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Motorbiking eye surgeons battle preventable blindness in Mali

Brazilian researchers release thousands of mosquitoes infected with a bacteria that suppresses dengue fever into the environment in Rio de Janeiro.

The International Criminal Court opens a formal investigation into war crimes in the Central African Republic where religious conflict has displaced thousands.

The Ebola outbreak threatens to become a political crisis that could unravel years of effort to stabilise West Africa, a think tank warns.

A man from Liberia says ten members of his family have been killed after contracting the Ebola virus.

The hashtag that won't go away

Nigeria's MPs are investigating how $9.3m (£5.7m) of government money - allegedly earmarked for an arms deal - ended up on a private jet in South Africa.

Abba Abashi a Liberian-Nigerian student in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been speaking with the BBC about his efforts to maintain contact with family members in Liberia

Uganda cannot host a six-nation ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament because of security concerns, cricket's governing body says.

"Restaurants" of dead meat set up for endangered vultures also attract an undesirable clientele of hyenas and jackals, according to a six-year study.

'A small fever makes you afraid'

Ebola pushes West Africa's weak health systems over the edge