A growing number of women in South Africa are learning to use guns to protect themselves against gender-based violence. On average 15 women are killed every day in the country, a rise of almost 34% on last year. On 21 November, women in South Africa will be staging silent protests with calls to stop any economic activity for 15 minutes because of what they say is government failure to tackle the issue and asking it to be declared a “national disaster”.
Warning: This report contains descriptions of sexual assault. From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa’s delivery market. Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show.
Cameroon opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary is adamant that he’s the winner of the presidential election. Thousands of mourners attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Nairobi. Colonel Michael Randrianirina is sworn in as the new president of Madagascar at a ceremony in the capital.
