Ebola spreads ‘exponentially’ in DRC as death toll hits 2,500
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an alarming rate, with more than 5,200 cases and nearly 2,500 deaths reported as the virus overwhelms health...
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Death toll tops 50 as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria's Sokoto
At least 52 people died after an overloaded boat carrying farmers and laborers to rice farms capsized in northwestern Nigeria's Sokoto state, authorities said Friday, as rescu...
Nigerian kidnap survivors recount ‘hellfire’ captivity, hunger, abuse
Frail and malnourished women and children lay across rows of hospital beds, their weakened bodies showing the physical toll of six months held captive in Nigeria’s remote bush. Th...
At least 51 dead as boat sinks in northwest Nigeria
At least 51 people were killed after a boat sank in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state Thursday, as rescue teams continued searching the waters for victims and possible survi...
UN warns South Sudan election could reignite conflict, atrocities
A United Nations Commission warned Thursday that South Sudan's long-awaited elections set for December could reignite conflict and heighten the risk of atrocities. The warnin...
Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia amid renewed maritime attacks
Pirates seized a cargo ship off Somalia on Monday, monitors said, marking the latest attack amid a resurgence of piracy around the Horn of Africa. Eight people boarded and took co...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak deadliest ever in country's history
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the country’s deadliest, killing over 2,300 people in three months, officials said Monday. The United Nations says...
UN warns food aid for South Sudan refugees could halt within weeks
A funding shortfall could leave South Sudan’s most vulnerable refugees without U.N. food aid within weeks, the world body warned Friday. 'Without immediate and urgent funding, the...
DRC’s Ebola outbreak hits 6th province as death toll tops 2,100
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a man died in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Preven...
Morocco moves to curb new migrant influx toward Spain's Ceuta
Morocco stepped up measures Wednesday to prevent a fresh surge of migrants attempting to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after authorities detected a new wave of online disinfor...
Ferry disaster on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba kills at least 44
At least 44 people drowned when an overcrowded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba, police said Wednesday, updating the toll a day after the disaster. A witness said soon aft...
Congo’s Ebola outbreak surpasses 2,000 deaths as cases surge
More than 2,000 people have died among confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, which is spreading at the fastest pace recorded in the country, according to government data relea...
Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was declared: WHO
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record took off in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday as responder...