Geldof announces Band-aid charity single to be re-recorded in the fight to combat Ebola

LONDON (AP) — Stars including One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith and Coldplay’s Chris Martin have signed up to re-record charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” with proceeds going to the battle against Ebola. Bob Geldof, who founded the Band Aid movement behind the original 1984 recording, said Monday he had been inspired by

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When it comes to Ebola, there are five kinds of people

By SOPHIE KAMYA, M&G Donald Trump has demanded that Obama apologise to the American people over Ebola, and has called him a psycho. CRISES tend to expose people’s true character and the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has done just that. The Clueless/Out of touch: US televangelist, John Hagee believes Ebola is God’s punishment for

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When it comes to Ebola, there are five kinds of people

By SOPHIE KAMYA, M&G Donald Trump has demanded that Obama apologise to the American people over Ebola, and has called him a psycho. CRISES tend to expose people’s true character and the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has done just that. The Clueless/Out of touch: US televangelist, John Hagee believes Ebola is God’s punishment for

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“በጎ ፈቃደኞች የተባሉት በግዳጅ የተሰባሰቡ ናቸው…ስለዚህ ስራው ይቅርብኝ እንጂ ምዕራብ አፍሪካ አልሄድም”

By Abel Ephrem ‹‹በጎ ፈቃደኞች የተባሉት በግዳጅ የተሰባሰቡ ናቸው››የጤና ባለሞያ በቅርቡ የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት 200 የሚደርሱ በጎ ፈቃደኞችን በኢቦላ ወደተጠቁት የምዕራብ አፍሪካ አገራት ለመላክ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ፋና መዘገቡ አይዘነጋም፡፡ የጤና ባለሞያዎቹ በተለያዩ የመንግስት ጤና ጣብያዎች መስራት ከጀመረ አንድ ዓመት ያልሞላቸው መሆናቸውን የጠቆመው ምንጭ በአዳማ ለአስር ቀናት ያህል ስልጠና ከወሰዱ በኋላ በግዳጅ መልክ ላይቤሪያ እንደሚሄዱ የተነገራቸው መሆኑን ገልጧል፡፡

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Ethiopia to deploy 210 health workers in Ebola-hit West Africa

(Business Standard) -Ethiopia said Friday it will deploy about 210 health professionals to Ebola-affected countries to support the response against the epidemic in West Africa. In addition, the East African nation has also decided to provide financial support of $500,000 to the response in the highly affected countries, Xinhua reported. Speaking at a press conference

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First Ebola case in Mali confirmed

(BBC)The Malian government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. Reports say she recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea. More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola – mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone – since March. Meanwhile, an

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Rwanda Flips The Script, Will Screen All Travelers From U.S. For Ebola

The east African nation of Rwanda is now screening all visitors who have traveled to the United States within 22 days of entry for Ebola, whether or not they show symptoms of the deadly virus. The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda posted the following notice to its website on Tuesday: On October 19, the Rwandan Ministry

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Castro offers to co-operate with US on Ebola

Cuba’s former leader says offer not aimed at ending animosity with US but needed in the interests of “world peace”. (AL Jazeera) Fidel Castro, the 88-year-old former Cuban leader, has said his country is ready to work with the US in the battle against Ebola, saying that such co-operation would be in the interest of

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Except Ethiopia, East African nations are sending over 600 health workers for Ebola fight

AFP The 619 doctors and health workers will be sent from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda ARUSHA, Tanzania: East African nations are sending over 600 health workers, including 41 doctors to west Africa to combat the spread of Ebola, the regional five-nation bloc said in a statement on Friday. The decision was made after

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Kofi Annan: The world ignored Ebola until it spread from Africa

AFP Photo by Berit Roald for Agence France-Presse. Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis on Thursday. “I am bitterly disappointed by the response… I am disappointed in the international community

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