About $1tn a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, the One campaign group says.

The US military says it has carried out air strikes in Somalia, targeting the leader of militant group al-Shabab, but it is unclear if he was killed.

The recapture of an escaped Ebola patient in Liberia has raised fears that West African countries are struggling to contain the outbreak.

The US military has carried out air strikes in Somalia, reportedly targeting a convoy carrying the leader of militant group al-Shabab. Here is the story in 15 seconds

Four UN peacekeepers are killed and 15 injured by a landmine in northern Mali, amid what the UN calls a period of "increased attacks".

A global military intervention is needed to curb the largest ever Ebola outbreak, according to the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.

Nigeria risk a ban by Fifa after Chris Giwa fails to step down as president of the football federation by Monday's deadline.

The deadly Ebola outbreak is putting food prices and harvests in West Africa "at serious risk", warns the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram seizes the key north-eastern town of Bama after fighting with government forces, residents tell the BBC.

Nigeria's campaign against Boko Haram goes from bad to worse

Nigeria will report Schalke to Fifa after the Germans refuse to release striker Chinedu Obasi for this month's Nations Cup ties.

Ivory Coast's government agrees to host the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in Abidjan, despite fears over Ebola.

YouTube dance video rescues Ugandan street kids