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Dozens of abducted Nigerian school children freed after gun battle: Police
Local vigilantes rescued dozens of schoolchildren abducted by bandits in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina after a gun battle, police said Sunday ... World News -
US urges Sahel countries to step up fight against militants
The United States criticized countries of West Africa’s Sahel region at the United Nations on Monday, saying their leaders were not doing enough ... World News -
West African leaders agree billion-dollar anti-extremist plan
West African leaders announced during a summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday, a billion-dollar plan to fight the ... World News -
Senegal seizes 798 kg of cocaine hidden in cars on a ship
Senegal has seized 798 kg of cocaine hidden inside new cars on a ship travelling from Brazil, the customs authority said on Sunday, the latest in a ... World News -
Two Canadian women abducted in Ghana, say authorities
Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, security sources said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West ... World News -
Five Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush
Five Nigerian soldiers have been killed and a number are missing after an ambush by Boko Haram’s ISIS -backed faction, security sources said on ... World News -
Surge in piracy off West Africa in 2018: maritime watchdog
Pirate attacks rose worldwide in 2018 due to a surge off West Africa, a maritime watchdog said on Wednesday, calling for increased international ... World News -
Gabon: Struggle to end entrenched practice of child trafficking
In a transit center on the outskirts of the Gabonese capital Libreville, many children are hiding a traumatic past. The youngsters here are victims of ... Features -
Three killed in attack on West African counterterror force’s HQ
A car packed with explosives detonated at the headquarters of a new, five-nation West African counterterror force in Mali, setting off a gun battle ... World News -
WHO declares end to Ebola epidemic after 11,300 deaths
Liberia, which along with Sierra Leone and Guinea was an epicenter of the latest outbreak, was first declared free of the disease last May News -
Syria to South Sudan: Aid groups list top humanitarian fears for 2016
The United Nations projects that at least 87 million people in dozens of countries will require humanitarian aid next year Features -
Gambia now an ‘Islamic state,’ says president
‘Gambia’s destiny is in the hands of the Almighty Allah. As from today, Gambia is an Islamic state,’ he said News -
Burkina coup leaders sign deal with army to stand down
Deal was signed a day after troops entered Burkina's capital Ouagadougou North Africa -
Emails: WHO ‘resisted’ declaring Ebola emergency
In a delay that may have cost lives, documents obtained by AP claim the WHO resisted calling the Ebola outbreak an emergency until August 2014 World News -
Scientists warn against complacency on Ebola vaccines
A team of leading international scientists on Tuesday called for new Ebola vaccines to be made available in months Ebola Outbreak -
West African leaders mull new Boko Haram fight
Boko Haram is seen as the most serious security threat to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and its biggest energy producer Africa -
U.S. doctor gives first interview since surviving Ebola
Ian Crozier said he cannot remember the first three weeks he spent in an isolation ward at Emory Hospital World News -
Mali reports two new Ebola deaths in capital
Health officials began monitoring dozens of hospital employees and family members Africa -
Facebook launches Ebola charity donation button
The social media company is also deploying 100 satellite communication terminals to boost services to affected areas in West Africa. Digital -
Top U.N. Ebola official says new cases poorly tracked
Banbury says he hopes for a new approach in Liberia to improve the capacity of communities to safely bury victims World News -
New York confirms first Ebola case
The ER doctor had recently returned from Guinea where he was treating Ebola patients World News -
After alarm, Lebanese man tests negative for Ebola
The man arrived from a West African country three days ago, said the Lebanese health minister, without elaborating News -
‘I am not a virus,’ Liberians hit back at Ebola stigma
TV presenter Shoana Clarke Solomon said her daughter was told in her school in New York: ‘You’re from Liberia, so you have a disease’ Variety -
Lebanon faces higher Ebola risk: minister
The official stressed that Lebanon should be ‘exceptionally cautious’ because there are many expats living in infected countries Middle East -
WHO faulted for Ebola failures in West Africa
Scrutiny of the international response came as U.S. officials rushed to cut off potential routes of infection from three cases in Texas World News -
Ebola on your wish list? Firm sells out entire Ebola plush toy stock
It may be the only time you will find these words in the same sentence: ‘Ebola’ and ‘Add to Wishlist’ Variety -
Ebola death toll soars to 4,555 out of 9,216: WHO
A toll dated just two days earlier had put the death toll at 4,493 out of 8,997 cases World News -
U.S. hospital worker contracts Ebola, protocol breach blamed
The U.S. government has ordered five airports to start screening passengers from West Africa for fever World News -
Experts warn of ‘Ebola suicide bombers’
ISIS members or other terrorists could turn themselves into Ebola 'suicide bombers,' experts warn World News -
NBC cameraman fighting for his life against Ebola virus
The plane carrying 33-year-old Ashoka Mukpo left the Liberian capital Monrovia and made a brief refuelling stop in Bangor Television & Radio