Summary

  • Five Tanzanian miners rescued after 41 days underground

  • Ghana and Nigeria through to group stage of World Cup qualifiers

  • Mother of Nigeria's u-23 coach Samson Siasia kidnapped

  • Guinea begins countdown to Ebola-free status

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Tuesday 17 November 2015

  1. Angry Rwanda fanspublished at 17:35

    The BBC's Yves Bucyana in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, captured the moment soon after the team was knocked out by Libya in a World Cup qualifying match.

    Here they're shouting in Kinyarwanda: "You disappointed us". 

    Yves says the fans also shouted that "it's better to support our cycling team than support these dogs".

    Rwanda's cycling team is doing well in the Tour of Rwanda that's currently going on.

  2. Remembering former BBC Somali journalistpublished at 16:26

    Abdullahi Yusuf Osman
    BBC Monitoring, Nairobi

    Somali speaking people all over the world are mourning the death of former BBC Somali service journalist Ahmad Hassan Awke, who died last night of an asthma attack in Jijiga, Ethioipia.

    Millions loved his rich voice and he was the most popular journalist among Somalis. 

    Ahmad Hassan Cawke

    Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his death is a loss to all Somalis, and Somaliland President Ahmad Muhammad Silanyo said "every Somali-speaking person has lost Awke". 

    There are also condolence messages on Twitter:

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  3. Nigeria produces its first Ford vehiclepublished at 15.49

    The Ford assembly plant near Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has produced its first vehicle, the company says.

    It's tweeted a picture of the Ford Ranger:

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    It's the first time the vehicle has been assembled outside of South Africa, and Ford is keen to get access to the Nigerian market, the company's CEO in sub-Saharan Africa Jeff Nemeth said.

    The Nigerian plant will start off by producing 10 vehicles a day.

  4. Kenya team lands in Cape Verde after delaypublished at 09.48

    Kenya's football team have landed in Cape Verde, just a few hours before the start of their World Cup qualifier, after a chaotic delayed departure from Nairobi on Monday. Kenyan media report.

    The initial delay occurred because players wanted to be paid bonuses and be reimbursed for travel to Nairobi to play in Friday's first leg which the Harambee Stars won 1-0. 

    The match kicks off at 1900GMT. 

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