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We'll be back on Monday
BBC Africa Live
Lucy Fleming
That's all from the BBC Africa Live page this week, we'll be back on Monday. In the meantime, 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 our wise words of the day:
Quote MessageOne day's rain makes up for many days' drought."
A Yoruba proverb sent by Solomon Adetunji in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Click here to send us your African proverbs.
And we leave you with this photo from our gallery of the week of a Ugandan swimmer, outed as a lesbian by a local newspaper against her will, competing at the 2018 Gay Games in Paris: