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Last US Ebola patient certified cured

The last known Ebola patient in the United States, a New York doctor who contracted…

Growing protest over Mexico's missing students

CHILPANCINGO (AFP) - Mexicans furious at the presumed massacre of 43 students torched the ruling…

Mali suffers Ebola setback with nurse's death

Mali has suffered a new case of Ebola infection -- separate from its only other…

With 40 wives, Mormon founder was US foremost polygamist

The founder of Mormonism, which for decades allowed polygamy, had as many as 40 wives…

Boko Haram sends 13,000 Nigerian refugees into Cameroon

The UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday said violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast…

Burkina Faso: civil groups, military still fine-tuning transition programme

Burkina Faso's army and civil groups Tuesday struggled to approve a framework for a transitional…

Synagogue building collapse: South Africa ready to take the dead home

The South African government said Tuesday that it was ready to repatriate at the weekend…

Gambia welcomes travellers from Ebola-hit nations

The Gambia has reopened its land borders to travellers from Ebola-hit nations, the government said…

Envoy blasts US for not supplying arms to Nigeria

*Envoy says country feels abandoned at hour of need Nigeria's ambassador to the United States…

South Africa releases suspect in Meyiwa's murder

South African prosecutors on Tuesday in Johannesburg withdrew their case against a suspect Zamokuhle Mbatha…