Mali confirms second Ebola death

The Mali government has confirmed that a two-year-old girl has tested positive to having the first case of Ebola in the country.

A Malian nurse and the patient he was treating at a clinic in Bamako become the second and third people to die from Ebola in the West African country.

A US air strike last month killed a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Libya, Abu Nabil, the Pentagon confirms.

The Kenya government identifies the body of a man found in a national park as would-be International Criminal Court witness (ICC) Meshack Yebei.

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An Egyptian court confirms death sentences for 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters - including the group's leader - over an attack on a police station.

Libya's Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia confirms its leader Mohammad al-Zahawi has died, after apparently being wounded in October.

Mali confirms that four Islamist militants were freed in exchange for the release of French hostage Serge Lazarevic this week.

Guinea's health authorities have for the first time confirmed cases of the deadly Ebola virus in the capital Conakry.