Africa health boss calls for action against possible worst Ebola outbreak ever

Africa CDC director general says time to act is now to stop the virus that is "escalating at an alarming pace".

South Africa's anti-migrant unrest led over 160,000 foreigners to flee

More than 160,000 foreign nationals left South Africa over the past two months following widespread anti-immigrant unrest, according to an AFP tally based on figures from the repatriating governments.

India sentences 44 to life over Somalia piracy

An Indian court has sentenced 44 people to life imprisonment for crimes committed while hijacking vessels off Somalia's coast.