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Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region, which is home to Africa’s tallest mountain, is experiencing hotter-than-usual temperatures this month, the weather authorities say.

The temperature in the region has risen to a high of 36.4C in November, an increase of nearly 5C above the average temperature experienced at this time of the year.

Other regions, including the coastal city of Dar es Salaam and Ruvuma in the south, have also been hotter than their long-term averages.

The high temperatures are expected to continue throughout November, with a slight decrease forecast in December when the rains come.

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The United Nations says 16 of its staff members have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

A UN spokesperson said six others had been released.

He said the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been asked to free all of them immediately.

It is not yet clear why they were arrested.

Last month seven senior UN officials were expelled after being accused of meddling in Ethiopia's affairs.

The UN has spoken out about human rights abuses and has accused the government of impeding the delivery of aid to millions of victims of a year- long conflict in northern Ethiopia.

There have been numerous accusations that Tigrayans have been arbitrarily arrested - something the government denies.

Campaign activities have officially started in The Gambia ahead of the 4 December presidential election.

On Saturday, the electoral commission approved six candidates.

Those standing include incumbent Adama Barrow, the main opposition leader Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and Essa Faal, who was the chief counsel of Gambia’s Truth Commission that investigated human rights abuses allegedly committed under former president Yahya Jammeh.

It is the first vote since he left office after being defeated by President Barrow in 2016.

Mr Jammeh has distanced himself from an alliance formed by his party with the party of Mr Barrow.

Campaigns are expected to officially end two days before the polls.

The ambassadors of the US, Britain and Norway say they have met Sudan's top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and told him to restore civilian leadership following last month's coup.

The countries, known as the Sudan Troika, urged the general to reinstate the ousted Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, who is currently under house arrest.

Pro-democracy groups are organising further protests against the military take-over.

Their ability to mobilise people has been undermined by the blocking of the internet and the disruption of phone services.

Earlier today a court in Khartoum ordered telecom companies to restore the internet.

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Social media users in Egypt are furious at TV host Amr Adeeb after he said he had filed a lawsuit against El Ahly football club for congratulating their former star Mohamed Aboutrika for his 43rd birthday.

Al Ahly has not yet commented.

Aboutrika is seen as one of the best African football players of all time, however, he has also been associated with the country's now-banned Muslim Brotherhood.

He played for El Ahly and represented Egypt's national team for years before retiring to become a football pundit in Qatar.

Following the 2013 coup led by then-defence minister Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the government put Aboutrika on a terrorist list for allegedly financially supporting the Brotherhood

Aboutrika has previously strenuously denied the allegations.

The Fifa website has also published a congratulations message to Aboutrika, who enjoys a huge popularity in Egypt and the Arab world.

A key defendant in the trial over the assassination of the former president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, has pleaded not guilty.

General Gilbert Diendéré is accused of being the architect of the 1987 coup in which the popular socialist leader was killed.

He became a close aide to Blaise Compaoré, who seized power in the coup and then led Burkina Faso for 27 years.

Mr Compaoré, who was toppled in an uprising and lives in exile in Ivory Coast, has long been accused of ordering Sankara’s killing.

He has denied any involvement and will be tried in absentia.

Gen Diendéré is currently serving a 20-year sentence for trying to overthrow a transitional government in 2015.

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