The UN's refugee agency has revealed "the most lethal route in the world" after a record number of deaths.

Take a colourful step back in time as you enter the ancient walls of Morocco's largest medina.

An Ebola death rate of 70 per cent did not stop two Kiwi nurses from answering the call for help.

Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first lady, clinched a surprising political ascent yesterday with the announcement that she has been appointed head of the ruling party's powerful women's wing, increasing....

Verdant Ethiopia surprises Jim Eagles.

Cameras have replaced guns on safari in MalaMala.

At least 20 New Zealand doctors or nurses have expressed interest in travelling to West Africa to treat Ebola victims, as the Government confirms it will pay for volunteers to travel to the region.

Visitors to South Africa are encouraged to walk in the footsteps of Mandela.

Boko Haram has allegedly abducted dozens more girls in northeast Nigeria, damaging hopes of a ceasefire agreement with the Government.

Latest updates on the Ebola outbreak: New Zealand is "not immune" to the arrival of the deadly Ebola disease, Prime Minister John Key says.

The leaders of three Ebola-stricken West African nations are meeting heads of the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to discuss the outbreak.

Unicef New Zealand has launched an emergency appeal for urgently needed financial support in the fight against the rapid spread of the Ebola virus.

Diamonds are so hard to find that explorers have pretty much given up trying.

Loud, hot, crazy, confronting and the hostel's full of bedbugs - Nicky Park loved every minute in Morocco.

If you're into Africa, a luxury flying safari is the way to see - and taste - the continent at its best, writes Sandy Kilgour.

Like every other volunteer who serves with Medecins Sans Frontieres, Stefan Liljegren joined to help the sick and destitute.

A one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

The leading scientists have launched an attack on "Big Pharma", accusing drugs giants of failing to manufacture a vaccine, because there was "no business case".

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide 'lockdown' will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease spreading further as cases are concealed, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) claimed today.

Disturbing video footage shows an Ebola victim who'd escaped from hospital walking through a Monrovia market, sending hundreds fleeing in fear.

The UN's new leader on Ebola says the fight against the epidemic is a "war" which could take another six months.

The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola was triggered by a toddler's chance contact with a single infected bat, a team of international researchers have concluded.

As Muammar Gaddafi's regime began to unravel in 2011, amid chaotic fighting between Libya's military and rebels, foreign nations rushed to withdraw their citizens.

The guys who hang off Madison Ave in East Harlem are not what most people would describe as news-and-current affairs junkies.

Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea - to deep waters off the US, South American and African coasts.

An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.

In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.

New Zealand health experts are making contingency plans to manage the ebola virus in case the deadly disease arrives from West Africa.