Scroll down for Wednesday's storiespublished at 18:28 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2017
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 MessageA little shrub may grow into a tree."
Sent by Sent by Manguak Majuong in Rumbek, South Sudan
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And we leave you with this photo of a boy getting a haircut seated in a fancy barber's chair in the city of Hargeisa in the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
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