Scroll down for the week's storiespublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 31 August 2018
We'll be back on Monday
That's all from BBC Africa Live this week. You can 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 proverb:
Quote MessageEvery dog has its day."
An Afrikaans proverb sent by Caxton Matete, Maseru, Lesotho.
Click here to send us your African proverbs.
And we leave you with an image from our selection of the best pictures from Africa this week. It's from a charity event in Uganda called the Royal Ascot Goat Races, a parody of Britain's famous horse race.