Summary

  • Buhari pulls out of visit to area hit by oil spills

  • Nigeria's military warns 'economic saboteurs'

  • Outrage over Ethiopian star's exclusion from Rio 2016

  • Burundi students 'suspended after president's photo defaced'

  • Sacked Guinea-Bissau ministers sleep in offices

Live Reporting

Hugo Williams, Farouk Chothia and Uwa Nnachi

  1. Today's wise words

    Our African proverb of the day:

    A chicken only pokes what it can swallow."

    A Runyankore proverb sent by Sawa Charity, Uganda.

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  2. Good morning

    Welcome to the BBC Africa Live page where we will bring you the latest news from around the continent.