WHO calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of […]
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DRC: As children in Ebola-affected areas head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support
As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones […]
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk, the […]
Senegal-Guinea: Alpha Condé recalls Guinea’s ambassador to Dakar
A low-intensity diplomatic war is simmering in West Africa, with the governments of Guinea and Senegal becoming increasingly petty in demonstrating their mutual dislike. On […]
WHO gets Congo’s go-ahead to launch Ebola vaccination experiment
The World Health Organization has been authorised by officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to use an experimental Ebola vaccine in the country as […]
Ebola outbreak confirmed in DRC
Ebola outbreak has killed at least 17 people in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the war-stricken nations’ ministry of health said in a statement. […]
Ex-junta leader sworn in as new Sierra Leone President
Julius Maada Bio, opposition candidate and former military junta leader, who briefly ruled Sierra Leone in 1996, was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president […]
Liberia’s George Weah vows to fight corruption, pay ‘a living wage’
Football legend George Weah was officially sworn-in on Monday as president of Liberia, in the country’s first democratic transition of power since 1944. Weah, 51, […]
Liberians expect provisional election results as vote counting goes on
Vote counting is underway in Liberia as over two million voters await the results of the general elections held on Tuesday. Vice-President Joseph Boakai and […]
Sierra Leone: mass burial begins, 600 still missing
A seven-day national mourning commenced in Sierra Leone on Wednesday as the West African nation starts burying hundreds of victims of the mudslide that swept […]