FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Frustrated residents complained of food shortages in some neighborhoods of Sierra Leone’s capital on Sunday as the country reached the third and final day of […]
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Sierra Leone to Shut Down for 3 Days to Slow Ebola
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In a desperate bid to slow West Africa’s accelerating Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone ordered its 6 million people confined to their homes for three days […]
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Liberia President Hopes US Ebola Aid Pushes World to Do More
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president called Wednesday on the world to do more to end a spiraling Ebola outbreak, saying “Liberia cannot defeat Ebola alone.” A man reads a […]
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Nigerian Forces Clash with Boko Haram Fighters
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military officials say they killed about 70 Boko Haram fighters when the Islamic extremists attacked the northeastern town of Bama Monday morning. The militants arrived […]
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Ebola Fears Infiltrate African Sports
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It started when the small Indian Ocean island of Seychelles refused entry to Sierra Leone’s soccer squad, fearing that the deadly Ebola virus would […]
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Nigeria Declares National Emergency over Ebola
Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa grows, […]
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Obama Seeks ‘Long Term’ Partnership with Africa
President Obama speaks at the US Africa Business Forum during the US Africa Leaders Summit. WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the federal government and private U.S. […]
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World Health Organization: Death Toll from Ebola in W. Africa Hits 887
File photo of a 43 year old Congolese patient, center, who has Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is comforted by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) nurse Isabel Grovas, left, and Doctor […]
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World Health Organization: Ebola Moving Faster Than Control Efforts
China’s Margaret Chan, center, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, is greeted by officials as she arrives at the airport for talks on Ebola in the city of Conakry, […]
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Ugandan Court Invalidates Anti-Gay Law
A photo of Uganda’s president hangs on the wall, left, as Judge, Stephen Kavuma reads the verdict at Uganda’s Constitutional court, Friday, Aug.1, 2014. A Ugandan court has invalidated an […]
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Liberia President Orders New Anti-Ebola Measures
In this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, Medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone. […]