UN mission announces 12-hour truce in Libya's Benghazi
2014-11-20 09:53:38
Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced Tuesday that the parties of the conflict in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian truce.
Nine Chinese aircraft finish Ebola rescue task
2014-11-19 21:10:12
China's largest health rescue overseas has completed, with nine passenger planes and freighters uniting efforts in Ebola-hit countries, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Journalist killed in Somalia, third this year says union
2014-11-19 14:46:24
Gunmen shot dead a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, the third killed in Somalia this year, a colleague and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said.
Cuban doctor in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola
2014-11-19 14:18:36
A Cuban doctor treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the disease and was being sent to Geneva for treatment, officials said, the first Cuban known to have contracted the potentially deadly haemorrhagic fever.
UN hails signing of transition framework in Burkina Faso
2014-11-18 13:12:54
The UN Security Council on Monday welcomed the signing of a Charter for the Transition in Burkina Faso, and called on all the stakeholders in the West African country to "facilitate the commencement of the work of the transitional organs without delay."
UN official for fighting Ebola in Guinea found dead
2014-11-18 09:44:18
The special representative of the UN secretary-general for Ebola emergency response has been found dead in his hotel room in the Guinean capital of Conakry, a Rwandan official said late Monday in Kigali.
Embassy role in ivory smuggling branded 'baseless'
2014-11-15 17:30:59
The Chinese Embassy in Burundi has branded a media report claiming it had conducted illegal ivory trade in Africa as "unreal and baseless".
Egypt arrests Morsi loyalists for inciting violence
2014-11-15 08:58:55
The Egyptian police arrested on Friday tens of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi over anti-government protests and inciting violence, according to official MENA news agency.
Liberian president lifts emergency on Ebola virus
2014-11-14 09:14:25
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday announced the lifting of the State of Emergency with immediate effect.
Nurse who was Mali's second Ebola case dies
2014-11-12 19:30:10
A 25-year-old nurse who was Mali's second Ebola case has died, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Pistorius prosecutors file appeal papers
2014-11-04 20:05:00
Prosecutors say they have filed appeal papers against the verdict and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case.
Sierra Leone says another doctor dies of Ebola
2014-11-03 22:19:03
A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola - the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said Monday.