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WHO Fast-Tracks Vaccines, Drugs Against Deadly Ebola Bundibugyo Strain
The Bundibugyo strain is one of several types of Ebola viruses known to infect humans. While Ebola is linked to severe bleeding, organ failure, and high death rates, different strains can behave differently.
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As Ebola Scourges Congo, Experts Warn Of Link To Eating Wild Animals
The Congo Basin is rich in all kinds of wildlife, from great apes to serpents — both of which are hunted for their meat. One consequence for locals is exposure to zoonotic diseases such as Ebola.
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Risk Of Ebola Spread Is High Locally But Low Globally, WHO Says
The risk assessment came as the leader of the WHO team in Congo said the outbreak, which has led to 134 suspected deaths, could last at least another two months as aid efforts intensified on to stem the spread.
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Why Is The Latest Ebola Outbreak So Hard To Contain? Explained
Public health agencies say the coming weeks will be crucial in determining whether the outbreak can be contained before it expands further across the region.
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43 Years, Not Enough: At 92, World's Oldest Leader Could Rule Till He's 99
Paul Biya, 92, the world's oldest president, seems ready to extend his 43-year rule as Cameroon heads to the polls. The single-phase election on Sunday is expected to give Biya a new seven-year term.
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58 Dead As Boat Carrying Over 300 People To Funeral Capsizes In Central Africa
At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday.
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France Disciplines 5 Troops Over Central Africa Abuse: Ministry
France has disciplined five soldiers accused of physical abuse in Central African Republic, where Paris had sent peacekeepers to quell bloody sectarian violence, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
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Court Martials Needed After Central Africa Sex Abuse Claims: United Nations
The UN pledged to stamp out sexual abuse during global peacekeeping missions, calling for DNA testing and court-martials after appalling new accounts, including bestiality, from more than 100 victims in Central African Republic.
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Hopes For Peace As Central Africans Vote In Presidential Run-Off
Election officials began counting ballots Sunday after the Central African Republic voted in delayed legislative elections and a presidential run-off it hopes will bring peace after the worst sectarian violence since independence in 1960.
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New Cases Of Child Sex Abuse By UN Troops In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Niger and Senegal are accused of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic, a UN official said Friday.
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Panel Blasts UN Over Handling Of Central Africa Peacekeeper Abuse
The United Nations and its agencies grossly mishandled allegations of child sexual abuse by international peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, an independent review panel said in a report released on Thursday.
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2 Dead as violence Mars 'Make-Or-Break' Central Africa Vote
Two people were killed Sunday as heavy weapons fire and clashes in the Muslim district of Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, marred a referendum on a new constitution aimed at ending years of sectarian strife.
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At Least 2 Killed in Central Africa Violence Ahead of Polls
At Least 2 Killed in Central Africa Violence Ahead of Polls
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Central Africa Leader Pleads for Calm as United Nations Says 27,000 Flee Unrest
The Central African Republic's president appealed for calm Tuesday as the United Nations reported 36 people dead and almost 30,000 displaced in three days of bloodshed terrorising the capital Bangui.
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Burundi in Crisis as Top General Assassinated
A top Burundian general and right-hand man to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed in a rocket attack on his car on Sunday, prompting fears of further instability in the crisis-hit country.
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WHO Fast-Tracks Vaccines, Drugs Against Deadly Ebola Bundibugyo Strain
The Bundibugyo strain is one of several types of Ebola viruses known to infect humans. While Ebola is linked to severe bleeding, organ failure, and high death rates, different strains can behave differently.
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As Ebola Scourges Congo, Experts Warn Of Link To Eating Wild Animals
The Congo Basin is rich in all kinds of wildlife, from great apes to serpents — both of which are hunted for their meat. One consequence for locals is exposure to zoonotic diseases such as Ebola.
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Risk Of Ebola Spread Is High Locally But Low Globally, WHO Says
The risk assessment came as the leader of the WHO team in Congo said the outbreak, which has led to 134 suspected deaths, could last at least another two months as aid efforts intensified on to stem the spread.
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Why Is The Latest Ebola Outbreak So Hard To Contain? Explained
Public health agencies say the coming weeks will be crucial in determining whether the outbreak can be contained before it expands further across the region.
-
43 Years, Not Enough: At 92, World's Oldest Leader Could Rule Till He's 99
Paul Biya, 92, the world's oldest president, seems ready to extend his 43-year rule as Cameroon heads to the polls. The single-phase election on Sunday is expected to give Biya a new seven-year term.
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58 Dead As Boat Carrying Over 300 People To Funeral Capsizes In Central Africa
At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday.
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France Disciplines 5 Troops Over Central Africa Abuse: Ministry
France has disciplined five soldiers accused of physical abuse in Central African Republic, where Paris had sent peacekeepers to quell bloody sectarian violence, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
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Court Martials Needed After Central Africa Sex Abuse Claims: United Nations
The UN pledged to stamp out sexual abuse during global peacekeeping missions, calling for DNA testing and court-martials after appalling new accounts, including bestiality, from more than 100 victims in Central African Republic.
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Hopes For Peace As Central Africans Vote In Presidential Run-Off
Election officials began counting ballots Sunday after the Central African Republic voted in delayed legislative elections and a presidential run-off it hopes will bring peace after the worst sectarian violence since independence in 1960.
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New Cases Of Child Sex Abuse By UN Troops In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Niger and Senegal are accused of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic, a UN official said Friday.
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Panel Blasts UN Over Handling Of Central Africa Peacekeeper Abuse
The United Nations and its agencies grossly mishandled allegations of child sexual abuse by international peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, an independent review panel said in a report released on Thursday.
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2 Dead as violence Mars 'Make-Or-Break' Central Africa Vote
Two people were killed Sunday as heavy weapons fire and clashes in the Muslim district of Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, marred a referendum on a new constitution aimed at ending years of sectarian strife.
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At Least 2 Killed in Central Africa Violence Ahead of Polls
At Least 2 Killed in Central Africa Violence Ahead of Polls
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Central Africa Leader Pleads for Calm as United Nations Says 27,000 Flee Unrest
The Central African Republic's president appealed for calm Tuesday as the United Nations reported 36 people dead and almost 30,000 displaced in three days of bloodshed terrorising the capital Bangui.
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Burundi in Crisis as Top General Assassinated
A top Burundian general and right-hand man to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed in a rocket attack on his car on Sunday, prompting fears of further instability in the crisis-hit country.
