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Herve Gourdel: French tourist seized in Algeria killed by Jund al-Khilafa
French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized by in Algeria on September 21, has been killed, according to a video released by jihadist group...
Sierra Leone: Ebola lockdown declared success
Sierra Leone’s three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been declared a success by authorities. They say more than a million households were...
Ebola outbreak: Three-day lockdown begins in Sierra Leone
A three-day lockdown has come into effect in Sierra Leone in a bid to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. The aim of the...
Ebola team found dead in Guinea
Guinean authorities searching for a team of health workers and journalists who went missing while trying to raise awareness of Ebola have found several...
Nigeria: Kano college attack leaves at least 13 people dead
At least 13 people have been killed after gunmen have attacked a teacher training college in the Nigerian city of Kano, officials said. Students were...
Barack Obama to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to tackle Ebola epidemic
President Barack Obama will announce today his plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, US officials say. It is...
Oscar Pistorius homicide verdict expected in Pretoria trial
Judge Thokozile Masipa is due to announce if Oscar Pistorius is guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The judge cleared Oscar...
Oscar Pistorius verdict: Judge rules out premeditated murder
Judge Thokozile Masipa has ruled out a verdict of premeditated murder in the Oscar Pistorius trial, saying the prosecution failed to prove he killed...
Oscar Pistorius verdict: Judge questiones reliability of several witnesses in court
Judge Thokosile Masipa in the Oscar Pistorius trial has questioned the reliability of several witnesses in court, as she delivers her verdict on the...
Oscar Pistorius: Verdict due in Reeva Steenkamp murder trial
Judge Thokosile Masipa is due to give her verdict at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa. The 27-year-old Paralympic champion faces...
WHO: Ebola outbreak kills 2,288 people in West Africa
According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed 2,288 people, with half of them dying in the last...
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone announces four-day lockdown
Sierra Leone has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the Ebola disease. According to a senior official, from 18 to 21 September people...
Ahmed Abdi Godane dead: Al-Shabab leader killed by US airstrike in Somalia
Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, was killed following a US attack earlier this week, the Pentagon has confirmed. The...
Ebola outbreak: More than 1,900 people died in West Africa
More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa's Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO head Margaret Chan said there were...
Libyan military jet crashes near parliament building in Tobruk
A military jet has crashed near the Libyan parliamentary building in the eastern city of Tobruk, causing a huge inferno and killing a child...
Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s key town of Bama
Boko Haram has seized Nigeria’s key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of civilians have fled the town,...
Libya’s PM Abdullah al-Thani steps down
Libya’s PM Abdullah al-Thani has resigned in a move to end the power struggle in the country. Abdullah al-Thani's cabinet said it was resigning to...
Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 people in West Africa
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people before it is brought...
Ebola outbreak 2014: Nigerian schools to remain closed until October 13
Nigerian schools have been ordered to remain closed until October 13 as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. The new...
Ebola outbreak: Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor dies despite taking ZMapp
Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor has died despite taking experimental anti-Ebola drug ZMapp, Liberia's information minister says. Abraham Borbor was one of three doctors in Liberia...
Boko Haram proclaims Islamic caliphate in north-eastern Nigeria
Terrorist group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has seized in north-eastern Nigeria. Boko...
Ebola outbreak: Democratic Republic of Congo confirms two deaths
Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two Ebola deaths in the country's north-west. They are the first reported Ebola cases outside West Africa since the...
Libya: Tripoli airport seized by Misrata forces
The Libyan Central Shield says its fighters have captured Tripoli's international airport after ten days of clashes with nationalist armed groups. Islamist-affiliated forces from Misrata and...
Sierra Leone: Hiding Ebola patients is illegal
Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient. Hiding...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia imposes night-time curfew and orders quarantine
Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. In addition, it has quarantined an area of the capital...
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