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DR Congo: Health experts want Ebola emergency declaration

A group of international public health experts has urged the World Health Organization to declare an Ebola emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It...

DR Congo: Ebola patients flee treatment centre after attack

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than twenty patients being held in a treatment centre have fled. The patients were being...

South Sudan health workers to be vaccinated against Ebola

South Sudan health workers are to be vaccinated against the deadly Ebola virus as the outbreak continues to worsen in neighboring Democratic Republic of...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo getting out of control

The World Health Organization has signalled that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting out of control. The global body...

DR Congo: Seven U.N peacekeepers killed in clashes

Fighting in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to the death of seven United Nations peacekeepers. On Thursday the U.N said...

DR Congo: Death toll from Ebola outbreak exceeds 200

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say over 200 people have now died from the latest outbreak of Ebola. Officials also say the...

Ebola alert raised in South Sudan

There are fears there could be an outbreak of the deadly Ebola in South Sudan. It follows the influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic...

Uganda begins Ebola vaccination due to outbreak in DR Congo

Uganda is set to begin vaccinating citizens from Monday as it fights the potential spread of the disease from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. There...

Death toll from Ebola in DR Congo reaches 164

Democratic Republic of Congo health officials say death toll from the Ebola disease in eastern part of the country has now reached 164. Fighting the...

Ebola outbreak cost West African economies $53 billion

A new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases has pegged the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak on three West African countries at...

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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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