VIDEO: Ebola could be declared global emergency

There are celebrations in Sierra Leone as the World Health Organisation announces that the country is free of Ebola.

Chad declares a state of emergency in the western Lake Chad region following attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency. Here is the story in 15 seconds.

State of emergency declared as arms infiltrate Loliondo
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INFILTRATION of firearms and other dangerous weapons into the border precincts of Loliondo Division of Ngorongoro District in Arusha Region has endangered security at the area, leading to a declaration of a state of emergency. Public meetings, rallies and ...

New GDP Estimates Show International Support Vital to Speed Recovery

The World Bank Group (WBG) announced today that it would provide at least US$650 million during the next 12 to 18 months to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the devastating social and economic impact of the Ebola crisis and advance their longer-term development needs. The new WBG pledge brings the organization’s total financing for Ebola response and recovery efforts to date to US$1.62 billion.

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Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.

The World Health Organization is expected to declare Nigeria officially free of Ebola on Monday, after six weeks with no new cases.

A three-month Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo - involving a separate strain from the outbreak in West Africa - has ended after claiming at least 49 lives, officials say.

President Barack Obama told the UN than the spread of Ebola in Africa represented a "threat to regional and global security".