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Liberian leader sees signs Ebola in decline but aid too slow

YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 20230

By Daniel Flynn GBARNGA Liberia (Reuters) – International aid to battle the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is arriving too slowly, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said...

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Emergency centers needed to contain Ebola in West Africa: U.N

YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 20230

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The worst outbreak of Ebola on record can be contained if countries quickly build and staff treatment centers...

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Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun

YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no...

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Regional leaders step up Boko Haram fight with troops, command centre

YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 15, 20230

Niamey (Reuters) – Leaders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Benin on Tuesday announced plans to step up the fight against Boko Haram with an additional...

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StanChart to hire 1,000 more staff in Africa

YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 20230

LONDON (Reuters) – Standard Chartered plans to hire at least 1,000 more staff in Africa in the next couple of years, an increase of more...

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Kenyan president arrives at global court as allies call for trial delay

YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 20230

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Kenya’s president arrived at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday for a hearing over his indictment on charges...

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U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban

YoopyaOctober 7, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 7, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola, both in the West African...

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Spanish nurse becomes first to contract Ebola outside West Africa

YoopyaOctober 7, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 7, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – A Spanish nurse has become the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa, casting doubt over measures taken in Spain to control...

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Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day

YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared...

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Briton denies guilt in South African honeymoon murder trial

YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Millionaire British businessman Shrien Dewani on Monday denied arranging his bride’s murder during their honeymoon in South Africa, four years after she was...