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WHO declares Guinea free of Ebola Virus

The Ebola outbreak in Guinea is over, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, the second time the West African nation has been de...

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Guinea: Last known Ebola patient discharged

Guinea’s health authorities and the medical charity treating the last known Ebola patient in the country said Wednesday he had been discha...

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Liberia says latest Ebola fatality travelled to Guinea

A woman who died of Ebola this week in Liberia, months after it was declared Ebola-free, had travelled to Guinea with her three children, ...

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Liberia Closes Borders As Ebola Resurfaces in Guinea

Liberia's borders with neighboring Guinea have, again, been ordered closed with immediate effect. The Government of Liberia, through ...

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Guinea: Two New Cases Of Ebola Virus

Two people have tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, the government said on Thursday, hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declar...

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Deadly Violence In Guinea Ahead Of Presidential Elections

Clashes between supporters of Guinea's ruling party and opposition activists left at least one dead and more than 80 wounded, a charity ...

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GUINEA: Former Military Leader Denies Responsibility For 2009 Massacre

Guinea's ex-military leader told magistrates he feels moral responsibility for a massacre carried out by soldiers during his regime ...

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GUINEA: Anti-Government Protesters Clash With Police In Guinea

Anti-government protesters have clashed with police in the Guinean capital demanding fresh local elections before a presidential vote.

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New Ebola Cases Show First Rise In 2015

The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health...

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Ebola Outbreak: Virus Mutating, Scientists Warn

Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first i...

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AFCON 2015: Cameroon & Guinea Share Points

All four matches so far have been 1-1, meaning lots will be drawn to decide the qualifiers if Wednesday's matches are identical draws. ...

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Africa Cup Of Nations: Cameroon, Ivory Coast Escape Shock Defeats

Powerhouses Cameroon and Ivory Coast both battled back from a goal down to avoid shock defeats as they drew 1-1 with Mali and Guinea respect...

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First Ebola Victim May Have Been Infected By Bats

A team of researchers think they may have pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa started - with a small boy playing in a hollowed-...

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Ebola Crisis: French President Hollande To Visit Guinea

French President Francois Hollande is to arrive in Guinea, becoming the first Western leader to visit a nation hit hard by the deadly Ebola ...

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Guinea Imam's Trip To Mali Exposes Gaps In Ebola Response

When a sick Muslim imam from Guinea entered Mali at the border town of Kouremale last month, he did not use the main tarmac road with its Eb...

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GUINEA: I Caught Ebola And Survived

I got Ebola because I went near an old man who was ill, and at that time, we didn't know what we had to do [to avoid Ebola]. It was ...

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Eight Bodies Found In Village Latrine After Attack On Guinea Education Team

Eight bodies were found in a village latrine in rural Guinea after an attack on a team trying to educate locals of the risks on Ebola, a gov...

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Five Countries In Battle To Be Named Nations Cup Hosts

The hosts of the 2019 and 2021 African Nations Cup finals will be decided on Saturday with Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Zambia...

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Deadly Attack In Guinea On Ebola Team

Eight bodies, including those of three journalists, were found after an attack on a team trying to educate locals on the risks of the Ebola ...

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Guinea Woman Pays Price For Ebola Rumour

Woman in labour from Ebola-hit Guinea abandoned by doctors at South African hospital amid rumours she had deadly virus.  It was going to...

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