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Ebola vaccine trial begins in Uganda as virus spreads

A trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine has started in Uganda as efforts continue to prevent spread of the virus. Health officials in Uganda said...

Opinion: Ebola in Congo – incompetence, mistrust and greed

This Thursday marks a sad anniversary. One year ago, on August 1, 2018, the Ebola epidemic broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With...

Ebola outbreak: Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo

Rwanda has reopened its border with DR Congo after shutting it as part of efforts to prevent any spread of Ebola into its territory. The...

DR Congo: Ebola patient ‘escapes from treatment centre’

An Ebola patient under treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly escaped from the treatment centre. Local officials say the patient tested positive...

Ebola crisis: Saudi Arabia bans pilgrims from DR Congo

The current Ebola outbreak has forced Saudi Arabia to suspend the granting of visas to pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That means pilgrims...

Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda

Officials of the World Health Organization have said that a fishmonger who died this week of Ebola may have carried the virus from Congo...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now a global health emergency

The World Health Organization (W.H.O) on Wednesday declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international...

DR Congo: Gunshots fired as protesters gather at mine site

Soldiers from the Congolese army on Monday fired gunshots in the air as illegal miners gathered at a mine site. The protesters were outside a...

ICC convicts DR Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have convicted a former rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo of war crimes and crimes...

DR Congo: At least 41 killed in Lualaba mine collapse

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed the death of at least 41 people in a mine collapse incident. The collapse of a...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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