Scroll down for Thursday's storiespublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 20 October 2016
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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:
Quote MessageYou cannot run and scratch your foot at the same time."
A Mandinka proverb sent by Mohammed V Massallay in Monrovia, Liberia
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And we leave you with this photo of Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe, attending a ceremony at Harare Institute of Technology for the graduation of more than 2,000 students earlier today: