Video: Dr. Craig Spencer urges media to focus on the source of the Ebola outbreak

During a press conference held today at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Craig Spencer who is now free of the Ebola virus reminded everyone that if he was now healthy, there were still thousands of Ebola patients who needed help. “When my … Read More

MFWA calls for free, secure internet in West Africa

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called on governments in West Africa to invest in making the internet more accessible, affordable, free and secure. The rights body made the call in a statement … Read More

Senegal: ‘Economic independence of the CFA system requires a split with the French Treasury’

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Dr. Babacar Sène, a Senegalese lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, has stressed the need for “budgetary and political federalism” for West African states … Read More

Idris Elba “Today was a bad day for Ebola”

By Isseu Diouf Campbell British actor of Sierra Leonean descent Idris Elba attended the high-level meeting called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to highlight the urgent needs and required response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa on September 25, 2014 … Read More

Ethiopia: AU receives more funds for Ebola response in West Africa

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – China has donated US$2 million to the African Union Commission to support the AU response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), the AU said Friday. The Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia and the AU, … Read More

AU warns border closures, flight suspensions worse than Ebola

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said Monday that border closures and the suspension of flights to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa worsened the impact of the disease on the local populations than the … Read More

Gambia says withdrawal from Commonwealth non-negotiable

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President Yahya Jammeh – Photo: UN PANA Banjul, Gambia – President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has said his country’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Nations is final and not subject to negotiation, the Gambia Radio and Television Services announced here … Read More