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Members of the African Union meet in Ethiopia to discuss a common strategy to the outbreak of Ebola across the continent.

Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with many thousands of new cases expected in next three weeks, the World Health Organization says.

BBC World Service announces the launch of TV programming in Hausa, a first in international broadcasting.

Three elderly Italian nuns are killed at their convent in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.

Germany arrests three of its nationals suspected of ties to Somalia's militant Islamist al-Shabab group at Frankfurt airport, prosecutors say.

Nigeria midfielder John Ogu hopes that a move to Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva will lead to a recall to the national side.

African Union troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia's capital, a rights group says - here's the story in 15 seconds.

A suicide car bomber kills 12 people in an attack aimed at African Union (AU) troops in Somalia - the first attack since al-Shabab's leader was killed.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram capture the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state.

The row over the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation appears to have been resolved as they look to avoid a global ban.

African Union (AU) troops have raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says.

Sierra Leone Justice Minister confident three-day lockdown to prevent spread of Ebola will work.

The story of Isaac Fadayebo, one of the 100,000 African soldiers sent to fight the Japanese after their invasion of Burma in December 1941, is being told in a new book.

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