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More than 40 toddlers were taken to hospital in South Africa on Monday after mistaking rat poison for sweets. That's all from the BBC Africa Live team until Thursday morning. To keep up with news from the continent, visit the BBC Africa webpage.
"Upon medical examination, 17 were admitted for overnight observation, while the remaining 24 were discharged home in a satisfactory condition," regional health authorities for Gauteng said. And if audio is your thing, have a listen to the BBC's Focus on Africa and Africa Daily podcasts.
Also on Monday, a group of 10 people including eight children were referred to a different hospital in the same province. A reminder of Tuesday's wise words:
Health authorities say this is all part of an "alarming" overall rise in food poisoning cases - with a total of 863 such incidents reported since last October. The family’s oil is not for rubbing into the skin of strangers."
They're advising parents and guardians to take greater care to protect children, and say anybody with food-poisoning symptoms - such as nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach aches - should visit their nearest health centre as quickly as possible. Click here to send us your African proverbs.
And we leave you with this photo of man walking through Ethiopia's walled city of Harar:
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