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+++Mmusi Maimane is the first black leader of South Africa's main opposition party Democratic Alliance
+++ Burundi remains tense with fears of more clashes during protests
+++ Liberia has been declared free of Ebola
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+++Liberia records a new case of Ebola, one year into the crisis
+++ World Water Day: Ghana's cities struggle to provide clean running water
+++ Kenya wants to construct a wall at the Somali border
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+++Nigerians react to Boko Haram's announcement to pledge allegiance to "Islamic State" (IS)
+++ Liberia is hopeful after the last know Ebola patient was discharged from hospital
+++ Africa shines at German tourism fair
Go to resource »Nearly a year after the deadliest Ebola epidemic began, we have learned important lessons about what we need to do to get to zero and improve our response. We must apply these lessons to ensure that a health catastrophe of this magnitude never happens again.
Go to resource »Nearly a year after the World Health Organization reported the Ebola outbreak, missteps in the global response have become clearer. Intervention was not only too slow, but overly focused on medical treatment at the expense of prevention; local communities did not trust responders, which made outside interventions less effective; and support and protection for health workers and other local responders was grossly inadequate.
Go to resource »Nearly a year after the deadliest Ebola outbreak began, we have learned important lessons about what we need to do to get to zero, improve our response and ensure that a health catastrophe of this magnitude never happens again. Learn more at http://www.Rescue.org/EbolaLessons and visit #EbolaLessons on Twitter to join the conversation.
Go to resource »President Obama and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia give remarks to the press before their bilateral meeting at the White House, February 27, 2015.
Go to resource »U.S. Senator Chris Coons, former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, introduces Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at an event on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2015.
Go to resource »Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, speaks at an event on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2015.
Go to resource »A growing body of evidence shows a correlation between gender-based violence (GBV) and land rights, although more research is needed to understand the many dimensions of this relationship, and its implications for social and economic development. Particularly in low-income, agriculture-based economies, research shows that secure land rights can increase a woman's economic independence and her bargaining power, reducing her vulnerability to GBV (USAID 2013). However, research also Go to resource »
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