Daniel Sidikie Turay was successfully treated for Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014.

At the time, the virus was spreading across West Africa. It claimed more than 11,000 lives, including nearly all of Daniel's close family.

Five years on, the young man is in medical school. He speaks to the BBC about his dreams and hopes for the future.

Video: Alpha Kamara and Daniel South.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has signed an agreement for the construction of a controversial hydro-electric power project in one of East Africa's best known game reserves.

The power plant on the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve is to be built by two Egyptian firms at a cost of more than $3bn (£2.4bn).

The project has been strongly opposed by conservationists who warn it would cause irreversible damage to the wildlife habitat, and impact the lives of about 200,000 people who depend on the environment.

The Selous Game Reserve is a Unesco World Heritage site and is home to a vast array of wildlife.

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Kenya's government has dropped plans to introduce a controversial new school syllabus at the start of the academic year in January because it is not ready to roll it out, Education Minister Amina Mohamed has said.

The syllabus has caused huge debate in Kenya as it makes radical changes, moving away from an exam-focused to a competency-focused system, which the government says will improve the chances of building successful careers.

The government still needed to train teachers, and the earliest it would be able to roll out the syllabus would be in 2023, Ms Amina added.

“The worst thing that can happen is for us to roll out something that we are not all comfortable with; especially [for] parents because these are their children. A little discomfort is acceptable but huge discomfort is unacceptable,” she is quoted by the private Daily Nation news site as saying, external.

Ibrahim Aden
BBC Africa, Mogadishu

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Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab has shot dead execution-style three men.

It accused two of the men of working for the army. The third man killed was an elderly clan leader who helped choose candidates for the 2016 parliamentary elections.

The killings took place in front of a crowd in Mubarak village in southern Somalia, media linked to al-Shabab reported.

The militants, who are affiliated to al-Qaeda, control much territory in rural areas of Somalia, and are fighting to overthrow the UN-backed government.

The militants are known for killing suspected informers, including those accused of spying for US and other foreign intelligence agencies.

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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has been attending the final day of an annual combat training session for the country's army in the northern region of Gabiro.

His office has shared a short video clip of him joining soldiers in a celebratory dance:

Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC Africa, Monrovia

Liberia's central bank chief Nathaniel Patray has told the BBC he’s in consultations with his colleagues in the sub-region to advise him on how to handle money printed abroad and then brought into the country.

Liberian officials denied last month the alleged disappearance of more than $100m (£76m) of newly printed bank notes intended for the central bank.

The notes allegedly vanished from containers in Monrovia’s port and airport - and the government ordered an investigation in September.

Mr Patray denied the money was missing, saying an internal audit found that all the notes, shipped from a Swedish printer between 2016 and 2018, had been accounted for and had been stored in vaults.

Ishaq Khalid
BBC Africa, Abuja

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Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has boycotted an event to commit candidates to promote peace during what is expected to be tightly contested elections next year.

The peace pledge was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It is not clear why Atiku Abubakar and his party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), failed to sign the accord brokered by National Peace Committee, which is headed by former President Abdulsalami Abubakar.

The pact specifically mandates candidates to publicly speak against religious, ethnic and electoral violence.

In 2015, a similar accord is believed to have helped in ensuring peaceful polls which led to then-President Goodluck Jonathan accepting defeat.

But the boycott by the main opposition party and its presidential candidate is seen as a major blow to this year's accord.

However, Abdulsalami Abubakar said the absence of the main opposition candidate will not weaken the agreement, which was signed by more than 70 candidates.

A video clip of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni berating a local reporter during Monday's press conference about his government's fight against corruption is being shared online.

"You parasites. You go misrepresenting our work. You don't have that right. You have to report the truth. You better watch out. Your games are over," Mr Museveni told the NBS TV journalist Joseph Sabiti as he prepared to ask him a question.

Mr Sabiti defended the TV station, saying "it is loyal to Uganda" but Mr Museveni dismissed him.

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Mr Museveni said at the event that the country’s powerful Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa is under investigation over allegations he took a $500,000 (£396,000) bribe from former Hong Kong minister, Patrick Ho Chi-ping, who was found guilty in the US for bribery and money-laundering counts.

He was found to have offered millions of dollars to African officials for oil rights in Chad and Uganda.

Mr Museveni said Mr Kutesa had told him that the amount he was given was for a charity.

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France has handed over more than 1,000 assault rifles to the military in the Central African Republic (CAR), where rebel groups have forced about 750,000 people to flee their homes.

The UN imposed an arms embargo five years ago after civil war broke out - but exemptions have been made, including last year when Russia supplied a similar consignment of weapons.

Correspondents say Russia has mining interests in the CAR and has deployed hundreds of military advisers.

After handing over the weapons the French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, called on all countries, including Russia, to support African Union-led peace talks in CAR.

Russia has been criticised for organising a different set of peace talks.

Upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo could mark the country’s first ever peaceful transition of power.

After 17 years as president, Joseph Kabila surprised many by announcing he will step down.

His presidency has been dogged by allegations of corruption and human rights abuses.

In a rare interview with the BBC, the president says he expects no formal role in the next elected government.

