Scroll down for Friday's storiespublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 12 October 2018
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BBC Africa Live
Farouk Chothia
That's all from BBC Africa Live for now. 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 Fridays proverb:
Quote MessageBuffaloes are held by ropes, people by their words."
Sent by Yamikani Funsani , Blantyre, Malawi.
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And we leave you with a photo from our weekly gallery of Africa's top shots - the Zimbabwean children aiming to become football stars: