338K views · 10K reactions | 黎 In Senegal, the owl is generally considered to be a bad omen, an "evil spirit" or a "witch". But Elhadj Mbow, a young computer scientist living in Thiès, a city 70km (43 miles) from the country's capital Dakar, has managed to put all those local cultural beliefs on hold. A passionate bird-lover, he tells us how he became friends with an owlet that he saved from being stoned by the children in his neighbourhood. | BBC News Africa | Facebook