Scroll down for Tuesday's storiespublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2016
We'll be back tomorrow
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 MessageThe worm that destroys a kola nut lives inside it."
Sent by Excellence Emmanuel, Harrison Arubu and Muyiwa Ojolo - all from Nigeria
Click here to send your African proverbs.
And we leave you with this picture from Togo's capital, Lome, of a store owner in front of his shop with its Christmas decorations.
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