Summary

  • The pilot was rehearsing ahead of independence day celebrations

  • Light aircraft in SA snared by mountain zipline

  • South Sudan political prisoners and political detainees to be released

  • Kenyan tea workers to take Unilever to court

  • US calls Cameroon to hold soldiers accountable

  • Fire guts popular Nigeria fruit market

  • Five charged in plot 'to assassinate' Ethiopian PM

  • Nigerians urged not to incite violence via social media

  1. Monday's wise wordspublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 24 September 2018

    Our African proverb of the day:

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    Nobody can pick someone else's mushroom."

    A Kalenjin proverb sent by Chebet Turgutt in Nairobi, Kenya.

    A man sells wild mushrooms on the roadside on December 18, 2010 in the rural district of Zimunya in Mutare, 280 kms east of Zimbabwe's  capital, Harare.Image source, AFP

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  2. Good morningpublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 24 September 2018

    Welcome to BBC Africa Live, where we will bring you the latest news from around the continent.