West Africa:   New Case of Ebola in Nigeria

Vanguard, 4 August 2014

The doctor in Lagos who treated a Liberian victim of Ebola has contracted the virus, the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. Read more »

West Africa:   Health Officials Say Ebola Threat to Air Travel Low

VOA, 31 July 2014

The death of an Ebola infected airline passenger in Nigeria has tipped off fears that the illness could spread across the airways to Europe, Asia and the Americas. Read more »

Liberia:   Major Hospitals Shutdown

New Dawn, 4 August 2014

Leading government and privately- run hospitals in Liberia have been shut down after being badly hit by the deadly Ebola virus, while a proposal is being made to the Ebola… Read more »

Sierra Leone:   Sierra Leone Wages Local Battle Against Ebola, Fear

VOA, 31 July 2014

The Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea a few months ago has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization now reports more than 700 deaths in the region. In… Read more »

Liberia:   We Can Defeat Ebola

New Dawn, 4 August 2014

The Leaders of Ebola-stricken Mano River Union basin, meeting at an emergency summit in the Guinean capital, Conakry to discuss the outbreak, last Friday agreed to a holistic… Read more »

Liberia:   Slight Improvement for Doctor with Ebola

Samaritan's Purse, 30 July 2014

The Samaritan's Purse physician and a missionary working with a partner organization remain in serious condition Read more »

Liberia:   Condition Worsens for American Missionary with Ebola Nancy Writebol Receiving Experimental Drug

SIM, 31 July 2014

The condition of Nancy Writebol, a missionary who recently contracted Ebola while serving in Liberia, has worsened, according to SIM (www.simusa.org), the Christian missions… Read more »

Liberia:   Ebola Hits Second American

FrontPageAfrica, 28 July 2014

Nancy Writebol has become the second American working in Liberia to be infected with the deadly Ebola virus, the medical group, Samaritan Purse announced on its website Sunday. Read more »

Liberia:   EU Scales up Funding in Response to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

European Commission, 30 July 2014

The European Commission is allocating an additional €2 million to respond to the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. This brings the Commission's aid to fight the Ebola… Read more »

Liberia:   Letter From Lagos - Wish Liberia Had Done This Much to Curb Ebola

FrontPageAfrica, 28 July 2014

On the day my country, Liberia turned 167, I touched down in Lagos, Nigeria to see for myself what really happened to Patrick Sawyer and how he died. Read more »

Liberia:   Ebola Claims Top Doctor at Leading Hospital

FrontPageAfrica, 26 July 2014

Dr. Samuel Brisbane, the Chief Medical Doctor at Liberia's leading hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center has become the latest casualty of the deadly Ebola virus. Read more »

Liberia:   Doctor Faces Ebola Stigma After Survival

FrontPageAfrica, 29 July 2014

Dr. Melvin Korkor, a doctor of Phebe hospital, has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: The stigma carried by the deadly disease. Read more »

Liberia:   Sirleaf Announces Tough New Measures Against Ebola

Govt of Liberia, 27 July 2014

Special Statement by the Chair of the National Task Force on Ebola, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, following the first meeting of the Task Force at the President's Office today. Read more »

Nigeria:   Dead Ebola Victim's Contacts Placed Under Surveillance

Leadership, 29 July 2014

As part of measures to avert the spread of the deadly ebola virus disease, no fewer than 59 contacts of the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian patient who died of the disease… Read more »