Loved working on this story. Young people are the real change makers in Africa🙌🏾

LIVE: After the huge blast in Nairobi which killed at least 3 people and injured 300, Kenyan police is said to have arrested a guard who was watching a gas handling facility when the explosion happened. Follow our live page for more: bbc.in/3HFrXsl

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Two schoolgirls from Lagos, Nigeria, have invented a water purifying device which turns contaminated water into safe drinking water. The girls won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Nigeria for their innovation which has gained global attention.

From dusk to dawn: What's it like to report from one of this year's most competitive elections?

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Nigerians decide.

Why does Kenyan politics have a female representation problem?

Esther Akello explains why, Kenya keeps missing its 2/3 gender pledge as required by the 2010 constitution.

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🎞️ That guy.

Agnes Pareiyo uses wooden models as a tool to educate children and adults about the harm caused by female genital mutilation (FGM).

She is now also the MP for Narok North in Kenya, making her the first woman to win that seat! 🙌🏾

Millions of Kenyans are voting for their new president today. BBC's Anna Okumu breaks down what happens at polling stations.

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Social media services Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram hit by worldwide outage

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'Don't allow men to touch you because you will get pregnant.'

Lily is passionate about teaching sex education to girls and boys in Kenya, especially because she was a young mum herself. See how she brings the topic to life in some of Kenya's most conservative communities.

Powerful

'Someone told me that I will never get married because I am big.'

Mercy Opande won a Kenyan singing competition and she is about to win your heart with her beautiful voice & positive message. 😊🎤🎶

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The WINNER for Best Data Visualisation for Osun Elections in Nigeria is BBC. #DMAfrica18 Rahat Mustafa

'I want the whole world to join me to collect e-waste for a safer environment.'

Six-year-old Mellisa Njeri is an e-waste ambassador for @theweeecentre. Since starting her mission a year ago, she has recycled 🚨150kg 🚨 of electrical waste.

Cameroon’s President Biya is sworn in for a seventh term. The ceremony happens a day after 79 school children, their principal and two other staff members are abducted from a school in the English speaking region of the country 📻 bbc.in/2Qo5YKd

Tamima Mohammed is a self-taught cake artist.

Watch to the end to see the amazing design she did just for us! 🤤

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote needs 38 visas to travel in his own continent. A European can waltz in visa-free into most African countries. Africa, why are we like this? My latest for the BBC bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

Cecilia Wangari is fixing car stereos in Nairobi - and refusing to 'act old'.

She makes it look so easy!

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