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The British volunteer nurse William Pooley, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been given the experimental drug ZMapp.
The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan killing three crew - unconfirmed reports say it was shot down.
South Africa avoids falling into recession after second-quarter GDP figures show the economy grew by 0.6% during the April-to-June period.
Celebrated author Doris Lessing bequeaths her entire collection of more than 3,000 books to Harare's City Library.
US officials say Egypt and the UAE were behind air strikes in Libya last week. Here's the story in 15 seconds.
Burundi sets up an investigation after a number of dead bodies wrapped in plastic were found floating in a lake on its border with Rwanda.
An "unprecedented" number of doctors and nurses have been infected with Ebola virus in west Africa, according to the World Health Organization.
Investment in Zimbabwe more than halved in the first six months of 2014, the country's central bank chief announces as President Mugabe visits China.
Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana announce their interest in hosting the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations following Libya's withdrawal.
The world's rarest bird is facing extinction unless it finds a new home, say conservationists
The US was "caught off-guard" by air strikes against Islamist militia in Libya, a senior official has told the BBC.
A Liberian doctor has died despite taking an experimental anti-Ebola drug, Liberia's information minister says.
The US was "caught off-guard" by air strikes on Libya reportedly carried out by the UAE with Egyptian help, a senior official tells the BBC.
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