Melissa McCarthy to play Tinker Bell

Los Angeles - Melissa McCarthy will play Tinker Bell.  The Bridesmaids star will take on the role of the fairy heroine in a currently untitled comedy-adventure by Fox, reports Deadline.

Sex Tape writer Nicholas Stoller will pen the script based upon J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan from 1904, while 'Night at the Museum: The Secret Tomb' director Shawn Levy will helm the film.

This is what Lady Gaga wears when she walks her dog!

Los Angeles - Lady Gaga has never been one for dressing down, but the G.U.Y. singer took her strange fashion sense to a new level as she stepped out wearing a crash helmet in Manchester on Wednesday.

David Mark shuts down National Assembly till November 25th

Senate President, David Mark has ordered the shut down of the National Assembly till Tuesday next week, November 25th, due to he chaos in which the Speaker of the House of Reps, Aminu Tambuwal, and other lawmakers were allegedly teargassed and prevented from entering the Assembly complex. Mark announced this moments ago at the Senate plenary session.

Burkina Faso army maintains hold on power

Ouagadougou - The army officer who took power after the fall of Burkina Faso's president was Wednesday named prime minister, ensuring the military keeps a grip on government despite pressure for a civilian transition.

Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida was appointed premier by the country's interim president three weeks after long-time leader Blaise Compaore fled the country under pressure from mass protests.

WHO: Ebola transmission 'intense' in Sierra Leone

Freetown - The World Health Organisation says the transmission of Ebola remains "intense" and widespread in Sierra Leone, even as some improvements are being seen in the two other countries worst hit by the crisis.

Nearly 200 new cases were confirmed in Sierra Leone's capital in a recent one-week period.

The WHO report released late on Wednesday indicated that Sierra Leone had the lowest percentage of Ebola patients who had been isolated — only 13%.