Sierra Leone's government has quarantined more than a million people in an attempt to control the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

Twenty-year-old Martha Chumo is the founder and director of The Dev School that provides courses on programming for youths in Kenya. She spoke to BBC Africa's Gladys Njoroge in Nairobi.

Beheading of French tourist by IS-linked group stuns nation

A Kenyan nurse is sentenced to death after being found guilty of carrying out an abortion five years ago on a woman who later bled to death.

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma widens a quarantine to include another one million people in an effort to curb the spread of Ebola.

President Barack Obama told the UN than the spread of Ebola in Africa represented a "threat to regional and global security".

Two South Africans who lost relatives when a church hostel in Nigeria collapsed say they intend to sue evangelist TB Joshua - and call for others to join them.

Afrobeats artist Castro went missing while using jet skis holidaying with Gyan in July

Three more districts quarantined as nearly 600 people have died of the virus in Sierra Leone and two eastern districts have been isolated since the beginning of August

Stoke and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie hopes to return "stronger than ever" after undergoing knee surgery.

The Amazon rainforest is being fertilised by the remains of ancient fish blown in by great duststorms from Africa.

Hundreds of fighters in Nigeria-based Islamic militant group Boko Haram have surrendered after heavy losses against the army, the country's military spokesman says.

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan denies being involved in the disappearance of his friend and Ghanaian rapper Castro.

French President Francois Hollande condemns the beheading in Algeria of tourist Herve Gourdel by a jihadist group linked to Islamic State militants.