Kenya’s tech hub: Meeting the DIY coders and gurus of the future

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Meeting the mentors who want to develop home-grown talent by teaching children robotics.

Women with hijab found to face bias in Egypt

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Visiting restaurants or buying homes can be problems for headscarf wearers, BBC News Arabic finds.

Ethiopia’s Tigray war: Tedros Ghebreyesus unable to send money to ‘starving’ family

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Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus says he does not even know who in his family is dead or alive amid the war.

Liberia’s President Weah makes stadium gesture to Sierra Leone

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Liberia’s President George Weah allows Sierra Leone and its clubs to use the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) sports complex free of charge.

Angola election: Ruling MPLA party looks set to hold off Unita challenge

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Nearly complete results show the MPLA has won elections but Unita is likely to contest the results.

Phophi Ramathuba: South African official’s hospital rant at Zimbabwean goes viral

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A video shows a local official chastising a Zimbabwean patient for crossing the border for treatment.

Nigeria squad’s ‘horrible experience’ returning from Under-20 Women’s World Cup

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Players and officials from Nigeria are seething after “horrible experience” travelling back from the Under-20 Women’s World Cup.

Trichotillomania: “Friends asked if I was crazy, I’m just sick”

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Moroccan singer, Abir, has trichotillomania, a mental health disorder which causes the urge to pull hair out.

Ethiopia civil war: Why has fighting returned to northern Ethiopia?

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BBC’s Kalkidan Yibeltal explains what lies behind the renewed violence in northern Ethiopia.

Ons Jabeur: Tunisian on death threats after playing Israeli opponents

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Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur is setting new landmarks for African and Arab tennis players, but once received death threats for playing Israeli opponents.