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Libya: Islamists kidnap 20 Egyptian Christians

 

Country is riven by violence amid growing extremist threats some three years after the removal of Muammar Gaddafi in a popular uprising

03 Jan 2015

Ebola in the UK: New suspected case in South Gloucestershire, as Scottish nurse worsens

 

A patient suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus is being transferred to hospital in Swindon, while doctors say Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse already stricken with the disease, has deteriorated to a critical condition

03 Jan 2015

Al-Qaeda terrorist accused of embassy bombings dies in New York

 

Abu Anas al-Libi dies a few days before his trial for allegedly masterminding the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

03 Jan 2015

Ebola in Britain: Scottish nurse now critical as condition worsens

 

Pauline Cafferkey is now in a critical condition, the hospital treating her says

03 Jan 2015

Amal Clooney threatened with arrest by Egypt over criticism of justice system

 

British-Lebanese lawyer Mrs Clooney says she was warned she could be arrested for pointing out flaws in justice system that would later lead to jailing of three Al Jazeera journalists

02 Jan 2015

Former British soldier becomes first man to walk the Nile

Levison Wood’s nine-month odyssey saw him walk more than 4,000 miles through Africa from the source of the Nile in Rwanda to the shores of the Mediterranean.

02 Jan 2015

Sandhurst-trained officer 'led Gambian coup'

Mastermind of attempt to unseat strongman Yahya Jammeh spent time at Royal Military Academy

02 Jan 2015

Glimmer of hope for Peter Greste as lawyers seek deportation

Jailed al-Jazeera journalist's family say deportation is now within gift of Egypt's military leader

02 Jan 2015

Analysis: the Al Jazeera three are pawns in a political game

The case of Peter Greste and his colleagues is about politics as much as press freedom

02 Jan 2015

'Dozens arrested' after failed Gambia coup

Leader Yahya Jammeh says it was an attack by dissidents based in the UK, US, Germany

02 Jan 2015

Lavish wedding for "bad boy" of South African politics

Julius Malema raises eyebrows with expensive wedding despite populist platform

01 Jan 2015

Relatives react as Egypt orders journalists' retrial

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Jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Mohammed Fahmy's family react to the news that he and two colleagues will face a retrial in court in Egypt

01 Jan 2015

Double suicide bombings claim 7 lives in Nigeria

A female suicide attacker is killed by the army and another bomb destroys a bus

01 Jan 2015

Retrial ordered for Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt

Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed sent back to jail to await new hearing despite original prison terms being thrown out

01 Jan 2015

Woman suicide bomber killed during attack on barracks in Nigeria

Attacker - who was wering a hijab - was shot by soldiers after she refused to stop

31 Dec 2014

Hopes rise for Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt

Appeal opens for Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed as ties warm between Egypt and Al-Jazeera owners Qatar

31 Dec 2014

How has the Ebola outbreak spread?

The world's largest ever Ebola outbreak began a year ago in Guinea, and has since spread to the US and Europe

31 Dec 2014

Watch: cheetah chews GoPro camera

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A curious cheetah uses a GoPro camera as a chew toy as he sits on top of a photographer's jeep in the Serengeti

31 Dec 2014

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Gambian president returns home after 'coup'

Yahya Jammeh, the president of Gambia, has returned home to Banjul after reports of an attempted coup

31 Dec 2014

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Attempted coup reported in Gambia

Reports from West Africa suggest that gunmen attempted a coup in Gambia on Monday night - but President Yahya Jammeh was abroad

30 Dec 2014

Jennifer Lawrence and Hunger Games actors make Ebola appeal

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The cast of The Hunger games star in a video appeal for The Ebola Survival Fund

30 Dec 2014

Ebola virus explained in 60 seconds

The Ebola outbreak has spread through West Africa, America and Europe, claiming thousands of lives – watch this 60 second explainer to get the key facts on the virus and its symptoms

30 Dec 2014

US air strike targets senior Somali militant

US military launched an air strike in Somalia targeting a senior leader of al Qaeda-aligned al Shabaab militant group

30 Dec 2014

Al Jazeera journalists 'unlikely to be freed soon'

Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist who has spent the past year in prison, may not be released for a while, Australia's foreign minister has warned

29 Dec 2014

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Solved, the mystery of the anonymous sketch book

John and Alicia Makin believe they have solved the mystery of the collection of unsigned sketches they found in a King's Road antique shop more than 40-years-ago

28 Dec 2014

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