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Drugmakers to Join Forces to Make Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses

(Africa,Reuters) - Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to...

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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Inside The Lives Of Senegal’s Female Mechanics

Photographer Anthony Kurtz traveled to Senegal in 2011 as a volunteer for the organization Walking Tree and later spent...

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...

Health

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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Third American Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola In Liberia

Another American doctor who works as a Missionary in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. He is...

Technology

Tech in Africa Recap: All the Tech News and Stories That You Missed from August

August was an exciting month for a number of African companies, with a batch of funding rounds, acquisitions and new...

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First Case Of Ebola Confirmed In Senegal

Senegal's health minister has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected...

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Ghana’s to Open It’s doors for the dispatch of supplies and personnel to the Ebola-Hit Nations – President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has lamented the ostracism and neglect countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus have...

Health

Africa Development Bank Supports Ebola Countries With $60M

The Deputy Health Minister Dr Victor Bampoe says the Africa Development Bank has earmarked $60m for countries affected...

Feature

Re-Awakening Of The Ghanaian Republicans

A group of people in a suburb of Kaulak, Senegal, had a culture of living with their teeth stained red. Everyone in the...

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Ghana Urged to Sign Treaty on Small Arms Trade

Mr Barfuor Amoa, President of the West Africa Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has appealed to government to ratify the...

Business

Ghana’s Cashew Industry Generated $170 Million in 2013

The cashew industry generated 170 million dollars in the form of foreign exchange earnings for the economy in 2013. Mr...