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• South Africa 'punished' for finding Omicron

  South Africa should be praised for discovering Omicron, not hit with travel bans, its officials say.

• Covid vaccine: Can US troops be punished for refusing the jabs?

  The US military has said that America's 2.1 million soldiers and sailors must all get the vaccine.

• Nigerian celebrities Simi and Chigul expose sexism in music and Nollywood

  Singer Simi and Nollywood's Chigul tell the BBC about the cultural hurdles female stars face.

• 'Why do you like Shah Rukh Khan?'

  The Bollywood superstar's female fandom rests not on love but on economics, according to a new book.

• Hondurans vote to replace controversial leader

  A former first lady and a man convicted of corruption vie to succeed an unpopular president.

• Yemen: The woman saving a crumbling heritage

  Its famous architecture has been wrecked by war - now a female engineer is rebuilding amid the conflict.

• Your pictures on the theme of 'home comforts'

  A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.

• ‘I’m blind but technology helps me animate’

  Elodie Bateson, 11, from Limavady who is blind has become an expert at making short animated movies.

• The migrants returned to Iraqi camps from Belarus

  Three specially chartered planes have now returned 1,000 migrants from Belarus to Iraq.