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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, who is setting new landmarks for African and Arab tennis players, describes receiving death threats for playing Israeli opponents.

The French president's visit brings to an end a spat over memories of Algeria's war of independence.

Togo is the latest country to buy the drones, which have proven their usefulness around the world.

Gold mining in Sierra Leone is a male-dominated industry, leaving women miners at constant risk of attack.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says the people of Sudan have been waiting for justice for too long.

Ethiopian and Tigrayan forces trade blame for breaking a truce which enabled vital aid deliveries.

Benin's football side will be more intimidating to opponents once the team's nickname is changed from the Squirrels to the Cheetahs, according to one former player.

Thousands take part in a nationwide strike against the high cost of living, demanding government action.

Anne Wafula Strike was effectively cast out of her village in Kenya after contracting polio, but became an elite wheelchair racer.

The weekend's deadly hotel siege served as a reminder that the militants remain a potent threat.

A disgruntled youthful population weigh up whether to back the MPLA, in power for more than 40 years.