Month: July 2014
Ebola virus death confirmed in Nigeria’s biggest city
A Liberian man who was hospitalized in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, with the Ebola virus has died, Nigerian…
‘Disintegrated’ Air Algerie jet found
French forces secured the site of a crashed Air Algerie flight in Mali, and found one "black box"…
From lion killers to ‘Guardians’
As a child, Leela Hazzah would spend her summer nights lying on the rooftop of her family's home…
Ebola: Race to create a vaccine
Nearly 40 years after Ebola was discovered, there is still no cure. But could experimental vaccines protect people…
No survivors of Air Algerie crash in Mali
The wreckage of an Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board that crashed early Thursday…
U.S. teen accused of child sex assaults in Kenya
In April, Matthew Lane Durham volunteered his time at a children's home in Nairobi, Kenya, which recruited people…
Christian woman in apostasy case meets Pope Francis
Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy but subsequently pardoned, arrived…
Why Ebola is out of control
Laurie Garrett says the epidemic in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia worst ever, should be controllable, but poor governance,…
USAfrica: Prosperity Gospel sets Africa back in an Age of Innovation and Technological Know-how.
Prosperity Gospel sets Africa back in an Age of Innovation and Technological Know-how. By C. K. Ekeke Special commentary…
Chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
One of the top doctors fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa was infected with the disease,…
Oscar Pistorius leaves nightclub after dispute
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was involved in a nightclub dispute over the weekend, after another patron "started…
Two suicide blasts kill 40 in Nigeria
At least 40 people in northern Nigeria were killed Wednesday in two suicide blasts targeting a renowned Muslim…