A medical charity says it cannot cope with the volume of Ebola patients in Liberia.

Liberia is facing a "serious threat" to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus "spreads like wildfire", its defence minister says.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed 2,288 people, with half of them dying in the last three weeks, the World Health Organization says.

Nigeria aim to recover from their loss to Congo when they face South Africa in Wednesday's Nations Cup qualifiers.

Israel is unlawfully coercing almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into leaving the country at great personal risk, Human Rights Watch says.

The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says it is being "completely overwhelmed" by the growing number of Ebola patients in Liberia. Here is the story in 15 seconds.

An October trial date is set in South Africa for the honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani.

The son of Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is shot and wounded in a battle with militant Islamists, the former leader's aide tells the BBC.