Scroll down for Wednesday's storiespublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 19 July 2017
We'll be back tomorrow
That's all from BBC Africa Live today. Keep up-to-date with what's happening across the continent by listening to the Africa Today podcast or check the BBC News website.
A reminder of today's wise words:
Quote MessageA single frog can spoil the stream."
An Acholi proverb sent by Fred Omara in Gulu, Uganda
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And we leave you with this picture of a woman selling doughnuts and fatayas at the side of the road in -Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
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