London CNN — When Africa needs medicines, all too often the continent must look abroad. African nations consume about 25% of vaccines produced globally,
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WHO warns of ‘biological risk’ after Sudan fighters seize lab, as violence mars US-brokered ceasefire | CNN
CNN — The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a “huge biological risk” after Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the
‘We saw corpses in the street:’ People flee Sudan’s capital as violence torments city | CNN
CNN — Sudanese people and Western staff are desperately trying to flee the country’s capital, Khartoum, where intense violence between rival factions is overwhelming
‘We left behind children in incubators:’ Witnesses describe hospital shelled in Sudan’s clashes | CNN
CNN — As fighting between warring factions has engulfed Sudan in recent days, hospitals treating people wounded in clashes have themselves become the targets
Cameroon finds suspected cases of Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola | CNN
CNN — Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the
Dead chickens and decomposing bodies: Inside South Africa’s power blackout ‘pandemic’ | CNN
Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South Africa’s
‘Ebola is real’: Uganda to trial vaccines and shut schools early to contain outbreak | CNN
Mubende, Uganda CNN — Joseph Singiringabo has lost almost everything and everyone he held dear to Ebola. In a few short weeks, the 78-year-old
Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk | CNN
Bayelsa, Nigeria CNN — Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river
Uganda announces lockdown as Ebola cases rise | CNN
CNN — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high risk districts as the country battles a rise in
Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23 | CNN
CNN — Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in