SA to help in fight against Ebola
South Africa’s sending a mobile laboratory to West Africa to help fight the worst outbreak of Ebola virus on record that World Health Organisation’s calling a public health emergency of international concern. Health ministers from Southern Africa met outside Johannesburg yesterday (Wednesday) and set up an emergency fund to combat the killer disease should it […]
Spanish priest with Ebola goes home
A Spanish priest infected with Ebola virus has arrived in Madrid for treatment. Spanish authorities have taken the deadly disease very seriously, imposing the strictest security measures on the hospital treating the priest. Father Miguel Pajares, who’s 75 has been working as a missionary in Liberia. He tested positive for Ebola at a hospital in […]
US to boost security aid to Africa
Six years into his presidency the man dubbed America’s first African president has promised to step up military support for fighting Islamist militants and keeping peace on the continent of his father’s birth. President Barak Obama told the four dozen presidents gathered in Washington that boosting Africa’s security will help shore up its economic achievements. […]