Nigeria Confirmed Ebola Cases Still 10, With Four Deaths
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor C. O. Onyebuchi, says the country has a total of 10 confirmed cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD),...
New Fighting Hits South Sudan
After a lull of several weeks, fighting broke out in South Sudan on Friday, forcing aid workers to take cover in a city where...
Somalia seizes 500 guns in new disarmament campaign
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia's government has launched a new disarmament campaign that has netted some 500 guns and sparked gun battles in a capital...
Ebola outbreak: Kenya at high risk, warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a "high-risk" country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.Kenya was vulnerable because it...
Motswaledi death put Botswana security on high alert?
Botswana security services are said to be on high alert since the accident that claimed Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Secretary General, Gomolemo Motswaledi.It...
Zimbabwe one of ‘problem states violating human rights’
Zimbabwe, the incoming chair of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc), is among one-third of the group’s governments whose human rights records are...
Namibian Constitution battle turns ugly
Namibia - As a group of civil society organisations protested outside, Swapo and the opposition fired repeated verbal missiles at each other inside the...
Head of Libyan capital Tripoli police ‘assassinated’
The head of police in the Libyan capital Tripoli has been killed by unknown gunmen.Col Muhammad Suwaysi was shot while leaving a meeting in...
Egypt’s Leader in Russia for Talks on Arms, Trade
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi focused on boosting trade and military cooperation on his first presidential visit to Russia, where he was greeted with a...
Ebola outbreak likely started by 2-year-old in Guinea
The worst outbreak of Ebola, which has killed 961 people and triggered an international public health emergency, may have started with a 2-year-old patient...