That's all from the BBC Africa Live page today. Keep up-to-date with what's happening across the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or checking the BBC News website. 

A reminder of today's wise words:

We asked you what you thought the proverb meant and Louis Abdallah Omenda on the BBC Africa Facebook page, external said a hungry man may go into the granary, get confused and start eating or carry everything away. Sam Oosa suggested it was about keeping away from temptation.

And we leave you with this photo of 1,109-carat diamond pictured today at Sotheby's in New York. Found last year in Botswana will be auctioned next month in London and is estimated to sell for more than $70m (£48m).

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A 20-year-old woman in South Africa has received a five-year suspended sentence for trying to sell her child for 5,000 rand ($380; £250) on advertising website Gumtree, South Africa’s News24 website reports, external.

“She was sentenced to a period of five years imprisonment, which was wholly suspended, as well as correctional supervision,” a National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Natasha Kara, is quoted as saying.

The mother was arrested last year after a police agent posed as a buyer.

Ms Kara said the woman admitted that she had decided to sell the child when her boyfriend stopped paying child support after he found out that the child was not his.

Image source, Gumtree

Prudent Nsengiyumva
BBC Great Lakes

Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who has died aged 69 (see post 10:12 post), was a controversial figure in Burundi politics.

The former Burundian president is credited for improving the country’s economy, infrastructure and the manufacturing industry during his 11-year rule from 1976-1987.

But he was also known for taking tough and unpopular measures.

Just before he was toppled from power, Mr Bagaza banned all public prayers on weekdays. Some Catholic priests were arrested for defying the order.

Mr Bagaza was also a staunch critic of the current government.

He had been made a senator for life and had accused President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government of failing to stop the violence in Burundi.

But despite his open condemnation of the president’s decision to run for a third term last year, Mr Nkurunziza praised his opponent for his achievements.

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Women and girls in northern Nigeria have a voracious appetite for romantic fiction that is taking on conservative attitudes in this largely Muslim region.

People have been debating on the BBC Hausa Facebook, external whether the romance novels are good for literacy or they are seen as immoral? 

Here are some of the responses we have been getting:

Read the full BBC article by Isa Sanusi here: Romantic novels teach Nigerian brides about love

Isa Sanusi
BBC Africa, Abuja

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Kaduna’s no-nonsense governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai wants all preachers to be licensed.

He has introduced a bill to the state parliament to tame what officials say is the proliferation of religious sects and ministries. 

Kaduna has a Muslim majority but also has a large Christian population - and has witnessed conflict between rival religious and ethnic groups. 

But many Christian pastors and Islamic scholars in the northern Nigerian state are now united in their opposition to the proposed law. 

Such regulation may become the norm across the north after governors from many northern states gave it their backing at a meeting last week - but it would have to be passed by each state assembly before it became law. 

The market is so flooded with preachers that they compete by advertising with posters, billboards and in the classified sections of newspapers.

Most of them promise miracles - "Fifteen-year chest pain cleared out via anointing" and "Five years barrenness destroyed” - are some of the examples.

Some say that the inability of successive governments to provide basic social services often pushes Nigerians of all religious persuasions to resort to miracles for help. 

Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Kampala

Kampala is going to be full of rhythm for the next three days as the Ugandan capital hosts the DOA DOA arts festival.

It kicks off in a few hours time with traditional music and dance as well as pop music, hip hop, reggae and poetry to savour.

It's a regional festival that also brings together artists from neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania.

To catch the 15 performing artists and groups you need to head to the Uganda National Theatre and the Uganda Museum. 

Other events will be hosted in selected bars and nightclubs - as a way of attracting new audiences.

It's time to welcome back our satirical strand - What's Up Africa. In recent weeks the team have been in Ghana where they've been looking at atheism.

You may remember that earlier this year a group of Kenyan atheists said they'd suffered "blatant discrimination" after the authorities refused to register their society.

Their application was turned down because of concerns that registration could affect the "peace... and good order" in the country.

The hashtag #withoutgod went viral - so we sent "Pastor" Ikenna Azuike to investigate the state of atheism in Ghana.

Two men who say Kenyan police forced them to undergo anal examinations to prove they had had gay sex have launched a court case, calling for the tests to be declared unconstitutional.

They allege they were also made to take tests for HIV and hepatitis following their arrest in February 2015 on suspicion of homosexual activity.

Homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

The High Court in Mombasa has given government lawyers a week to respond.

"Under international law, forced anal examinations are a form of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment that may amount to torture," rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Read the BBC News story for more.

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Emmanuel Igunza
BBC Africa, Nairobi

The mother of the six-month-old child who was rescued yesterday from the rubble of a building four days after it collapsed has been found dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Her body was discovered a few metres from where the baby girl was rescued.

Her daughter, Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, was reunited with her father hours after her rescue. She has no physical injuries.

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At least 80 people are still missing following the collapse of the six-storey buiding on Friday night, but rescuers are still hopeful of getting more people alive.

The military, which is leading the efforts, says it expects to finish clearing the debris by the weekend, but their efforts are hampered by lack of access to one side of the building which is near a river bank.

