they could be fined or jailed for up to six months the next time their children are caught on the streets. 

Mmany religious leaders and koranic school teachers have resisted a ban in the past.

They argue that begging is a way of teaching humility to koranic school students.

But many NGOs have denounced the practice, calling it child exploitation.

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A piece about a white British student's volunteering experience in Africa published in the UK's Telegraph newspaper is getting a lot of attention on social media.

Louise Linton spent a year in Zambia and writes about her experience:

Quote Message: I learned some of their language, planted a vegetable garden and created a little school under a Mukusi tree, writing about my experiences in my diary.

I learned some of their language, planted a vegetable garden and created a little school under a Mukusi tree, writing about my experiences in my diary.

She then writes about how conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo had an impact on Zambia.

Quote Message: But I soon learned that Africa is rife with hidden danger. I witnessed random acts of violence, contracted malaria and had close encounters with lions, elephants, crocodiles and snakes."

But I soon learned that Africa is rife with hidden danger. I witnessed random acts of violence, contracted malaria and had close encounters with lions, elephants, crocodiles and snakes."

And it's her "Africa is a country" style of writing has got some people on Twitter angry:

Quote Message: Having a great holiday and then I stumble across [this] and it ruins my morning. What is this Zambia she speaks of?" from @kabwejulianna

Having a great holiday and then I stumble across [this] and it ruins my morning. What is this Zambia she speaks of?"

Quote Message: There's absolutely no indication that the article is satirical." from @TheFiveAlmighty

There's absolutely no indication that the article is satirical."

Quote Message: We need to start telling our own stories, and not leave them in the hands of those that are just out there to make a quick buck." from @LydiaNgoma

We need to start telling our own stories, and not leave them in the hands of those that are just out there to make a quick buck."

Kenya's Star newspaper has shared a video showing protesters confronting the country's police spokesman Charles Owino during a march against alleged police killings.

The protesters blocked Mr Owino's car and demanded that he get out and join their march, according to the report. 

On alighting, they poured red paint on the spokesman and forced him to carry a coffin which had "stop extra judicial killings" written on it, the Star adds. 

A senior Sierra Leonean diplomat who was last week kidnapped in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna is "alive and in good health", AFP news agency reports.

Maj-Gen Alfred Nelson-Williams, Sierra Leone's Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, was believed to have been travelling there for a ceremony at a military base.    

AFP quotes a spokesman for Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari saying that he was "certain that he is alive".

A Sierra Leonean official is quoted as saying that the diplomat was in "good health".

The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Sierra Leone doesn't confirm the news but reports that the Maj-Gen Nelson-Williams' driver has apparently escaped and is being interrogated by the Nigerian police. 

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Israel's Prime Minister has travelled to State House in Uganda where he is taking part in a security summit with regional leaders.

His office has been tweeting pictures:

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's press person has also been tweeting photographs of some of the leaders arriving:

We reported earlier about Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu starting what he described as an "historic" visit to Africa. 

People have been reacting to our Facebook post on the story.:

Quote Message: I have nothing against Bibi, you are welcome to Zambia. But I hear Africans are ill treated in Israel. I have a number of friends who have suffered racial discrimination at the hands of your people, I hope you'll say something about that." from Muzo Kazembe

I have nothing against Bibi, you are welcome to Zambia. But I hear Africans are ill treated in Israel. I have a number of friends who have suffered racial discrimination at the hands of your people, I hope you'll say something about that."

Quote Message: If you read in the Bible when things got hot in the Middle East, Africa became the hide out for Israel. During famine God led the Israelites to Africa... Now Benjamin is back to celebrate with us. These are God's miracles! Your warmly welcome Africa." from Philip Mkundi

If you read in the Bible when things got hot in the Middle East, Africa became the hide out for Israel. During famine God led the Israelites to Africa... Now Benjamin is back to celebrate with us. These are God's miracles! Your warmly welcome Africa."

Quote Message: Netanyahu is bringing his country's advanced technology to help Africa. Despite the hate propaganda, we will stand tall with Israel. Israel is helping our agriculture sector in Plateau state in Nigeria." from Emmanuel Ishaku

Netanyahu is bringing his country's advanced technology to help Africa. Despite the hate propaganda, we will stand tall with Israel. Israel is helping our agriculture sector in Plateau state in Nigeria."

