Africa

  1. South African politician seeks US refuge on fears of future persecution

  2. Congo re-opens airport at centre of Ebola outbreak

  3. Ghana lawmakers approve bill criminalizing LGBTQ 'promotion', official says

  4. WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding

  1. Zambia says two suspected Ebola cases test negative, steps up screening

  2. Funding pledges for Ebola outbreak almost halved, Africa CDC says

  3. Kenyan court orders suspension of US plan for Ebola quarantine facility

  4. WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines be tested in trials amid outbreak

  5. Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79

  6. South African impeachment committee to hold first meeting on president's scandal

  1. Uganda’s Museveni retains wife in newly announced Cabinet

  2. Uganda shuts border with DRC with immediate effect as Ebola outbreak intensifies

  3. US picks Kenya for its Ebola quarantine and treatment facility plan

  4. WHO urges ceasefire in Congo to contain Ebola as cases surge

  5. Ghanaians repatriated from South Africa after anti-immigrant protests

  6. Trump raises refugee ceiling by 10,000 to bring in more white South Africans