New Ebola Case Reported in Northern Sierra Leone

Just hours after the World Health Organisation declared the Ebola epidemic in West Africa over, officials in Sierra Leone have said they are investigating a possible case of the disease. Health officials told the BBC that a patient who died in the northern district Tonkolili had tested positive for Ebola.

The head of world athletics, Sebastian Coe, says the sport's governing body faces a long road before it will be trusted again. He described the problems besetting the IAAF as a horror show.

On 15 January 1966 a small group of Nigerian army officers launched a bloody coup against the civilian government. It marked the start of the military's involvement in Nigerian politics which would last for decades and set Nigeria on a path to civil war. On the anniversary of the event we look at its significance for the country's history.