Geneva - Efforts to curb the deadly Ebola epidemic that swept across four West African states are being undermined by a lack of leadership and emergency management skills, the international head of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.

A general view shows the destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood. (Mahmud Hams, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

How objective is Professor Wayne Derman's evidence in defence of Oscar Pistorius? Criminal law expert William Booth believes the defence witnesses appear to be subjective. Watch.WATCH. Related Links. Judge amends order on Oscar psych report ...

An Iraqi policeman dips his finger in ink at a polling station in Ramadi earlier in the week as security forces vote in provincial polls ahead of the rest of Iraqis in the Anbar province. (Azhar Shallal, AFP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us ...

An armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames, after hundreds of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul. (STR, AFP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures ...

Chinese paramilitary police march past a portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. (File, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

A woman attends a mass-demonstration calling on the government to increase efforts to rescue hundreds of missing kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school Chibok, in Lagos, Nigeria. (Sunday Alamba, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries ...

India's prime minister-elect Narendra Modi addresses the media following his meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. (Raveendran, AFP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send ...

Unjha - As she savoured the prospect of her brother Narendra becoming India's prime minister, Vasantiben Modi chortled at the idea that a one-time tea boy would soon be calling the shots over Delhi's traditional elite. "They can't believe it, can't believe that ...

Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabaab has reportedly praised Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist group for its fight against those who "targeted" Islam. Cape Town Morning clouds. Mild.

Lagos - Conditions set out by Boko Haram's leader for the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists may lead to a deal that sees the girls freed, analysts said on Monday. In a new video obtained by AFP, the group's leader Abubakar ...

Brussels - The head of the influential East-West OSCE security organisation on Monday stressed that Russia had expressed "respect but not recognition" of the separatist vote in eastern Ukraine this weekend. "Russia sees a need to take into account the ...

Ballistics expert Tom "Wollie" Wolmarans is questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel during the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. (Chris Collingridge, Pool). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

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See pictures from the North Gauteng High Court where Oscar Pistorius's trial is in its 28th day. Related Links. Oscar Pistorius in court - day 28view · Fewer media at Oscar trial · LIVE UPDATES: Oscar Pistorius trial, day 28 · kalahari.com · buy books, music ...

See pictures from the North Gauteng High Court where Oscar Pistorius's trial is in its 28th day. Related Links. Oscar Pistorius in court - day 28view · Fewer media at Oscar trial · LIVE UPDATES: Oscar Pistorius trial, day 28 · kalahari.com · buy books, music ...

Kinshasa - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to respect a constitutional law which forbids him from seeking a new term in 2016 elections. "I believe that it is clear to him (Kabila) that the ...

South Korean Navy vessels are berthed at an MSB (Movement Sea Base) off the South Korea-controlled island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea. (AFP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us ...

Johannesburg - Cosatu's general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi will abide by his federation's decision to campaign for the ruling party ahead of the general elections, but said his support will not be unconditional, the Sunday Times reported. Cosatu has ...

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