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A reminder of today's proverb: "A child's arms cannot reach the high shelf; an adult's hand cannot enter the mouth of a gourd." A Yoruba proverb sent by Kunle Shiriki and Adigbo Babalola, from Nigeria, and Oriola Kayoed, from the US.

 Click here to send us your African proverbs.

And we leave with our Instagram photo of the week which shows people selling masks of athlete Haile Gebrselassie at the annual Great Ethiopian Run on Sunday.

 In this week's satirical round-up of African news, Ikenna Azuike discovers dissent in the ranks of Somali militant group al-Shabab, finds out how NOT to make a charity video - and reveals an ingenious solution to one of the world's greatest maths problems.

Uganda's first palliative care nurse, Rose Kiwanuka, has been talking to the BBC's Kim Chakanetsa on the World Service's radio programme, Conversation, about how she got into the job.

She said her colleagues didn't initially understand why she would rather work with the dying instead of curing the sick.

You can listen to the interview here: 

Listen to the full programme where Rose was in conversation with Singaporean nurse Subadhra Devi Rai whose nursing work focuses on gender-based violence, sexual health and the reintegration of refugees.

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga attended a Catholic mass of some 100,000 people in Uganda, ahead of the Pope's visit to the country on Saturday.

Watch her report here: 

A survivor has told the BBC how he took a bullet from militant Islamists when they stormed a five-star hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, on Friday, killing 19 people. 

The BBC's Thomas Fessy reports from Bamako:   

The BBC's Anne Soy reports from the headquarters of Athletics Kenya, which is being occupied by a group of athletes protesting against alleged corruption in the sport's national governing body:

The governor of Nigeria's central Kogi state has declared seven days of mourning in honour of his election rival who died while election results were being collated (see 10:25 post).

Abubakar Audu was leading in the race when he died unexpectedly yesterday. 

The governor has been tweeting about it:

Zimbabwe's annual Mr Ugly contest is trending on social media after a row broke out over the winner. 

Judges declared Mison Sere, 42, as the ugliest man in the country on Saturday, upsetting supporters of the crowd favourite William Masvinu, who had held the title since 2012.  

Mr Sere was declared the winner because of his numerous missing front teeth and a wide range of grotesque facial expressions, the judges said.

However, supporters of Mr Masvinu protested, saying Mr Sere was "too handsome" to win. His ugliness wasn't natural because it was based on missing teeth, they said.

Some people have been commenting on the story on Twitter:

Delegations from five African countries are arriving in the Iranian capital Tehran for a global  summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) which is beginning today.

Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea and Libya will join other GECF members to review the current gas market outlook and discuss strategies for boosting production.

Other members of the organisation are Russia, Qatar, Bolivia, Iran, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates.

The GECF members account for 42% of global gas output, 70% of global gas reserves and 65% of global trade of liquefied natural gas, Press TV reports.

A pro-Iranian government media has tweeted a picture of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari meeting the country's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, on the sideline of the summit: