Gabon president 'to be transferred to London'；DR Congo campaigners 'beheaded'
Niger is to move some rare giraffes to a reserve 600km (400 miles) away to save them from encroaching desert, farmland and increasing instances of them being struck by vehicles, the AFP news agency quotes the environment minister as saying.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo will soon be transferred from hospital in Saudi Aradia to the UK capital, the magazine Jeune Afrique is reporting.
Some reports said the 59-year-old had suffered a stroke when he was on a visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh last month.
Sources told Jeune Afrique that he was now well enough to travel and was expected to receive treatment at a specialised medical centre in London.
A convalescence in Morocco was considered, but London has been settled upon, it reports.
2. DR Congo campaigners 'beheaded'
Three people were beheaded in the central Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of Congo over weekend while campaigning for the ruling party’s presidential candidate, the AFP news agency reports, citing relatives and party officials.
They were wearing People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) T-shirts showing the face of candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a son of the one of the victims told AFP.
Long-delayed elections are scheduled to take place in DR Congo on 23 December when President Joseph Kabila, in power for 18 years, will step down.
Official campaigning kicks off on Thursday and Amnesty International has warned that a hostile environment leaves little room for people to exercise their human rights.
3. Kenyan gay rugby player avoids UK deportation
A gay rugby player from Kenya has been given a temporary reprieve from being deported from the UK.
Bristol Bisons team member Kenneth Macharia said if his claim for asylum was rejected and he was made to return to Kenya he would suffer violence.
His MP, James Heappey, confirmed the "removal" had been cancelled but said Mr Macharia still had to do a "lot of hard work" with his solicitor.
The UK Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya and punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
4. Niger 'to move rare giraffes'
"It's to give the species better protection," Almoustapha Garba told journalists.
AFP says he explained that initially seven females and three males would be taken from a herd living in the south-west Koure region south of the capital, Niamey, and relocated in the Gadabedji Reserve in the centre of the country.
Thanks to conservation efforts, the number of West African giraffes in Koure grew from 50 in 1996 to an estimated 612 in 2017, AFP quotes environment ministry figures as saying.
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