Sisi ‘regrets’ al-Jazeera trial
Craig TaylorEgypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he wishes three jailed al-Jazeera journalists had never been put on trial, local media report. BBC News – Africa
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Pistorius re-enactment video leaked
Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers condemn the airing of a video showing the athlete re-enacting the events of the night he killed his girlfriend. BBC News – Africa
Somalia car bomb targets parliament
A powerful suicide car bomb kills at least four people near Somalia’s parliament, police and Somali media say. BBC News – Africa
African states agree Ebola strategy
Health ministers from 11 West African states agree a common strategy to fight an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 400 people. BBC News – Africa
WHO calls emergency Ebola meeting
Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, in an attempt to “get a grip” on the deadly and worsening Ebola outbreak. BBC News – Africa
Nigeria ‘raids Boko Haram cell’
Nigeria’s military says it has raided a Boko Haram intelligence unit linked to the recent abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls. BBC News – Africa