Ebola pandemic is most sad, but provides a wake-up call for Africa

By Owen Mwandumbya, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Tanzania has urged SADC member countries to effectively strategize the bitter war against Ebola pandemic which has so far claimed lives of more than four thousand people in at least five countries in Africa.
The call was made by Hon. Mohamed Habib Mnyaa while moving motion at the 36th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum being held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Hon. Mnyaa said, the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is not only a deadly health...

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