Scroll down for this week's storiespublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
We'll be back on Monday
That's all from the BBC Africa Live page today - all our stories from Monday to Friday are below.
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 Friday's wise words:
Quote MessageThe house of a person we love is never far."
Sent by Mokelifi Johnson ThankGod in Abuja, Nigeria
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We leave you with our favourite shots from our picture gallery of Africa's week. An admirer of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose funeral will be held in South Africa tomorrow:
And a woman riding a motorbike through a market in the Nigeria city of Makurdi in Benue state: