Some 170 countries made the pledge in Kenya
African C-sections '50 times more deadly'
Anti-riot police fire tear gas at Algerian protesters
Cyclone hits Mozambique
Sophia is one of the world's most famous robots.
She was developed in Hong Kong and processes speech using a natural language subsystem.
But is she smarter than a human?
BBC's Africa business editor Larry Madowo went to meet her at MWC Barcelona:
Image source, Mike Sonko/FacebookThe statue became a laughing stock on social media
A sculpture of a lion in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has been replaced after being mocked on social media.
Disbelieving motorists and pedestrians have been stopping to take pictures, external of the beast since it was installed on a roundabout last week.
But residents woke up on Saturday morning to find that the statue, which notably featured a free-flowing synthetic mane, had been replaced with a newer design.
One Twitter user proclaimed the result "the power of social media".
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Image source, AFPSudan's wave of protests began in December last year
A court in Sudan has overturned flogging sentences for nine women accused of taking part in protests against President Omar al-Bashir.
The women were arrested on Thursday, then on Saturday they were sentenced to a month in jail and 20 lashes each.
The appeals court ordered their immediate release, saying they had been in prison long enough.
On Monday, parliament halved a year-long state of emergency imposed by President Bashir.
There have been weeks of protests, originally against the rising cost of living but now also focused on removing the president from power.
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Kalkidan Yibeltal
BBC Amharic Service, Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airways says an investigations into Sunday's fatal crash are still ongoing.
The airline has pledged to cover transport and accommodation costs for all family members of the crash victims coming from abroad, as well as the cost of transporting the bodies to their home countries.
Since Monday, senior officials of the airline have been meeting Ethiopian families who lost loved ones.
A total of 157 people died in the crash. Among the victims were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians and seven Britons, according to a passenger list published by Ethiopian officials., external The UK Foreign Office said two of the victims travelling on non-British passports were Britons with dual-nationality.
The UK has joined Singapore, China, Malaysia and Australia in banning the Boeing 737 Max from operating in or over its airspace, calling it a "precautionary measure".
However, US officials say the aircraft are still safe to fly.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister's office has shared this photo of French President Emmanuel Macron who has touched down in the historic city of Lalibela:
Mr Macron is expected to announce details of how France would help with the restoration ancient churches in the 13th Century city.
Professional chess player and coach Babatunde Onakoya says chess saved him, telling the BBC:
Quote MessageIn the game of chess, a pawn can grow up to be a queen. You can grow up to to be great."
Now he's using the game to educate children in poor communities of Nigeria's capital, Lagos, like the one he himself grew up in.
Some of the children he teaches have won scholarships to study as a result.
But Mr Onakoya says his focus is on helping children of all abilities to "be the best they can be".
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Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service
The UN says the killing of more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo last December may amount to crimes against humanity.
UN human rights investigators said the killings over three days, in the western region of Yumbi, were planned and executed with the support of customary chiefs.
They said the state failed in its responsibility to protect the population.
The violence started when members of the Banunu ethnic group tried to bury one of their chiefs on land belonging to the Batende people.
Some reports put the number of dead at nearly 900.
Thousands fled across the border into the Republic of Congo
Some 465 houses and buildings were burned down or pillaged, external, including two primary schools, a health centre, a health post, a market and the office of the country's independent electoral commission, the UN said in an earlier report in January.
The displaced residents included some 16,000 people who sought refuge by crossing the Congo river into neighbouring Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, it added.
Aviation authorities in Australia have joined Singapore in temporarily banning all variants of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft from flying into and out of its borders.
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It comes days after an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed, killing all 157 people on board. That aircraft was a Boeing 737 Max 8. In October, the same model of plane crashed in Indonesia, that time it was operated by Lion Air.
China, Indonesia, and Ethiopia have all suspended use of the Boeing 737 Max 8 model.
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Image source, Getty ImagesKing Lalibela built the city as a pilgrimage site for Christians
France's President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit Ethiopia's historic city of Lalibela later today, following a request by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to help with the "preservation" of its centuries-old churches, the French embassy in Addis Ababa has said.
There is growing concern about the condition of the city's 11 rock-hewn churches, with Unesco saying that most of them - listed as world heritage sites - are in a "critical condition".
"The drainage ditches were filled up with earth for several centuries, before being cleared in the 20th century, and have been disrupted by seismic activity," Unesco says on its website, external.
"This has resulted in a severe degradation of the monuments from water damage, and most of them are now considered to be in a critical condition," it adds.
Mr Macron is expected to announce details of how France would help with the restoration of the churches after his visit to the 13th Century city.
Image source, BBC/Kalkidan YibeltalPosters of the leaders of France and Ethiopia have been hung outside a hotel in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
Mr Macron and Mr Abiy are also due to sign economic and defence agreements.
The French leader is in Ethiopia as part of his four-day visit to three African states.
He arrived from Djibouti, and Kenya is next on his itinerary.
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Singapore's aviation regulator has temporarily suspended the operation of all variants of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in its airspace.
This follows two fatal accidents of that model in five months - on Sunday an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed, killing all 157 people on board. In October, a Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia.
Australia has also suspended the use of the aircraft, but this affects only one airline, Fiji Airways.
Other carriers operating in Australia, China, Indonesia, Morocco, South Africa, Mexico and Ethiopia have already suspended operations, but only of the specific type that crashed near Addis Ababa.
