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Media Foundation for West Africa Board calls for intensified Ebola response

(Accra,GNA) – The Board of Directors of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has expressed concern about the...

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The Fight Against Ebola – VICE News

The international news organization VICE News visited Liberia to provide a front line perspective of the uphill battle...

Africa & World

Travel Restrictions Imposed: U.S. to Funnel Travelers from Ebola-hit Region Through Five Airports

(Reuters, Africa) - Travelers to the United States from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into...

Africa & World

President Mahama on Ebola and Investment in Africa

(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the...

Africa & World

Nigeria Declared Free From Ebola After 42 Days of No New Cases

The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday after a 42 day period with no new cases, in a...

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President Mahama urges Ghanaian soldiers to join in efforts to fight Ebola

President John Mahama has urged Ghanaian soldiers to complement efforts of their counterparts in the West African...

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[UPDATE] – Arrested and Humiliated Ebola Ghanaian Student Tested Negative for Ebola

A Ghanaian student in Czech Republic arrested, forced into a suffocating black polythene bag, wheeled away in a trolley...

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Synthetic Molecule Based Anti-Ebola Drug Developed By University of Utah

There's more hope that an Ebola-fighting drug is on its way. Biochemists at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in...

World News

UK Starts Screening For Ebola At Airports for People Traveling From Ebola Hit Countries.

People arriving in the UK from areas hit by Ebola face "enhanced screening" for the virus at Heathrow, Gatwick and...

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How The “Inherited Sate” Destroys Africa

Over the past five decades, Africa has had – and continues to deal with a number of issues affecting its development...

World News

More Ebola Outbreaks outside Africa – Nurse Infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested...

Africa & World

The World Bank Increases Ebola Crisis Management Fund to $400 million

The World Bank has agreed a dramatic increase in financing to address the Ebola crisis upping the initial $230 million...

Africa & World

President John Mahama Visits West Africa Hardest Hit Ebola Countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Mr. Mahama, Chairman of ECOWAS, left Accra on Monday for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, to discuss with the...

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President Mahama Attends Memorial Service of Ebola Victim Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh

A requiem mass was held at the Christ the King Church on Friday, September 12, 2014 for Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the...

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Doctors Abandon Achimota Hospital over suspected Ebola Patient

Health workers at the Achimota Hospital in Accra have reportedly abandoned the facility over a suspected Ebola case...

Health

Gates Foundation Pledges $50m to fight Ebola

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $50m on Wednesday to support emergency efforts to contain West Africa's...

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Here’s How The Number of People Who Have Been Killed By The Ebola Virus – 2000

More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday,...

Africa & World

Sierra Leone Fights Ebola With Nationwide Lockdown, Experts Warn It Won’t Work

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide "lockdown" will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease...

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Kofi Annan on Ebola – Travel Ban on Ebola Countries May Hinder Eradication

The Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Busumuru Kofi Annan has warned that if measures are not put in place now to...