Tag: Africa

During a training session participants listen as they stand over a mannequin on a stretcher during a training course to instruct non-governmental organisation (NGO) workers and doctors on how to deal with the Ebola virus in Brussels on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. The course, provided by Doctors Without Borders, trains volunteer and medical personnel on precautions to take when entering a zone that contains the Ebola virus.(AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

US official warns Ebola outbreak will get worse

CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAYJONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH · August 27, 2014 7:20 pm

A man, left, walk past a Ebola awareness campaign poster, in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Sevi Herve Gbekide )

West Africans get creative with Ebola awareness

MarcAndre Boisvert · August 27, 2014 9:12 am

Ebola has ‘upper hand’ says US health official

Jonathan PayeLayleh · August 27, 2014 4:00 am

In this photo taken Friday, June 6, 2014 opposition leader of the Umbrela for Democratic Change (UDC) party, Gomolemo Motswaledi pauses, during the UDC election manifesto launch in Gaborone. His death on July 30, 2014, in a road accident, of Motswaleda, has highlighted brewing tension in Botswana, with the opposition alleging that Motswaledi may have been assassinated by pro-government agents. (AP Photo/Monirul Bhuiyan)

Death of opposition leader roils Botswana

Christopher Torchia · August 26, 2014 4:12 pm

Amid poverty, US surgeons saving lives in Uganda

Rodney Muhumuza · August 26, 2014 2:55 pm

Experts: Torture common in East Africa, Congo

National Security

Experts: Torture common in East Africa, Congo

Tom Odula · August 26, 2014 1:20 pm

A man, left, walk past a Ebola awareness campaign poster, in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Sevi Herve Gbekide )

Ebola: Ivory Coast-Sierra Leone game now in doubt

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 11:42 am

Liberian security forces with riot gear stop people from leaving the West Point area, that has been hardest hit by the Ebola virus spreading in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. A Liberian doctor who was among three Africans to receive an experimental Ebola drug has died, the country's information minister said Monday.(AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberia: Doctor given experimental Ebola drug dies

JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEHROB GILLIES · August 25, 2014 10:02 pm

Nigeria: Boko Haram claims it is Islamic Caliphate

Nigeria: Boko Haram claims it is Islamic Caliphate

Haruna Umar · August 25, 2014 6:07 pm

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, left, looks on as his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping applauds during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Mugabe met with Xi on a visit to China hoping the long-time ally and economic giant can help the African nation's ailing economy. (AP Photo/Diego Azubel, Pool)

Zimbabwe seeks China’s aid as Robert Mugabe meets Xi Jinping

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 2:45 pm

Minister: 2 people have died of Ebola in Congo

Minister: 2 people have died of Ebola in Congo

Saleh Mwanamilongo · August 24, 2014 7:17 pm

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, a worker uses an electric screwdriver to dismantle a printer for recycling, at the East African Compliant Recycling facility in Machakos, near Nairobi, in Kenya. The amount of electronic waste generated globally last year is enough to fill 100 Empire State Buildings and represents more than 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) for every living person, according to the U.N. Environmental Program, with much of that e-waste exported to developing countries like India and Kenya in the form of used goods. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Dead floppy drive: Kenya recycles global e-waste

Corinne Chin · August 22, 2014 3:57 pm