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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - NOVEMBER 12: In this handout image supplied by Formula E, Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA), Techeetah, Spark-Renault, Renault Z.E 16 during the FIA Formula E Championship Marrakesh ePrix at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan on November 12, 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by LAT Photographic/Formula E via Getty Images)

Formula E breaks new ground in Africa

Sending selfies just got easier

App gets volunteers to remotely assist blind people

Out of this world

Teen girls in South Africa design the continent's first private space satellite to orbit in 2017.
Pictured: Ayesha, Sesam and Banekazi on a learning boot camp in Worcester, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Teen girls prepare for space launch

Education

Obinna Ukwuani is following his dream of opening a STEM school in Nigeria.

MIT grad builds Africa's first STEM school

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The 81-year-old BMW designer

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Disappeared in Africa's North Korea

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Ethiopian runner fears for his life

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60-Second Vacation: Nairobi, Kenya

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Rwanda's vision City to house 25,000

A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in Gamboru deserted after Chadian troops chased them from the border town on February 4, 2015. Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces. AFP PHOTO/STEPHANE YAS (Photo credit should read STEPHANE YAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Who are Africa's most dangerous terror groups?

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How Sierra Leone plans to bounce back after Ebola

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Fearless entrepreneurs dreaming big in Nigeria

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The photographer giving people a voice