Scroll down for Thursday's storiespublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 11 May 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 living dog is better than a dead lion."
A Tsonga proverb sent by John Tshabane in Sandton, South Africa
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And we leave you with this photo of a new work by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare:
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