South African billionaire Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest person, according to the latest data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. bbc.com/news/articles/…

It's been a little over 2 months since the first contigent of Kenya's police travelled to Haiti...how effective has the deployment been? I posed this question to Louis-Henri Mars, who leads a peace-building organization in Port-Au-Prince on #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa BBC News (World)

"Djibouti is ready to offer Ethiopia 100% port access to defuse regional tensions," the foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf told me in an exclusive interview on #FocusOnAfrica. Coincidentally he is also one of four men vying to succeed AU Chair Moussa Faki next year.

US rapper Fatman Scoop dies aged 53 after collapsing at concert on Friday in Connecticut, his representative tells BBC bbc.in/4dJQQBu

Manchester United has rolled out the red carpet for Eliud Kipchoge..

A busy first week of September for African leaders at summits from Japan to Indonesia & finally China. So what are the pros and cons of attending these summits? I asked Kenyan President Ruto this question back in June.

Our #FocusOnAfrica interview with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf on their countries port offer to Ethiopia seems to travelled quite a bit. Seen it quoted on Bloomberg, Addis Std etc. Find out more about the horn of African conflict here->

Kenya's President Ruto joins other African leaders for the 4th China-Africa summit. Green energy, infrastructure loans, trade & manufacturing rank high on the agenda. He is accompanied by former PM & AU Chairperson contender Raila Odinga.

US seizes plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, claiming it was bought illegally and smuggled out of country bbc.in/3Muz21i

"It's something I will work on and see a therapist," she added with tears running down her face, "because I feel like I have been suppressing my emotions... because what has happened... it wasn't a minor thing, it was actually really major." bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Breaking: National Unity Platform President BOBI WINE sustains injury after a scuffle with police officers in Kiira Bulindo. We can not clearly establish if it is a gun shot or a teargas canister shot. Developing story.

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JUST IN : The president of the National Unity Platform (NUP)Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been injured in a scuffle after police fired tear gas to disperse his fans in Kira. He has been rushed to the hospital. #NTVNews

One of our stories yesterday on #FocusOnAfrica by Peter Mwangangi We are on daily (Monday - Friday) on BBC News (World) & on partner stations with news from around the African continent & in the diaspora at 7.30pm East African Time & 5:30pm British Standard Time.

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Just learned about the 'bed rotting' trend. Am I the only one?

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