‘One million’ flee S Sudan conflict
More than a million people have been forced out of their homes since the South Sudan conflict began in December, the UN says. BBC News – Africa
More than a million people have been forced out of their homes since the South Sudan conflict began in December, the UN says. BBC News – Africa
The defence in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is postponed because one of the assessors assisting the judge has been taken ill. BBC News – Africa
African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will treat the anti-balaka militia as enemy combatants from now, their commander says. BBC News – Africa
Guinea bans the sale and consumption of bats to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus as the number of victims rises to 62. BBC News – Africa
Four people are killed and a number are injured when gunmen open fire in a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, officials say. BBC News – Africa
The Ebola virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of fever now thought to have killed nearly 60 people in Guinea, officials say. BBC News – Africa