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  • FILE: Soldiers of United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire wear a face mask to protect themselves from the Ebola virus as they patrol in Kandopleu, on 14 August 2014 near Biankouma near the border with Guinea and Liberia. Picture: AFP.

    Miners step up safeguards in Africa amid Ebola crisis

    Measures include turning away anyone who has come from countries where Ebola is present.

    2814 days ago
  • FILE: A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma's hospital during a simulation, on 14 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2816 days ago
  • FILE: An MSF medical worker feeds an Ebola child victim at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on 15 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola threatens food security

    Restrictions on people’s movements to contain the spread of the disease have led to food shortages.

    2817 days ago
  • FILE: Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the French NGO MSF's Elwa hospital in Monrovia on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola: Liberian nurses go on strike

    Nurses in Liberia’s largest hospital want better pay and equipment to protect themselves against Ebola.

    2818 days ago
  • An MSF medical worker feeds an Ebola child victim at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on 15 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2827 days ago
  • FILE: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: GCIS

    Travel ban because of media hysteria Dr Aaron Motsoaledi

    “If the trip is non-essential we don’t want people to come. "

    2828 days ago
  • FILE: South African government has urged the public to stop joking and spreading lies about Ebola on social media. Picture: AFP.

    'Ebola is no laughing matter'

    Govt says social media is abuzz with false info and jokes about the virus which has killed thousands.

    2831 days ago
  • FILE: Acsa says various airports have implemented various strategies to protect SA from Ebola. Picture: Supplied.

    New 'high fever' scanners for SA airports

    Acsa says various airports have implemented various strategies to protect SA from Ebola.

    2832 days ago
  • A man stands next to a tent set up to treat Ebola patients on 12 August, 2014 in Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Struggling Liberia creates ‘plague villages’ in Ebola epicentre

    ‘Plague villages’ of medieval Europe were shut off from the outside world during the Black Death.

    2833 days ago
  • African Union.

    AU responds to Ebola outbreak

    Concerns over health institutions, education and traditional burial rites were raised.

    2836 days ago
  • Members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) wear protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry on 23 July, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Guinea shuts borders with Sierra Leone

    Guinea closed its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in an attempt to halt Ebola.

    2841 days ago
  • FILE:A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on 6 August 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP.

    'Hero doctor' treated 100 Ebola patients

    Doctor Sheik Omar Khan was the country’s only Ebola specialist who ended up dying from the disease.

    2842 days ago
  • FILE:A picture taken on 24 July 2014 shows staff of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse putting on protective gear in the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. Picture: AFP

    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.

    2846 days ago
  • FILE: Ebola continues to spread in Sierra Leone, Liberia and, to a lesser extent, in Guinea. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2870 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian flag. Picture: AFP

    Liberia: 13 get life for killing peacekeepers

    The 13 were indicted for their alleged involvement in a series of attacks in neighboring Ivory Coast.

    2893 days ago
  • FILE: Several investigative journalists in Africa have described how exposing corruption is a life threatening exercise. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    African journalists dodge daily threats

    The comments were made at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress in Cape Town.

    2958 days ago
  • FILE: A man disinfects protection material stored at a warehouse of the Swiss branch of Doctors Without Borders in Conakry before being used on areas plagued with the Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Picture: AFP.

    Two cases of Ebola confirmed in Liberia

    Eleven deaths in towns in northern Sierra Leone and Liberia are suspected to be linked to Ebola.

    2972 days ago
  • More than 100 people have died in Tropical Cyclone 03A which hit the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia over the weekend.

    The Africa Report: 12 November

    EWN’s Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news

    3111 days ago
  • Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves a hotel in London on 7 May 2013. Picture: AFP.

    The Africa Report: 8 November

    EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news.

    3115 days ago
  • Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Picture: AFP

    The Africa Report: 27 August

    EWN’s Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news

    3188 days ago
  • Madonna. Picture: AFP

    The Africa Report: 11 April

    EWN's Africa Correspondent, Jean-Jacques Cornish, reports on the day's top African news

    3326 days ago
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