Dozens of families have been camping at the site, waiting for news of their loved ones.

The buildings' owners have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

See our 13:33 post for more details

James Copnall
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Thirty-nine prominent organisations and individuals from Sudan and other countries have written an open letter, external condemning what they say is the use of excessive force by the Sudanese authorities.

They say at least nine people, including a child, have been killed this year as security forces break up peaceful demonstrations. 

The signatories of the letter also called on authorities to take urgent steps to ensure justice and accountability for the victims and their families.  

There have been numerous protests in Sudan in the last few months, including in universities. 

Sudan's government has always denied that its security forces commit abuses. 

People in Nigeria are marking the fourth anniversary of the death of the country's football legend Rashidi Yekini, with #Yekiniliveson trending on Twitter in the country.

Yekini, who scored Super Eagles' first-ever goal at the 1994 football World Cup in the US, died on 4 May 2012. 

Tweeters have been remembering the striker, who also played for Portuguese side Vitoria de Setubal:

At least 16 people have been killed in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to UN and local officials, AFP news agency reports.

The attackers, armed with machetes and axes, stormed a village in the Beni region of North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, a local official said.

"The enemy managed to get past army positions and kill peaceful residents in their homes, slashing their throats," Bernard Amisi Kalonda told AFP. 

No group has said it carried out the attack but Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), have long been active in the region.

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A court in Egypt has sentenced prominent activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison in absentia for insulting the judiciary.

Seif was summoned by the public prosecutor on suspicion of inciting protests in April against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi for handing over two islands to Saudi Arabia.

She did not attend the summons, which the court deemed an insult.

The 22-year-old said she was handing herself in now because she had no energy left to appeal and the authorities were determined to jail her.

Seif was jailed in 2014 for demonstrating against an anti-protest law and released after a presidential pardon late last year.

She is the sister of the well-known activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been in prison since February last year.

Hundreds of people are lining the streets to see Papa Wemba's cortege pass by in Masina, a suburb of DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa.

The BBC's Horaci Garcia filmed them in slow-motion.

The funeral for the Congolese rumba rock star was held earlier at the Notre Dame Cathedral in the city.

He is to be buried at a cemetery called Metropole, about 5km (three miles) from Kinshasa.

Members of South Africa’s left-wing opposition leader Julius Malema's party have been forcefully removed from parliament.

Journalists tweeted that several Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs were ejected:

Their removal comes ahead of an address by President Jacob Zuma, his first since last week's High Court ruling that he should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal.

The EFF members of parliament have a habit of interrupting his speeches.

South Africa's New24 website says they were chanting "You're an embarrassment to yourself and your party. Jacob Zuma leave the house", before they were ejected.

The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza has videoed rescue workers still hard at in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, at the site of the collapsed building (see 13:33 post).

It's painstaking work.

The six-storey residence came down in heavy rain last Friday, killing at least 26 people - and officials say another 90 are still missing:

Anthony Irungu
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Dignitaries and members of the public turned up in large numbers for the requiem mass of Kenya’s former First Lady Lucy Kibaki this morning.

Many had to follow the proceedings via big screens set up outside the Consolata Shrine Catholic Church in the capital, Nairobi.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga were among those mourning with the family of former President Mwai Kibaki.

During the service, Mrs Kibaki was hailed as a dedicated matriarch, a staunch advocate of the rights of less privileged people and a candid defender of human dignity.

She will be laid to rest on Saturday in Othaya, in the central county of Nyeri.

Wanyama wa Chebusiri
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Samuel Karanja Kamau and four other co-owners of a building that collapsed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Friday have been released on bail that was set at $5,000 (£3,500) each. 

They pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter.

The magistrate said there were no sufficient reasons to detain the suspects. The prosecution had wanted to detain them for 21 days to allow time to complete their investigations.

The six-storey residence came down in heavy rain, killing at least 26 people and government officials say 90 others are still missing.

City authorities say the building had been earmarked for demolition after it was declared unfit for human habitation.

James Copnall
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Forty one of more than 100 Ethiopian children abducted in a cross-border raid last month have been found safe and well in South Sudan, the country’s presidential spokesman has told the BBC. 

Officials were working to get the children reunited with their families in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region, Ateny Wek Ateny said. 

The children were kidnapped by members of South Sudan’s Murle community, who have previously been accused of carrying out cattle raids and stealing children to raise as their own. 

Those who have been located are in the hands of Murle chiefs, Mr Wek said. 

Ethiopian forces are still in South Sudan to assist in the search for the other missing children, he said, adding that they had not fired any shots.

Nick Cavell
BBC Africa Sport

Mali and Guinea have found out who they will play at this year’s Toulon tournament in France - an annual invitational event for under-age sides. 

This year Japan, Mexico and Portugal are preparing for the Olympic football tournament in Rio, which is open to under-23 sides while England are sending an under-21 side.

Mali will begin against the Czech Republic on 18 May before taking on Mexico four days later and then face hosts France and finally Bulgaria in Group A. 

Guinea are in Group B and begin against Paraguay on 19 May and then play Portugal two days later before their final two matches against England and Japan. 

The winners of each group will meet on Sunday 29 May in the final.