West Africa

#Ebola: Obama, Red Cross see progress in battle

US President Barack Obama and the Red Cross have offered hope that the battle against…

Japanese company, Clever, donates smart masks for Ebola war

A little-known Japanese company has donated 10,000 high-tech face masks to several Ebola-hit African nations…

AU sending over 1,000 medics to Ebola-hit west Africa

African nations will send more than 1,000 health workers to Ebola-ravaged Liberia, Sierra Leone and…

#Ebolavirus developed by US Bio-warfare lab, says US don

Could Ebola Have Escaped From US Bio-warfare Labs?

Ebola vaccines coming in January 2015, WHO says

Tens of thousands of people in West Africa are expected to begin getting experimental Ebola…

#Ebola: 600 East African medics coming to West Africa

East African nations are sending over 600 health workers including 41 doctors to west Africa…

#Ebola: 7 die out of 10 infected, says WHO

The World Health Organisation says seven out of 10 infected persons died of Ebola virus.

The damage Ebolavirus will cost West Africa

The deadly Ebola epidemic could deal a $32 billion-plus blow to the West African economy…

ExxonMobil limits employee travel to Ebola hit nations

US oil giant ExxonMobil said Thursday it has limited employee travel to countries hit by…

Children of Ebola victims shunned, reports UNICEF

Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are…