Ivorian troops ordered to end protest
Ivory Coast’s defence minister orders soldiers to return to barracks after they stage protests in at least two cities to demand unpaid allowances. BBC News – Africa
Ivory Coast’s defence minister orders soldiers to return to barracks after they stage protests in at least two cities to demand unpaid allowances. BBC News – Africa
One of northern Nigeria’s most influential Muslim leaders, the Emir of Kano, calls on people to defend themselves against Boko Haram militants. BBC News – Africa
A surgeon from Sierra Leone, who is critically ill with Ebola, arrives in the US where he is being treated at an isolation unit in Nebraska. BBC News – Africa
Boko Haram militants seize Chibok, the north-eastern Nigerian town from which they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls this year, residents say. BBC News – Africa
The charity MSF says it is to host clinical trials of new Ebola treatments in West Africa, one of them using the blood of recovered patients. BBC News – Africa
The beheaded bodies of three abducted Libyan activists are discovered in the eastern city of Derna, which is held by Islamist groups. BBC News – Africa