That's all from the BBC Africa Live page today. Listen to the Africa Today podcast and keep up-to-date with stories from across the continent on our BBC News website. 

A reminder of today's African proverb: One day the monkey will go to the market and it will not come back. It is a Pidgin proverb sent by Abdulfatai Abinbola, Minna, Nigeria.

Click here to send your African proverbs.

And we leave you with this picture taken by Toni Espadas in Mundari, South Sudan.

The Swedish ambassador to Somalia thinks he may have seen a first.

Isabella Lovin is Sweden's minister for international Development.

Twenty years since the execution of the Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the military government his son has been looking back at those events and the impact of his father's life. 

Ken Saro-Wiwa Junior told BBC Focus on Africa radio that his father would be shocked that "not much has changed in Ogoniland", the oil-rich place he was campaigning for.

He also said that with his father's execution the authorities wanted to silence his father but "20 years on people are still remembering and insisting on honouring his memory".

Listen to the interview here:

The hashtag #FreeNgirachu is now trending on Twitter in Kenya after a senior journalist with the Nation media group John Ngirachu was arrested over a report he wrote about alleged mismanagement of spending in the ministry of interior.

The Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery - who's in charge of the police - says the journalist will only be released if he divulges his source for the information.

He says the journalist was arrested for publishing privileged information which was given at a Public Accounts Committee meeting held in camera.

The minister also released a statement about corruption being reported in the media (in the tweet below) which says:

"In the event these claims are false or intended to cause disaffection against the government, contribute to economic sabotage or contribute towards generating economic insecurity then the said person will be held personally to account."

Kenya's Nation news organisation says one of its senior journalists has been arrested for a report he wrote about government spending:

Reports say he was arrested by the police in parliament.

When you have relationship problems, sometimes advice from your nearest and dearest doesn't cut it. 

BBC Hausa has found some troubled souls in Nigeria are instead turning to Ziya'atulhaqq Usman Tahir.

She has built up a following of thousands on Instagram by posting people's problems on her account - Fatibolady, external.

Her followers then give their tips.

Followers are divided on whether she should stay or go.

Nabulty advises to stay with him as “it’s better to marry a man that loves u more than u do love him”.

While Gajiraam disagrees:

“How can you even kiss someone u don't fancy let alone get intimate with. I probably would stab him every time he annoyed me" she argues, quite strongly.

Here are a couple more love dilemmas for you to chew on:

Tanzania's new president sacked the head of the main state hospital after finding patients sleeping on the floor during a surprise visit according to Reuters news agency. 

A television channel tweeted a picture of President John Magufuli's surprise visit to Muhimbili National Hospital yesterday:

He is "trying to send a message that times have changed - the government has to deliver for the people," the chief secretary at the president's office, Ombeni Sefue, told Reuters.  

South Africa's state-run defence company Armscor is defending plans to procure a new jet for President Jacob Zuma that could cost $280m (£185m).

It's been criticised by opposition parties for being too luxurious and they are pushing for a cheaper, less luxurious option.

The defence department has advertised for a plane with a bedroom suite and a conference room.  

A BBC reporter is tweeting from the Armscor press conference: