Nigeria

US marshal put in quarantine in Houston hospital after being attacked in Lagos.

Government source says terror group driven from Borno state's second biggest town by Nigerian army

Nigerian experts warn of Islamist takeover of restive state following territorial gains.

Helen 'Lady Apostle' Ukpabio threatens £500m lawsuit over bonkers distinction between possession by Satan or a vampire.

Islamist group capture second-biggest town in restive north-eastern region.

Thousands displaced by Islamist militants as neighbouring countries provide safe haven.

'Islamic State' of Gwoza witnesses barbaric transformation under group's radical Islamic law.

Freedom of movement restricted in and out of countries where virus has proliferated.

UN health agency says only 40% of cases have been reported in the last three weeks.

French air carrier cancels flights to Freetown over deadly Ebola virus.

Nigerian military insist Cameroon flight was 'tactical'.

Witnesses confirm militant attack on town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state.

Shared border closed to stop spread of virus as search for missing 17 victims continues.

As Liberia struggles to track missing inmates, Sierra Leone is using survivors to win public trust

Health agency urges checks at all international airports, seaports and major land crossings.

Terror group fighting Nigerian government to 'forcefully' conscript kidnapped males.

Woman travelling from Lagos with her child develops high fever on plane and taken to hospital form Atatürk Airport.

CDC says there are virtually no doses available of experimental drug Ebola drug.

Gwoza residents flee town as up to 100 killed by Islamic militants

Fears continue to grow that deadly Ebola virus has made its way out of West Africa.

Hygienist Nancy Writebol tests positive for tropical virus at same clinic as American doctor Kent Brantly

Nigerian Islamist group steps up cross-border attacks in Cameroon's far north.

Liberian man infected by Ebola virus travels to Africa's most populous city of Lagos and dies.

Muhaammadu Buhari and well-known Islamic cleric Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi escape assassination attempt.

More than 100 killed after Boko Haram militants storm villages in Borno State.

Nigeria's President Jonathan met with rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai who urged him to do more for missing girls

A suspect's chilling confession of how he killed a 13-year-old boy in his craving for materialism.

Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau vows support for Iraq's Sunni militant outfit Isis.

Military finds arms, ammunition and uniforms of security personnel stashed underground in Balmo Forest.

Women abducted from Borno State flee captors as militants go out to attack Damboa town.