Ebola fight will last all next year
A scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus says the current outbreak that’s killed over 7 300 people in West Africa’s likely to last until the end of 2015. Peter Piot says he’s encouraged by progress made fighting the deadly haemorrhagic disease and by the promise of new anti-viral therapies. Peter Piot, who has just returned […]
Congo River boat accident sparks rioting
Angry youths have gone on the rampage after at least 30 people died in a boating accident in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The rioters set fire to government buildings near the provincial capital of Kisangani. Congolese officials say there were 105 survivors from the boat accident. They pulled up the bodies of at […]