Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history as Africa's first elected woman president, but also faced accusations of corruption and nepotism. How will she be remembered?
Mrs Sirleaf's story is pitted with remarkable feats of defiance and courage, entangled with accusations of...
The Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Scicomm as a matter of life and death
By Ida Jooste, Internews
“The resurgence of Ebola in Liberia in late June 2015, seven weeks after the country had been declared Ebola-free, put a spotlight on how...
KAMBIA, Sierra Leone (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Beaten at home by her parents and unable to go to school due to the Ebola outbreak which devastated Sierra Leone, 15-year-old Rugiatu Conteh had nowhere to go, and no one she...
Abubakar Shekau released an audio message earlier this month, the first time he had been heard from for a year
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Virunga National Park Announces 1st Gorilla Birth of Year
GOMA, DR Congo —
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park has announced the birth of a male gorilla, the first baby this year....
South Africa wont declare drought a ‘National Disaster’
BY MAHA EL DAHAN
A maize plant is seen among other dried maize at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State...
