Africa
French soldier killed in clash with Islamist militants in Mali
France said on Wednesday a French soldier was killed during a fierce clash between its forces and Islamist militants in ...WHO: Mali case put many at risk for Ebola
Many people in Mali are at high risk of catching Ebola because the toddler who brought the disease to the ...Nigeria declared Ebola-free, holds lessons for others
Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and ...Liberia health workers to go on strike over Ebola danger pay
Healthcare workers in Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic, will go on strike from Monday to demand ...18 dead, 20 missing after boat sinks off Guinea
The death toll from an overcrowded wooden boat that sunk off the south coast of Guinea has risen to 18, ...Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day
Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease ...World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge ...French national taken in Algeria, group claims kidnapping
A French national was kidnapped in eastern Algeria on Sunday, France\'s foreign ministry said, and his kidnappers issued a video threatening to ...U.N. to deploy Ebola mission as death toll reaches 2,630
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a "threat to international peace and ...UN says $1.0 billion needed to fight Ebola
Nearly $1.0 billion dollars is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday, more than ...