Scroll down for this week's storiespublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 11 May 2018
We’ll be back on Monday
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 MessageIt is the path opened by the needle that the thread follows."
A Yoruba proverb sent by Azuka Omonuwe, Lagos, Nigeria
And we leave you with this shot of a traditional military parade in Libya. It's one of our favourite pictures of the week.