Month: March 2015

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Residents in Sierra Leone's remaining Ebola hotspots will be confined to their houses for three days next week, officials said, as the government tries to snuff out ...

LAGOS - Dr. Patrick Dakum, the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), on Thursday said state governments were not doing enough to control infectious diseases. Dakum made ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria  - Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed at least 10 people in a town in northeast Nigeria, two security sources told Reuters on Thursday, demonstrating it can ...

KINSHASA - Seven Congolese musicians detained during a raid on a pro-democracy meeting were released on Thursday, a day after four foreign activists accused of fomenting unrest were expelled, the ...