The US aviation authorities say they believe the Boeing 737 Max aircraft variant involved in the disaster is airworthy, but they're monitoring the situation.
Image source, .The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed was a Boeing 737 Max 8
Peter Mwai
BBC Africa, Nairobi
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has sent football kit to a young Kenyan fan, saying he was touched to see the boy in a "self-made" jersey with his number 10.
Kenyan sports journalist Erick Njiru photographed the boy, named only as Lawrence, grazing cattle in Nairobi wearing a red shirt, external with Ozil's name and number written by hand on the back.
"He told me he loves [Mesut Ozil] so much (You can see his shirt). Maybe one day this can reach Ozil and get a real Arsenal shirt," the journalist wrote.
That was in December last year.
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Ozil eventually got to know about the boy and sent gifts, including boots and signed shirts.
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Lawrence and his brothers have since been photographed smiling and happy wearing the English football club's kit.
Ozil has also shared the photographs, telling his Twitter followers it had "touched me so much" adding it was "heartwarming" to see the children's happiness.
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Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, has announced that he will not seek another term in office.
His candidacy had provoked mass protests across the country over the past few weeks. President Bouteflika has postponed the 18 April presidential elections, but no new date for the poll has been set.
A cabinet reshuffle will happen soon, a statement in Mr Bouteflika's name said.
Nordine Ouabdesselem, a resident of Algeria's capital Algiers, has told BBC Newsday what he makes of the announcement:
Ashley Lime
BBC News, Nairobi
Image source, Oliver KoechToi market is a popular second-hand clothes market
A huge fire has swept through a busy and popular market in Nairobi, destroying property worth thousands of dollars.
Toi market, known for second-hand clothing and electronics, is frequented by both local and regional buyers.
Witnesses say the fire started at about 03:00 local time (00:00GMT) on Tuesday and clouds of smoke could be seen billowing from stalls used to store bales of clothing overnight.
A trader called Charlie Chaplin told BBC Swahili that he rushed to the scene after receiving a phone call informing him of the blaze.
Mr Chaplin said he lost thousands of dollars after his property was reduced to ashes. Many others traders said they were in a similar situation and do not know how they will recover from their losses.
A local reporter at the scene, Oliver Koech, said traders were unhappy with the fire service's response.
Local newspaper Daily Nation , externalreported that the Nairobi county administration sent two fire engines to the area and by 09:00 local time they were still trying to extinguish the flames.
A BBC Swahili radio presenter has tweeted photos of the scene:
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The cause of the fire is still unclear.
Tuesday's African proverb:
Quote MessageThe blacksmith who does not know how to forge a gong should look at the tail of a kite."
An Igbo proverb sent by Chikezie Onwumere in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
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A reminder of Monday's proverb:
Quote MessageA tree supported by a rock is hard to cut down."
An Akan proverb sent by Edward Twum, Accra, Ghana.
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We leave you with this picture of a group of people, at a UN environmental meeting in Kenya, holding a multi-faith prayer for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which crashed on Sunday.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has thanked the international community for the messages of support following Sunday's aircraft disaster that killed all 157 people on board.
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Image source, AFPSudanese protesters wave their national flag and chant slogans during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman
Parliament in Sudan has voted to shorten to six months a state of emergency declared by President Omar al-Bashir in February.
It was initially imposed for one year, following widespread protests over the cost of living.
The deputy speaker of parliament Ahmed Attijani said some MPs opposed the measure because it limited people's freedoms.
Protesters have called for Mr Bashir to stand down.
Activists say more than 800 people have been tried in emergency courts recently set up in Sudan.
Image source, AFPProtesters hold a banner reading 'Please conclude the elections for the sake of peace' during a demonstration against the suspension of governorship elections in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Nigeria's elections are in need of "serious reform" following sytemic failing in the presidential and state elections, Maria Arena, chief of the EU mission for the elections, said at a press briefing in the capital, Abuja.
Improvements in how the electoral commission, Inec, conducted Saturday's state vote, compared with the presidential election, two weeks ago, were still overshadowed by a lack of security near voting stations, improper use of state media for campaigning and "institutional failings", she said.
Ballots are still being counted in several of the 29 out of the 36 states that voted.
The election in Rivers state has been suspended indefinitely by Inec.
The commission took the decision because of the widespread disruption of elections and violence in polling units and collation centres.
In the presidential poll, President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term beating opposition candidate, Atiku Abubaklkar.
Mr Abubakar called the election "a sham" and has gone to court to challenge it.
Around 600 people died in election-related violence from the start of campaigning in November to the end of the presidential election, according to reports by two Nigerian security research groups.
Civil society groups said turnout in the state elections was low across Nigeria, due in part to a large military presence intimidating voters, and apathy after the elections were delayed by a week, Reuters news agency reports.
Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg
Image source, AFPSouth Africa’s privately-owned Comair airline has grounded its Boeing 737 Max 8 planes following Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash, which killed all 157 people on board.
Comair, which also operates British Airways locally, said that it has decided to temporarily remove the Max 8 jet from its flight schedule while it “consults Boeing technical experts”.
"The safety and confidence of our customers and crew is always our priority," it said.
It said that it remained confident in the inherent safety of the aircraft.
The company had ordered eight of these aircraft as part of its fleet renewal strategy. The last plane is expected to be delivered from Boeing in 2022.
The move follows similar action by airlines in China, Indonesia, Morocco and others.