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Senzo Meyiwa dead: South Africa football captain shot dead in Johannesburg
Senzo Meyiwa, South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper, has been shot dead in Johannesburg, police say. Senzo Meyiwa, 27, was reportedly attacked after men entered...
June Steenkamp: Reeva was about to leave Oscar Pistorius
In a recent interview, Reeva Steenkamp’s mother has said that it was bad luck her daughter met Oscar Pistorius as the "volatile" athlete "would...
Tunisia elections 2014: First full parliament to be elected under new constitution
Tunisians are voting to elect the country’s first full parliament under a new constitution passed earlier this year. The election is one of the final...
Mali confirms first case of Ebola
Mali has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. The Malian government said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus....
Nigeria: Boko Haram abducts dozens of women and girls in Adamawa
Boko Haram militants have reportedly abducted dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state. The abductions have not been confirmed...
Oscar Pistorius begins serving time in jail for killing Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius has begun jail sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The South African Paralympic champion was driven to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison where...
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in jail for killing Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa, issuing the ruling in court in...
WHO declares Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases. Nigeria, which is Africa's most populous...
Xolile Mngeni: Anni Dewani murderer dies in South African jail
Xolile Mngeni, the man jailed for shooting dead Anni Dewani in 2010, has died in prison, South Africa's correctional services department has said. Xolile Mngeni,...
Boko Haram agrees to release kidnapped Nigerian girls
Nigerian army has agreed a truce with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria's chief...
Reeva Steenkamp’s family rejected money from Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius offered a lump sum of $34,000 to the parents of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, a South African court has...
Oscar Pistorius sentencing: Prosecution scrutinizes athlete’s charity work
Oscar Pistorius' charity work has been scrutinized by the prosecution on a second day of his sentencing hearing in Pretoria court. The South African athlete's...
Oscar Pistorius sentencing: Probation officer proposes house arrest and community service
Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told. A probation officer appearing for the...
Ebola outbreak: Liberian medical staff on national strike over risk fee
Liberian nurses and medical assistants are on national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues in the country. The National Health Workers Association wants an increase...
Oscar Pistorius sentencing begins in Pretoria court
Oscar Pistorius has returned to Pretoria court for sentencing after being convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius, 27, was found guilty of...
Boko Haram releases 27 hostages in Cameroon
Boko Haram has released 27 hostages including 10 Chinese workers held for months in Cameroon. The hostages were flown to capital Yaounde from the country's...
Ebola outbreak death toll tops 4,000
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of people killed in the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000. The latest figures show...
Uhuru Kenyatta confirms ICC appearance on October 8
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed during a speech in front of the parliament that he will be appearing at the International Criminal Court...
Ebola outbreak: NBC cameraman tests positive for virus in Liberia
An American cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola. The 33-year-old freelancer is to be flown home to the US for treatment. The unnamed...
Thomas Eric Duncan: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted in Liberia
Liberia will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the US, accusing him of lying over his contact with an...
Zimbabwe: Chenjerai Hove calls on First Lady Grace Mugabe to hand back PhD
Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove has called on First Lady Grace Mugabe to hand back her PhD. The wife of President Robert Mugabe was awarded a...
Sierra Leone: Five new Ebola cases per hour
Leading charity Save the Children has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone means healthcare demands are...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia’s Deputy Health Minister Bernice Dahn under quarantine
Liberian chief medical officer Bernice Dahn has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly Ebola...
Ebola outbreak death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000. The latest figures indicate...
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone quarantines another one million people
Sierra Leone has widened the Ebola quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease. President Ernest...
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