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Baby isolated in Australia over Ebola fears

A one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

The most terrifying thing about Ebola

What makes the Ebola virus so terrifying is not its kill rate or its exponential growth. It's the fact that it threatens humanity by preying on humanity.

Pistorius likely to serve eight years

Oscar Pistorius might not have to spend the rest of his life in prison, but it will be difficult for him to avoid serving at least eight years, experts say.

'Big Pharma' slammed for lack of Ebola drug

The leading scientists have launched an attack on "Big Pharma", accusing drugs giants of failing to manufacture a vaccine, because there was "no business case".

Ebola: A whole country in quarantine

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide 'lockdown' will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease spreading further as cases are concealed, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) claimed today.

Escaped Ebola patient terrorises market

Disturbing video footage shows an Ebola victim who'd escaped from hospital walking through a Monrovia market, sending hundreds fleeing in fear.

Ebola fight a 'war', says UN

The UN's new leader on Ebola says the fight against the epidemic is a "war" which could take another six months.

How this Ebola outbreak was triggered

The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola was triggered by a toddler's chance contact with a single infected bat, a team of international researchers have concluded.

China vs US - superpower standoff in Africa

As Muammar Gaddafi's regime began to unravel in 2011, amid chaotic fighting between Libya's military and rebels, foreign nations rushed to withdraw their citizens.

Chief doctor fighting Ebola is infected

He's been labelled a 'national hero' for battling Sierra Leone's deadly Ebola outbreak. Now he's been infected with the disease that has no cure.

Morocco: Old beauty of a biblical land

Morocco's Atlas Mountains are home to awe-inspiring castles, harsh deserts and breathtaking gorges. At their heart lies Ouarzazate, writes John Gimlette.

UN: Ending AIDS is possible

Cape Town: Land of the wild and free

Following the Garden Route, Paul Rush found the untamed Africa he always dreamed about.

African leaders award themselves immunity

A pan-African court set up to prosecute the continent's worst criminals will not be allowed to try sitting heads of state or their cronies after they voted to give themselves immunity.

Angolan city embraces 'wild capitalism'

Twenty years ago the citizens of Lubango struggled to find fresh bread. Now Angola's third-biggest city is luring investors in power plants, mines - and Swiss cheese.

Zoos drive animals crazy

In the mid-1990s, Gus, a polar bear in the Central Park Zoo, alarmed visitors by compulsively swimming figure eights in his pool, sometimes for 12 hours a day.

Ebola outbreak: Virus is 'totally out of control'

The beautiful brutality of Africa

On the South African veld visitors swiftly learn self-preservation, writes Pamela Wade.