However, he did not rule out standing again in 2023.

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Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo

At least 10 people have been killed after being struck by lightning in Mozambique's central and northern regions following torrential rains, accompanied by thunderstorms, and strong winds, relief authorities say.

Most of the deaths occurred over the past weekend, particularly in the provinces of Sofala, Zambezia, Manica, Tete and Niassa.

More than 500 families have been left homeless, following the partial or total destruction of their houses, most of which were built with flimsy material.

Augusta Maita, the General Director of Mozambique’s National Disasters Management Institute, urged people to observe preventative measures being given:

Acacio Tembe, a weather expert from Mozambique’s National Weather Institute (Iname), said the extreme weather has abated but it is expected to hit the central region from Thursday.

The rainy season in Mozambique began in October and will last until the end of March.

The worst effects of torrential rains in the country were the flooding in 2000, which left 700 people dead and over one million others displaced.

Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service

The Rwandan authorities say a genocide suspect has been extradited from Denmark and will be back in the country in a few hours' time.

Wenceslas Twagirayezu is accused of carrying out atrocities during the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.

Rwandan prosecutors accuse Mr Twagirayezu of extermination, murder and crimes against humanity.

At the time he was a local official of the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (CDR) - a radical pro-Hutu party which is accused of inciting as well as carrying out violence.

Mr Twagirayezu who is now 50 years old is also accused of leading a local militia in Rubavu District in the north-west of the country.

He had been fighting his extradition through the courts in Denmark where he has been living since 2001.

Rwanda has issued international arrest warrants for more than 800 people it accuses of committing atrocities during the genocide.

When you think of professional wrestling you probably think of the big American promotions like WWE. But there are local pro-wrestling associations around the world, including in South Africa.

We went to meet Cindi Gold, a 19-year-old from Soweto, Johannesburg, who trains with the African Punishment Wrestling Association (APWA).

We followed her preparation for a big match and heard about her dream to build a career in the sport and to encourage other young black women to get involved.

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At least 10 people have been killed in an overnight attack by a rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Local officials say suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the town of Oicha in the Beni region, where they looted property and animals.

The ADF, which began as a Ugandan rebel group in the 1990s, has been blamed for hundreds of killings since 2014.

Insecurity in the east of Congo poses a significant threat to the elections which are due to be held in less than two weeks' time.

This latest attack was also close to where health officials are struggling to contain the country's worst-ever outbreak of the Ebola virus.

Wanyama wa Chebusiri
BBC Africa, Nairobi

Kenya has unveiled new currency coins that replaces the images of presidents with animals.

While presiding over the roll out in the capital Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the features on the new 1, 5,10 and 20 shillings coins embrace Kenya’s historical and cultural heritage.

According to Central Bank officials, the new-look coins, which show a lion, elephant, rhino and giraffe, will serve as a means of passing knowledge, conserving culture, and promoting Kenya’s global uniqueness.

The Kenyan constitution, which came into effect in 2010, prohibits the use of a person’s portrait on the country’s currencies.

Authorities also say the coins have features that are more appealing to visually impaired people.

Animal campaigners are divided about the welfare of the last African elephant at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa after her partner died in September, AP news agency reports.

Some say 39-year-old Lammie should be sent to a bigger sanctuary so she wouldn’t spend her final years alone.

Lammie had lived with Kinkel, a 35-year-old male elephant who was rescued in the wild after his trunk was caught in a snare in 2000, for 17 years.

Lammie had refused to eat around the time of her partner’s death, according to the zoo. The day before Kinkel died of illness, she was seen trying to help him get up.

“Now that Lammie has lost her companion, she is in desperate need of a happier existence and the chance to live out her years with other elephants,” Audrey Delsink, wildlife director of Humane Society International/Africa, said in a statement.

South Africa’s NSPCA, an animal welfare group, called for an end to “the endless and redundant cycle of continuously condemning elephants to captivity for many years to come”.

The Johannesburg Zoo said that the elephant serves an educational role and hosts visitors from low-income communities who don’t have the means to visit wildlife parks.

Michele Pickover, director of the EMS Foundation, which lobbies on African wildlife topics, said “nobody learns anything” by seeing a “tormented elephant” in an enclosure and that watching a documentary film about elephants would be more educational.

Johannesburg Zoo spokeswoman Jenny Moodley said the zoo is hoping to find another elephant to join Lammie as per regulations set out by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

She said experts are intensively monitoring Lammie and that the elephant might not necessarily adapt well if placed in a new environment.

“She is coping incredibly well, considering that she has lost her partner,” Ms Moodley said.

Ibrahim Aydid
BBC Monitoring

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An impeachment motion submitted on Sunday by some Somali legislators against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been dropped because of a lack of support.

The parliamentary clerk issued a statement saying that 14 legislators had withdrawn their names from the 92 who supported the move, meaning there were no longer the required nunber of signatures to initiate the impeachment process.

The 14 said their names were wrongly used and they did not support the motion.

Backers of the move accused the president of violating the constitution by signing what they said were secret deals with Ethiopia and Eritrea as well as unilaterally appointing judges and army commanders.