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WHO officer summoned over claims of Ebola in Tanzania
By Agencies,
901, September 25, 2019 (EAT)
An official from the World Health Organisation has been summoned to explain claims of Ebola in Tanzania. According to Reuters, Tigest Ketsela Menge...
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Ebola in Tanzania? Who’s fooling WHO?
By Imani Mitchelle,
746, September 24, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is accusing Tanzania of not sharing information about alleged Ebola cases in the country. WHO has revealed that...
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Girl, 9, mother to be repatriated from Uganda to DRC over Ebola
By Muia Joseph,
1411, August 30, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda has reported a new case case of Ebola in Kasese, two months after three other incidents were reported in the same region. According to the C...
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Number of Ebola orphans spikes as epidemic spreads in eastern DRC
By VOA,
1042, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children's fund reports the number of children orphaned by Ebola or separated from their parents because of the disease in eastern Democratic...
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Two new Ebola treatments show promise in the fight against the outbreak in Congo
By CNN,
903, August 13, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization has decided to narrow an experiment with Ebola patients to two treatments that show real promise. The treatments, known...
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Congo trial of Ebola treatments switches to focus on two drugs
By Reuters,
1812, August 12, 2019 (EAT)
A clinical trial of four potential Ebola treatments in Congo has been narrowed to focus on two of the experimental drugs - Regeneron’s REGN-EB3 and ...
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WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
By Reuters,
1615, August 12, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organisation said it has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of...
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Rwanda, Congo restrict unnecessary border travel amid Ebola
By VOA,
2202, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
Rwanda and Congo are discouraging travel across their border, as officials try to prevent further spread of the highly contagious Ebola virus. Trav...
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Busia: Health officials intensify strict measures to curb Ebola at border
By Citizen Reporter,
1801, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
Health officials at the Busia border have intensified screening of travellers from Uganda following another Ebola death reported in the Democratic Rep...
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Uganda begins largest trial of experimental Ebola vaccine
By VOA,
1132, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
Researchers in Uganda are launching the largest-ever trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, wher...
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Fourth Ebola case found in Congo city, raising fears of faster spread
By Reuters,
1613, August 2, 2019 (EAT)
A fourth case of Ebola has been confirmed in the eastern Congo city of Goma, the government said late on Thursday, as the disease spreads in a city of...
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Rwanda says its border with Congo remains open
By Reuters,
1144, August 2, 2019 (EAT)
Rwanda health minister said the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo remained open on Thursday, appearing to contradict an earlier stateme...
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Congo says Rwanda has closed border near Goma over Ebola fears
By Reuters,
1239, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
Congo’s presidency said on Thursday that Rwandan authorities had closed the border between Goma and its nearest town of Gisenyi for all people other...
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Fears growing Ebola could spread to neighboring countries
By VOA,
910, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
As the Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo enters its second year, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are voicing...
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Saudi Arabia suspends visas to people from Congo over Ebola
By Reuters,
1901, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing visas to people from Congo while citing the Ebola outbreak there, even as the World Health Organization recommends ag...
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Congo student with Ebola still finds a way to take exams
By VOA,
1127, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
Claude Mabowa Sasi had lost his mother, a brother and a sister to Ebola. Instead of fearing death when he, too, was diagnosed with the disease, the yo...
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CAF official Bility gets 10-year ban from FIFA
By Reuters,
1436, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
African football official Musa Hassan Bility has been banned from the game for 10 years by FIFA’s Ethics Committee following an investigation into t...
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How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time
By CNN,
1119, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...
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Congo Islamist ADF rebels kill 12 in Ebola area
By Reuters,
1059, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
Islamist rebels killed twelve people in two attacks in an area of east Congo that is struggling to contain an Ebola epidemic, local authorities said o...
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Congo health minister resigns over government handling of Ebola
By Reuters,
1823, July 22, 2019 (EAT)
Congo’s health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency’s announcement last week that it was stripping his team of co...
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