Sudan Just Banned Reporting on Ebola
The Sudanese authorities have prohibited local media from covering any news related to the Ebola virus.
Press sources have been asked not to be mentioned for security reasons confirmed to APA on...
Tag: West Africa
Ivorian Photographer Joana Choumali Photo Series on Scarification (Tribal Marks) in West Africa – Hââbré
In a photo series called 'Hââbré, the last generation', Ivorian Photographer Joana Choumali documents the last generation of African citizens living in a big city like Abidjan with disappearing...
US Universities Screening African Students for Ebola
College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate their campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak...
Ghana to Establish Helicopter Service Center
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government is in talks with a Russian firm to establish a helicopter service center in the country to serve helicopters of the United Nations “and...
Swiss government and the European Union (EU) to Fund Restoration of Agbogbloshie Dump Site
The government of Ghana has received funding from the Swiss government and the European Union (EU) to manage electronic waste in Ghana.
These funds are to help the development and implementation of a...
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 by the outbreak.
Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters on Friday that a young man...
The World Health Organization Estimates Over 20,000 People Could Get Ebola Before It is Brought Under Control
The World Health Organization says the current deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people before...
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 by the Ebola virus.
A further $150 million is available by way of loans and...
AIr France Cancels All Flights to Sierra Leone
Air France has canceled all flights to Sierra Leone.
The cancellation of the flight is a result of fears and numerous concerns raised over the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
This decision by...
The Current State of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak.
Ebola still has the "upper hand" in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, these are the words of Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the...
First Cases of Ebola In Congo, Two Deaths Confirmed
Congo’s health minister Felix Kabange Numbi said today that two deaths have been confirmed to be caused by Ebola, the first cases reported outside of West Africa since the outbreak began, according...
Sierra Leone Passes New Ebola Law Making It Illegal To Hide An Ebola Patient
Sierra Leone voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient, a practice the World Health Organization believes has contributed...
Ghana’s President Mahama To Tackle Drug Trafficking in West Africa
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to use his position as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) to tackle the menace of drug trafficking in the sub-region.
He...
Liberia Riot Police and Soldiers Use Scrap Wood and Barbed Wire to Seal off 50,000 People To Contain Ebola
Riot police and soldiers acting on their president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people inside their Liberian slum Wednesday, trying to contain the Ebola outbreak that...
Ghana To Close Airspace To “Ebola countries”
Ghana could be forced to ban flights from Ebola affected countries once the spillover rate becomes threatening in West Africa.
Kenya has already banned flights from Sierra Leone and Liberia as a...
Ebola Outbreak In West Africa: Only 4 of Ghana’s 42 Entry Points Secured
It has emerged that as the Ebola epidemic spreads quickly across the sub-region, only four of Ghana’s 42 legitimate entry points are equipped to handle the deadly disease.
Worst still, there are...
NITA Begin Investigations into Tape Alleging Conspiracy To Cover-Up Ebola Outbreak in Ghana
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) is set to begin investigations into a tape making rounds on social media alleging the conspiracy by political leaders to cover up the outbreak of the...
WA Prison Officers Forced to Pay Medical Bills for Inmates
Prison officers are forced to dip into their own pocket and buy drugs for inmates of the Wa prison, Upper West Regional Commander of the Ghana prisons, Victor Douchebe has revealed.
He made the...
Ghana Armed Forces to Help in Building Ebola Isolation Centres
Field Engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been deployed to speed up work on the three designated centers to be set up in the treatment of Ebola in the country in case of an outbreak.
The centers...
Ghana Refuses Sierra Leone’s Request to Play 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier in Accra
The government of Ghana has refused a request by Sierra Leone’s national team to play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against DR Congo in Accra next month.
CAF instructed countries being...