The government of Lagos state in Nigeria is cracking down on street vendors. 

The authorities are enforcing a previously widely-flouted law. 

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Street hawkers and those who buy from them face a fine of more than $300, or six months in jail. 

A BBC correspondent in Lagos says there are far fewer hawkers in the streets today than usual because they are scared of being arrested. 

Many hawkers have complained that if they are not able to work, they will not be able to support themselves.   

We posted earlier about police and demonstrators clashing in the Epworth township of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

Trouble started after minibus taxi drivers were protesting over an alleged increase in police harassment.

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Police fired tear gas to try and quell the violence:

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People have been sharing videos of police beating up alleged protesters in Epworth:

The Nigerian militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, has been making its presence felt over the past few months by attacking oil installations.

It has often announced its attacks on Twitter - the most recent being at the weekend - but now its account has been shut down.

This is what you see if you try to visit it:

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The Reuters news agency quotes a Twitter spokesman confirming the closure.

He would not give the exact reasons but said company policy on the suspension of accounts does include a "specific rule pertaining to violent threats... you may not make threats of violence or promote violence, including threatening or promoting terrorism".

US pop icon Madonna will partner with Kenya's first lady Margaret Kenyatta to expand her initiative, Beyond Zero, that supports maternal and child health programmes.

A statement from the first lady's office says Madonna described the Beyond Zero initiative "as an amazing movement and a natural partner for advocacy". 

The first lady's Twitter account has shared some pictures from the meeting: 

We've been covering extracts from what President Yoweri Museveni's said when he welcomed Israel's prime minister.

But it seems that some journalists covering the visit think the president may have got Israel and Palestine mixed up: 

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been welcoming Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his country.

And in his speech he addressed Israel-Palestine relations:

Ugandans are debating a story on the Daily Monitor Facebook page that Israeli security officers have taken over security at Entebbe airport.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on an 'historic visit' to Africa.

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Quote Message: You don't know what you are talking about! The Israel security operatives have been in Uganda for more than a month." from Kanyeibare

You don't know what you are talking about! The Israel security operatives have been in Uganda for more than a month."

Quote Message: Funny when these presidents come, our roads are closed, airport security taken over, their national flags are on every street, but when our president goes to their countries nothing happens." from Sebyala Yunus

Funny when these presidents come, our roads are closed, airport security taken over, their national flags are on every street, but when our president goes to their countries nothing happens."

It's the final week of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims around the world refrain from eating while the sun is up.

But in Senegal, members of one branch of Sufi Islam, known as the Baye Fall, haven't been fasting.

Instead, they have been preparing food for others.

The BBC went to visit them in the holy city of Touba.

Video Journalist: Efrem Gebreab

Two plaques have been unveiled in Uganda during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

The BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports that one plaque has the names of those who were killed during the Entebbe raid on 4 July 1976. 

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The other is for the renovation of the trauma centre at the country's main referral hospital in the capital, Kampala.

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The Israeli Development Agency is to invest $13m (£10m) in aid to Uganda and other East African countries, our reporter adds. 

Hundreds of Kenyans have poured onto the streets of Nairobi and Mombasa today to protest against extrajudicial killings. 

The protests were triggered by the recovery of three bodies belonging to people reported missing last week.  

The demonstrators splattered their t-shirts with red paint. They sang, they chanted and they wailed. 

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They carried mock white caskets with crimson red slogans calling for an end to extrajudicial killings and what they described as police executions.

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Three bodies recovered from a river last week have been identified as Josphat Mwendwa, a man who had sued a senior police officer for shooting him in the shoulder, Willie Kimani the human rights lawyer who represented him, and their taxi driver. 

Three policemen have now been arraigned in court and charged with their murders. 

Lawyers in Kenya have begun a court boycott for a week to pressure the government to act and activists hope the demos will pile pressure on the judicial services to ensure the killers are brought to trial.  

The issue of extrajudicial killings has caused growing alarm in Kenya ahead of next year’s elections.

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American singer Madonna is in Kenya. 

She has been sharing updates from her visit on social media: 

It seems local media were initially unaware of her visit. 

One newspaper is speculating that she's in the country to adopt a child as she did in Malawi. 

Kenya's State House has just tweeted that the celebrity is meeting the country's first lady: