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Ebola outbreak: Liberia runaway patients found
Liberia's information ministry has announced that 17 suspected Ebola patients who went missing after a Monrovia quarantine centre was attacked have been found. The government...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia admits West Point patients lost
Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a quarantine unit in capital Monrovia was looted. The government previously denied the patients...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia quarantine centre attacked by protesters
A Liberian quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say. The incident happened in the...
Ebola outbreak: Kenya closes borders to travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
Kenya is closing its borders to travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. The health secretary said Kenyans...
Ebola outbreak: Second Sierra Leone doctor dies from hemorrhagic fever
A second senior doctor in Sierra Leone, Modupeh Cole, was confirmed dead from Ebola on Wednesday as West Africa anxiously awaited the arrival of...
Ebola vaccine: Canada to donate up to 1,000 doses to WHO
Canada will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa. The announcement comes after...
Rhinos to be evacuated from South Africa’s Kruger National Park
South Africa's Kruger National Park will evacuate hundreds of rhinos to save them from poachers. The move, which is part of a plan to curb...
ZMapp: Liberia to receive untested drug to treat Ebola patients
Liberia will receive ZMapp, an untested experimental Ebola drug, to treat infected patients, the government announces. The move came after a request to the US...
Ebola outbreak: Guinea closes borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia
Guinea has decided to close its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of Ebola, which has killed 959 people in...
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria declares state of emergency
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak of Ebola "a national emergency" and approved more than $11 million to help contain it. The move...
Oscar Pistorius defense: Prosecutors twisted facts to discredit athlete
Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer has said in closing remarks that prosecutors have twisted the facts to discredit the South African athlete in his murder trial. Barry...
Oscar Pistorius trial: Closing arguments begin in Pretoria court
At the start of closing arguments in his murder trial, Oscar Pistorius has been accused of being a "deceitful witness" who dropped the "baton...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia declares state of emergency
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency over the Ebola outbreak. Speaking on national television Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said some civil...
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela demands Nelson Mandela’s Qunu home
Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has demanded his village home for her children, potentially triggering the first legal dispute since former South African president’s...
Ebola outbreak: World Bank to allocate $200 million in emergency assistance
The World Bank is to allocate $200 million in emergency assistance for West African countries battling to contain the Ebola outbreak. The money will be...
Carl Pistorius car crash: Oscar Pistorius’ brother hurt in car accident
Oscar Pistorius’ brother, Carl Pistorius, has been "badly hurt" in a car accident, his family said. Local media report that Carl Pistorius is in ICU...
WHO: Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to control it
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan has said the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it. The WHO director...
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declares state of public emergency
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a public health emergency to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma...
Ebola outbreak: Liberia shuts all schools
Liberia is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Some communities would be placed under quarantine...
Somalia: Muslim woman killed for refusing to wear Islamic veil
A Muslim woman has been killed by militant Islamists in Somalia for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say. Ruqiya Farah Yarow was killed...
Ebola outbreak: ASKY stops flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
West African airline ASKY has stopped flying to Liberia and Sierra Leone amid growing concern about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. ASKY Airlines...
Air Algerie crash: AH5017 pilots asked to turn back
France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has revealed that the pilots of Air Algerie plane that crashed in Mali on July 24 had asked to...
Ebola outbreak: US doctor Kent Brantly tests positive for deadly virus
US doctor Kent Brantly, who has been working with Ebola patients in Liberia, has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said...
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone escapee Saudatu Koroma dies
Saudatu Koroma, a Sierra Leone woman who fled hospital after testing positive for the Ebola virus, has died after turning herself in. Her family had...
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria on red alert over Lagos death
Nigeria has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who was carrying the Ebola...
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