Libya flies 142 migrants back to Guinea with U.N. agency's help
Libya put 142 illegal migrants on a flight back to Guinea on Wednesday with the help of the U.N. migration agency, officials said, as the North African country steps up deportations to ease severe overcrowding in its detention centers. The number of people stuck in ...
2,500 deaths, 6,200 orphaned, Guinea now deemed Ebola-free; Liberia counting the days
Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic. The announcement made at a ...
Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic. People in the capital, Conakry, greeted the ...
Guinean authorities have indicted former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara over a massacre at a stadium in the capital in 2009 in which soldiers are accused of killing at least 157 people, a spokesman for his party said on Thursday. Camara's indictment could throw into ...
Fukuoka man who fell ill after visiting Guinea tests negative for Ebola
A man from Fukuoka Prefecture who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus while in West Africa has been cleared, the health ministry said Monday. The man, who is in his 40s, was admitted to a local hospital after he developed a fever above 38 ...
New Ebola infections continue to drop but Guinea still a concern
The three nations hardest hit by West Africa's Ebola epidemic recorded the lowest weekly total of new cases so far this year in the week leading up to March 22, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The figures are a further indication that the ...
Guinea has suffered a setback in its fight against Ebola with a rash of new cases, including three doctors infected by the virus, with officials blaming weak surveillance and a failure to follow safety procedures. The outbreak, which began in eastern Guinea more than a ...
Thousands of Liberian children in pristine uniforms flocked back to school on Monday as classrooms opened their doors for the first time after a six-month hiatus designed to stem the spread of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Dozens of schools reopened, in a sign ...
France says results of trials in Guinea of anti-Ebola drug encouraging
France said on Wednesday the first trials of a drug to treat Ebola in Guinea had been encouraging and appeared to accelerate the recovery process of patients, President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement. Trials of an experimental Japanese drug — Avigan, or favipiravir ...
Ebola rages in Sierra Leone as U.N. misses goals for curbing cases
The United Nations has probably missed targets it set for curbing West Africa's Ebola epidemic, as new infections surge in Sierra Leone. Only 23 percent of cases are being isolated in Liberia, and 40 percent in Sierra Leone, short of a goal set in October ...
West African envoys call for Japan's further support to combat Ebola
West Africa's ambassadors are calling on the Japanese government to help their countries combat the deadly Ebola virus by building medical facilities and training personnel. At the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Liberian Ambassador Youngor Telewoda said Japan's cooperation in this area is vital ...
