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South Africa court clears Pistorius of murder
Relief for amputee athlete accused of killing girlfriend in 2013, but final verdict on culpable homicide still awaited.
Last updated: 11 Sep 2014 19:02 GMT
Africa
South Africa crime
Pistorius apologises for killing girlfriend
Pistorius returns to the track
Nigeria ex-president's son shot by Boko Haram
Ebola 'devouring everything in its path'
AU troops accused of raping Somali women
Al-Shabab claims deadly Somalia bombing
Special Focus: Ebola
Guinea woman pays price for Ebola rumour
Woman in labour from ebola-hit Guinea abandoned by doctors at S African hospital amid rumours she had deadly virus.
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Candice Bailey
Sierra Leone to impose Ebola curfew
Citizens confined to their homes for three days from September 18 "to deal with the spread of Ebola once and for all".
Guinea bears brunt of West Africa Ebola havoc
Guinea companies, expatriates, investors and tourists are fleeing Ebola with no immediate plans of returning.
By
Kingsley Kobo
Ebola economics
We look at how the epidemic is laying waste to the financial stability of the affected African nations.
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Counting the Cost
Ebola for dummies: Bridging the health worker gap
In Brussels, NGO staff are being trained to fill the shortfall of field workers in West Africa.
By
Lisa De Bode
Infographic: Just how deadly is Ebola?
Compared to other diseases, Ebola is not especially contagious - but has a far higher fatality rate and no proven cure.
By
Sam Bollier
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Mohammed Haddad
Sierra Leone capital now in grip of Ebola
State of emergency declared in West African nation as virus which has killed hundreds spreads to Freetown.
By
Tommy Trenchard
Mapping the world's worst Ebola epidemic
More than 2,000 people in West Africa have been killed by the virus, for which there is no known cure.
Ebola: What hope for a cure?
There is no cure for Ebola, which has killed nearly 2,000 people in west Africa, but several drugs are under development
By
Tarek Bazley
Experts: Give new US Ebola drug to Africans
World's top Ebola specialists question why only US aid workers given experimental drug, but firm says little available.
African nations tighten Ebola travel bans
Chad and South Africa beef up restrictions on infected countries despite warnings of possible food shortages.
Ebola epidemic to take six months to control
Medical charity says extraordinary measures needed to contain killer disease stalking several West African nations.
Nigeria trains 800 volunteers to fight Ebola
Move follows appeal to make up for shortage of medical personnel due to doctors' strike over pay.
Canada sends trial Ebola vaccine to W Africa
North American country sends up to a thousand doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to be distributed in West Africa.
Ebola outbreak: We need information, not panic
Spreading panic will not help efforts to curb the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
By
Nanjala Nyabola
Ebola: Shattering lives in Sierra Leone
As the death toll rises, fearful communities in Sierra Leone are torn apart by the Ebola virus.
By
Tommy Trenchard
Featured
Malawi forests going up in smoke from tobacco
Tobacco farmers are depleting forests to cure tobacco, a key source of income and Malawi's economic mainstay.
Last updated: 11 Sep 2014 14:41 GMT
Africa
Malawi celebrates fifty years of independence
Malawi schools to teach in English
Malawi's president looks to China and Russia
Q&A: Northern Malians' push for secession
Spokesman for MNLA rebel group tells Al Jazeera people in the north have been marginalised and need autonomy.
Last updated: 10 Sep 2014 16:23 GMT
Africa
Mali: The forgotten war
France in Mali: protection or control?
Mali refugees see no end in sight to exile
When white South Africans resort to begging
Generally seen as enjoying a life of privilege, whites now struggle to find jobs and some even end up on the street.
Last updated: 10 Sep 2014 15:06 GMT
Africa
South Africa, land of innovation: Focusing on its creative advancements
Rehabilitating South Africa's ex-prisoners
S Africa's latest drug cocktail ruining lives
Guinea woman pays price for Ebola rumour
Woman in labour from ebola-hit Guinea abandoned by doctors at S African hospital amid rumours she had deadly virus.
Last updated: 09 Sep 2014 05:53 GMT
Africa
Ebola: What hope for a cure?
Mapping Ebola epidemic
Infographic: Just how deadly is Ebola?
UN alleges 'plot' to steal Somali assets
Report reveals attempts to steal Somali assets abroad, implicating the president and a US law firm.
Last updated: 08 Sep 2014 09:03 GMT
Africa
Al-Shabab names new leader
Failure and farce in Somalia
Dangerous work as taxmen return to Somalia
Malawi forests going up in smoke from tobacco
Q&A: Northern Malians' push for secession
When white South Africans resort to begging
Guinea woman pays price for Ebola rumour
UN alleges 'plot' to steal Somali assets
In Pictures: Water still a luxury in Ethiopia
While 52 percent of Ethiopia's people have access to improved water, only 10 percent have water piped into their homes.
Ioana Moldovan
Last updated: 05 Sep 2014 07:32 GMT
Cameroon grapples with ban on plastics bags
Widely used disposable plastic bags have become black-market gold after the government banned it earlier this year.
Eugene Nforngwa
Last updated: 04 Sep 2014 18:51 GMT
Battle against al-Shabab heats up in Somalia
American and AU troops aided by drones ramp up offensive against armed group blamed for a wave of violence in Somalia.
Hamza Mohamed
Last updated: 04 Sep 2014 08:22 GMT
Ugandan MPs drown in debt
MPs appeal to president for financial help despite being amongst some of the highest paid in Africa.
Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi
Last updated: 03 Sep 2014 14:02 GMT
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Cardinal Onaiyekan: 'Religion gets misused'
Talk to Al Jazeera
07 Sep 2014 18:44 GMT
Talk to Al Jazeera
The Vatican's highest representative in Nigeria discusses Christian persecution, Boko Haram, and peace in the region.
The battle for Africa
People and Power
04 Sep 2014 07:57 GMT
People & Power
People and Power investigates the effects of China's increasing influence in Africa.
Rebel Architecture
Working on water
Architect Kunle Adeyemi sets out to solve the issues of flooding and overcrowding in Nigeria's waterside slums.
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Banking on BRICS
Can the new BRICS development bank challenge the dominance of the World Bank and the IMF?
Counting the Cost
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Small Small Thing
An exploration of the life and death of Olivia, a victim of child rape and its horrible aftermath in Liberia.
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Not Yet Kenyan
Kenya's ethnic Somalis have faced massacres and systematic intimidation, but can they now survive al-Shabab?
Al Jazeera Correspondent
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The EU's 'Eurafrica' roots
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Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi: Legacies, memories, histories
Awol K Allo
Reinventing Africa's universities
Calestous Juma
From a failed elite to a farce in Somalia
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