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 checking the BBC News website.

A reminder of today's wise words:

Click here to send us your African proverbs.

And we leave you with this picture of a woman selling her wares at a side market in a bus terminus in Mali's capital city of Bamako.

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga swore himself in as the "people's president" yesterday. The stunt was seen for what it is by some Kenyans who took to Twitter to mock the event.

Privately owned Nairobi News, external put together some of the reactions:

It seems that Kenyan police have not entered the offices of the Nation Media Group, contrary to earlier reports.

The group's television station, NTV, has tweeted that police are reportedly outside the offices and allegedly want to arrest the station's general manager and two journalists:

The station is among three that have been shut down for defying a government order not to cover the mock "swearing-in" ceremony of opposition leader Raila Odinga who declared himself the "people's president".

See our earlier stories

Oluwashina Okeleji
BBC Sport

Image source, Getty Images

Former Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has joined struggling Turkish top-flight side Konyaspor from rivals Antalyaspor on a two-and-a-half year deal.

The 36-year-old - who spent two-and-a-half years on the Mediterranean coast after switching from Sampdoria in July 2015 - mutually terminated his contract with Antalyaspor to seal the move.

The four-time African footballer of the year winner scored 44 goals in 77 appearances for Antalyaspor, where he had five months left on his contract.

Read the full BBC story here

Here's a cartoonist's take on the Kenyan government's crackdown on television stations:

A Kenyan media organisation which specialises in investigations has tweeted that police have entered the office of Nation Media Group, the country's biggest newsroom, with orders to arrest a top manager, Linus Kaikai.

We do not have independent confirmation of the report.

Mr Kaikai is the General Manager of NTV, owned by the Nation Media Group and one of the televisions stations shutdown by the government.

He also serves as the Chairman of the Editor's Guild and was the one who blew the whistle on the government's plan to shut down TV stations planning to give live coverage to opposition leader Raila Odinga as he declared himself the "people's president" at an event yesterday.

See earlier post for more details

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

Nigeria's military has begun the construction of a road into the heartland of Sambisa forest, a stronghold of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The 686 sq km (426 sq mile) forest in the north-east of Borno state is believed to be the hiding place of the insurgents’ leader Abubakar Shekau.

The military authorities say the road will link Sambisa forest with adjoining towns.

Construction work has commenced on the Gwoza-Yamteke-Bitta-Tokumbere stretch of the road, leading directly into the forest.

Army spokesman Maj Sani Kukasheka Usman said the army plans to make the forest a training ground for soldiers.

The report of the road construction came a day after authorities in Borno state announced the closure of several roads as part of an intensified military operation against the Islamist militants.

The army said the roads will be closed until 4 February to enable it to carry out the "clearance operation".

Despite repeated claims by the military that it has defeated Boko Haram, the militant group has continued to carry out massive attacks with high fatality.

Analysts say the road project could be a way for the army to justify its repeated claims of victory over Boko Haram.

The army released these pictures of the ongoing construction:

Image source, Nigerian Army

Image source, Nigerian Army

Image source, Nigerian Army

Image source, AFP

Kenya's media regulatory body has called on the government to end the shutdown of three leading TV stations, saying it should "never happen in a robust democracy".

NTV, KTN and Citizen TV were shut down after they refused to bow to state pressure not to provide live coverage of opposition leader Raila Odinga's mock swearing-in ceremony as the "people's president".

Media Council CEO David Omwoyo said in a statement that the shutdown goes against press freedom, adding:

See earlier post: MP arrested

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

Police in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have fired tear gas to break up a protest against the rising price of bread and other commodities after the government removed subsidies.

Police were deployed around the area before the planed start of the demonstration.

About 200 people took part and several activists were arrested.

Human rights groups have called for the release of opposition leaders and activists who have been detained following earlier protests over the bread price increase.

Image source, AFP

Thousands of Namibians troops will be sent on leave next month because the army has run out of money to feed them or to pay water and electricity bills at seven military bases, the privately owned Namibian newspaper reports.

Soldiers who are currently on holiday have been told not to report for duty, it adds.

The defence ministry had been hit by a financial crisis after its budget was slashed as the government tries to rein in expenditure.

It has also led to President Hage Geingob banning public officials from all foreign business travel.

"No request for outbound travel by ministers, deputy ministers and other political office bearers will be considered until after the end of February," a presidency statement said.

Mr Geingob has stopped using the presidential jet, and flew to the recent African Union summit in Ethiopia in a scheduled commercial flight.

Mr Geingob would only go on essential foreign trips, and with smaller delegations, his spokesman Albertus Aochamub said, AFP news agency reports.

Government debt levels have been soaring in recent years, leading to investor warnings about the economic outlook of the southern African state.

Moody's rating agency downgraded its debt to junk status in August.

Find out more about Namibia

Image source, Reuters

A bodyguard of South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was hijacked on Saturday night and robbed of several weapons, privately owned Eyewitness News reports on its website, external.

The flying squad later recovered the a BMW X6 SUV and two firearms following the hijacking in a residential neighbourhood in South Africa's economic heartland of Gauteng, it adds.

Police are investigating the incident, The New Age, a privately owned newspaper, reports, external.

There has been no official comment from Mr Ramaphosa's office or the police.

South Africa has a high crime rate, and many motorists fear being hijacked.

Cheick Sanou, known as Iron Biby, was bullied when he was young.

Now the man from Burkina Faso has turned his weight into his strength and has set his sights on winning the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition.

Watch his story:

A leading opposition MP in Kenya has been arrested - a day after he attended the "swearing-in" of Raila Odinga as the "people's president" at a rally in the capital, Nairobi.

