Summary

  • Video showing Burundi's ruling party's youth wing causes outrage

  • Diezani Alison-Madueke is accused of money-laundering

  • Dog reportedly attacks teenage girl with a suicide belt at Maiduguri wedding

  • South Sudan angry after Netherlands minister brands leaders "bastards"

  • Does Tanzania have the world's rarest tree?

  • Benin's Talon fails in single-term vote bid

  • Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Wednesday 5 April 2017

  1. Today's wise wordspublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2017

    Our African proverb of the day:     

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    Clay pots are meant to be fragile yet they survive the heat of the kiln."

    Sent by Mwebe Takalirya, Masaka, Uganda

  2. Good morningpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2017

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