Dallas Weekly magazine publishes horribly ill-timed cover promoting a 'Taste of Africa' as first US Ebola case diagnosed in Texas

A Texas magazine has published a cover emblazoned with the words 'Taste Of Africa Comes To Dallas!' - just days before a Liberian man became America's first Ebola case in the state.

The unfortunate Dallas Weekly front cover, published online on September 25, featured a map of Africa over a Texas flag with the attention-grabbing headline.

The ill-timed cover was designed and published prior to the news last week that Liberian national Thomas Duncan, who arrived in Texas on September 20, had become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on American soil.

However the magazine's Twitter account continued to tweet pictures of the front cover as late as October 3. 

The publication is described as the 'No.1 serving the African-American community' in the North Texas area and has been in circulation for more than 55 years.