TJ Kajwang, a lawyer, was arrested outside a Nairobi court building, and has been ordered to go to the offices of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, a Kenyan TV station has tweeted:

Wearing his wig, Mr Kajwang stood next to Mr Odinga as he took the "presidential oath" in front of tens of thousands of opposition supporters at Uhuru Park yesterday:

Image source, EPA

See earlier post for more details

BBC Monitoring
The world through its media

Image source, EPA

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has made an impassioned speech, appealing for support and warning against dissent, as he campaigns to be re-elected in March.

Speaking at the inauguration of a large natural gas field, he said he was ready to sacrifice his life to protect the stability and security of the country.

He said he would ask Egyptians to take to the streets once again to give him a mandate to confront "evil" people if necessary, and warned that the instability following the toppling of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak "would not be repeated".

He said: Several key contenders have withdrawn from the race, and others have declined to take part, leaving Sisi the leading candidate, with only one low-profile challenger.

Several key contenders have withdrawn from the race, and others have declined to take part, leaving Mr Sisi the leading candidate, with only one low-profile challenger.

Read: Where are Egypt's revolutionaries now?

Kenya's Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i has said that Tuesday's shutdown of the TV stations will remain in force until a full-scale investigation into a "serious breach of security" is concluded.

The three main TV stations were shutdown after they refused to obey a government order not to cover yesterday's "swearing-in" of opposition leader Raila Odinga, where he declared himself the "people's president".

A local journalist tweeted that Mr Matiang'i said that the switch off was done after the state got information that there was a planned "massacre", which would have been "propelled" by live media coverage:

He also tweeted more details of the minister's statement, which accused "some elements in the media" of working with the opposition's "well-choreographed attempt to subvert or overthrow" President Uhuru Kenyatta's government:

Kenyan journalists denounced the media ban as outrageous and in a statement called for "respect of the constitution" and an end to the "unprecedented intimidation of journalists".

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres, says the health system in the Central African Republic is almost non existent as a result of the civil war.

It reports that access to health care is extremely difficult due to regular attacks on medical facilities, patients and ambulances.

MSF has been attacked on average three times a month making it one of the world's most dangerous places in the world for humanitarian workers.

After more than five years of ethnic and religious based violence, more than a quarter of the population has been left homeless.

The charity has tweeted about how people, including children, have been affected by the violence:

Alastair Leithead
BBC Africa correspondent

Image source, KTN

Many of Kenya’s privately owned TV and radio stations are still off-air, 24 hours after government censors blocked them from broadcasting the opposition leader swearing himself in as “the people’s president” at a ceremony in the capital, Nairobi on Tuesday.

Raila Odinga claims he won last year’s election, which was annulled by the Supreme Court and he held an alternative inauguration in front of thousands of supporters.

The event passed peacefully, but the government prevented broadcasters from covering the event.

The attorney general had warned that the ceremony was treasonous.

Security forces threatened to stop the alternative inauguration going ahead but the police kept a low profile and it passed peacefully.

The biggest victim appears to have been freedom of speech.

Media owners and publishers were warned by the president not to cover the event or face having their licences revoked.

The “inauguration” has little legal standing. President Kenyatta was sworn into office last November after winning a re-run of the election which was boycotted by the opposition.

Although Kenyans are divided over the election results, many are keen for the country to move on after months of wrangling over the polls hit businesses and the economy.

Read: Raila Odinga - the man Kenyans either love or loathe

Image source, EPA

Police in South Africa's drought-hit city of Cape Town have made an arrest after a fight broke out at a natural spring where residents were collecting water, news agency AFP reports.

City authorities say that tension has been building at a spring in Newlands, south-east of the city centre.

Capetonians will be expected to abide by a 50 litre-a-day from tomorrow to avert the so-called Day Zero which would see taps shut off in residential areas.

The day is current forecast for 16 April.

City officials say that people would be forced to queue at 200 water collection points to collect a daily allocation of 25 litres, if the water crisis continues.

Cape Town, a popular tourist destination, has been hit by its worst drought in a century.

Read: Cape Town water crisis: 'My wife doesn't shower any more'

Stanley Kwenda
BBC Africa, Kutama

Arsenal have signed Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund in a club record £56m deal.

The north London club announced the news on its Twitter account:.

“Our second signing of the January transfer window, Auba is one of the world’s most highly-rated strikers. He scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga games for Dortmund and had a hand in 172 goals in 213 matches in all competitions for his former club,” Arsenal said on its website.

The 28-year-old Gabon striker is a proven goal scorer. He scored 13 goals in 15 appearances for Dortmund this season.

Last season he finished with 31 goals in 32 matches.

He was just two goals shy of making it 100 goals in Bundesliga since his arrival in 2013.

A court in South African has been unable to give judgement in the case against the self-styled prophet, who has been accused of spraying his congregation with an insecticide, after his lawyer called in sick, a journalist has tweeted from court.

Khumalo - a journalist with South Africa's Star newspaper - also reports that the prosecutor asked Pastor Lethebo Rabalago lawyer "to come in his sick state but he said he lost his spectacles and would not be able to read the small fonts without spectacles".

The pastor - who sprayed members of his congregation with the Doom insecticide, claiming it had healing powers - did not give evidence in his trial and did not call witnesses in his defence, she reports.

He has been charged with seven counts, including five counts of assault.

The self-styled prophet and his entourage was snapped leaving court in a small town in northern Limpopo province, as this tweet shows:

Campaigners expressed disappointment that the case has been postponed, saying justice delayed is justice denied.

The pastor has been at the centre of controversy since 2016 when a video emerged of him spraying a woman's face with Doom.

At the time, said he said he had done it because she had an eye infection and claimed the woman was "just fine because she believed in the power of God".

See earlier post for more details