VIDEO: Villagers try to stop Ebola burials

As the Ebola outbreak claims 20 lives a day in Sierra Leone, the BBC's Tulip Mazumdar reports from the capital Freetown on how volunteers are being trained to carry out safe burials.

Peter Biye, a Member of the House of Representatives for Gwoza, in Borno State, Nigeria, tells the BBC's Will Ross that Boko Haram fighters tricked the villagers of Attagara before attacking them.

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Public education campaign emphasizes vital role of healthcare workers and features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa, including ‘We’ve Got Your Back’ PSA

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Doctors in Ghana have now stopped providing emergency care, as a nationwide strike continues.

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A look at how Ebola is caught, how a Spanish nurse is being treated for it, and how authorities are dealing with it.