Malaysia Airlines has warned of further losses in the second half of the year because of the two tragedies to hit the airline in recent months. In a statement it said it had seen “a sharp decline” in weekly bookings. It comes as the airline reported a second quarter net loss of 307m Malaysian ringgit ($97.4m; £58.7m) ...

Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola death outside Lagos – a doctor in the oil hub of Port Harcourt. His wife has been put under quarantine, while a further 70 people in the city are under surveillance. Latest figures show more than 1,550 people have died of Ebola, with at least 3,000 confirmed cases – ...

Destinate Sprince Evangelistic Ministry, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has presented blood pressure equipment to the Kumasi South Hospital at Atonsu Agogo to facilitate blood pressure tests.

A US$9 million West Africa Transit and Trade facilitation Project (WATTFP) is set to take off at Anyinasuso in the Offinso South District of the Ashanti Region to facilitate trade and transit within landlocked nations.

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - High stakes for high return, if you can stick it out for the long term - investors are buying into a boom in sub-Saharan African real estate.

The forecast came as the World Health Organization said the overall toll had risen by more than 100, to 1,552 out of 3,069 cases in four West African countries.

ACCRA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - West African states should re-open their borders and end flight bans put in place to halt the spread of Ebola, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday.