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Miners step up safeguards in Africa amid Ebola crisis
Measures include turning away anyone who has come from countries where Ebola is present.
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MSF calls for greater global response to fight Ebola
MSF says biological disaster response teams are needed to support West Africa’s buckling healthcare systems.
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Ebola threatens food security
Restrictions on people’s movements to contain the spread of the disease have led to food shortages.
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Ebola: Liberian nurses go on strike
Nurses in Liberia’s largest hospital want better pay and equipment to protect themselves against Ebola.
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Philippines recalls peacekeepers from Liberia over Ebola threat
The Philippines has about 800 to 1,000 soldiers and police officers serving under the United Nations flag.
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Travel ban because of media hysteria Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
“If the trip is non-essential we don’t want people to come. "
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'Ebola is no laughing matter'
Govt says social media is abuzz with false info and jokes about the virus which has killed thousands.
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New 'high fever' scanners for SA airports
Acsa says various airports have implemented various strategies to protect SA from Ebola.
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Struggling Liberia creates ‘plague villages’ in Ebola epicentre
‘Plague villages’ of medieval Europe were shut off from the outside world during the Black Death.
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AU responds to Ebola outbreak
Concerns over health institutions, education and traditional burial rites were raised.
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Guinea shuts borders with Sierra Leone
Guinea closed its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in an attempt to halt Ebola.
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'Hero doctor' treated 100 Ebola patients
Doctor Sheik Omar Khan was the country’s only Ebola specialist who ended up dying from the disease.
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Fear of Ebola hampers official response
The Ebola virus has killed 227 people so far in Liberia and at least 826 people in the region.
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Ebola deaths surge in Sierra Leone, Liberia
The WHO says there were a combined 44 new cases and 21 deaths between 6 and 8 July.
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Liberia: 13 get life for killing peacekeepers
The 13 were indicted for their alleged involvement in a series of attacks in neighboring Ivory Coast.
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African journalists dodge daily threats
The comments were made at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress in Cape Town.
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Two cases of Ebola confirmed in Liberia
Eleven deaths in towns in northern Sierra Leone and Liberia are suspected to be linked to Ebola.
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The Africa Report: 12 November
EWN’s Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news
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The Africa Report: 8 November
EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news.
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The Africa Report: 27 August
EWN’s Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news
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The Africa Report: 11 April
EWN's Africa Correspondent, Jean-Jacques Cornish, reports on the day's top African news
