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Sierra Leone's Red Cross employees are disinfected near Freetown. Photo: 20 October 2014 Red Cross workers are among those fighting the outbreak in Sierra Leone

Ebola-hit nations get key supplies

Vital supplies and resources to tackle Ebola are beginning to arrive in the three worst-hit West African countries, Ghana's President John Mahama has said.

Oscar Pistorius shot dead Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year

Pistorius jailed five years

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

West Africa 'could lose an entire generation' to Ebola

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Ebola has brought her country to "a standstill" and that West Africa is at risk of losing an entire generation to the disease.

Nigeria declared Ebola free

Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, speaking in the capital Abuja, said it was a "spectacular success story".

Oscar Pistorious

Pistorius trial told of charity work

The prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius case has scrutinised the athlete's charity work, on a second day of his sentencing hearing.

Liberia has struggled to cope with Ebola cases in the country

Ebola: Liberian health workers plan strike

Liberian health officials are appealing to nurses and medical assistants not to go ahead with a national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues.

Oscar Pistorius sentencing begins

The South African athlete Oscar Pistorius returns to court for sentencing after being convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Ali Mazrui, top Kenyan academic, dies in the US

Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui has died in the US aged 81 after being ill for several months.

Oscar Pistorious

Oscar Pistorius community service call angers prosecutor

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told.

King Mswati III

Swaziland’s King offers virgins $18 a month to save themselves for him

Swaziland plans to pay girls about $18 a month for abstaining from sex, according to local reports. 

The programme, reportedly approved by King Mswati III, is intended to reduce HIV transmission in a country with one of the highest HIV transmission rates in the world.

Ban Ki-Moon meets Libyan delegates in Tripoli, 11 October Ban Ki-Moon meets Libyan delegates in Tripoli

UN chief in Libya to make peace plea

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, calls for peace in Libya during a surprise visit to Tripoli as part of a UN-brokered reconciliation process.

Cameroon Boko Haram hostages freed

Twenty-seven people, including 10 Chinese workers, believed to have been kidnapped by Boko Haram militants arrive in Cameroon's capital.

File photo: A Liberian burial squad carry the body of an Ebola victim in Marshall, Margini county, Liberia, 25 September 2014 More than 4,000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak

UN hopes for rapid Ebola containment

The UN special envoy on Ebola David Nabarro tells the BBC he hopes the Ebola outbreak can be brought under control within three months.

Nigeria: Ruling party, opposition squabble over seized $5.7m arms cash

ABUJA— South Africa’s seizure of another $5.7m for the purchase of arms by Nigeria has sparked off a war of words between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.

Police kill five suspects in Nairobi overnight incidents

At least five suspects have been shot dead in Nairobi in separate incidents in the last 12 hours.

Nigeria: Police uncover baby factory in Anambra

ONITSHA—Anambra State Police Command has uncovered a baby factory where women with unwanted pregnancies are harboured till delivery, after which the babies are sold to interested buyers, with or without their mothers’ consents.

Nigeria: 400 Boko Haram insurgents killed

Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and Boko Haram terrorists ensued yesterday in Adamawa State as soldiers backed from the air by Nigerian Airforce attack helicopters launched an attack to retake territories in the possession of Boko Haram.

Kenya: Uhuru appoints Ruto as acting president

In an unexpected move, President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday surrendered power to Deputy President William Ruto for him to attend court on Wednesday at The Hague.


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