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Guinea announces two new cases of Ebola in previously unaffected area

August 25, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.

By Misha Hussain and Saliou Samb DAKAR/CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean health officials announced two new confirmed cases of Ebola on Friday in an area previously untouched by the virus, which...

Guinea announces two new cases of Ebola in previously unaffected area

May 14, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

By Misha Hussain and Saliou Samb DAKAR/CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean health officials announced two new confirmed cases of Ebola on Friday in an area previously untouched by the virus, which...

In Burkina Faso, some Mali refugees want to grow up to serve

August 24, 2021 at 10:55 p.m.

GOUDEBOU, Burkina Faso (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T en-year-old Atahib goes to school in the Goudebou refugee camp in the savannah of Burkina Faso, not hoping to become a teacher...

Guinea’s first Ebola survivors return to family, stigma remains

August 24, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.

GUECKEDOU, Guinea, April 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hiccups, say doctors in this remote corner of Guinea, are the final tell-tale sign of infection by the Ebola virus that has...

Mob attacks Ebola treatment centre in Guinea, suspected cases reach Mali

August 24, 2021 at 10:42 p.m.

BAMAKO/CONAKRY (Reuters) - An angry crowd attacked an Ebola treatment center in Guinea on Friday, accusing its staff of bringing the deadly disease to the town, Medecins Sans Frontieres said,...

Mob attacks Ebola treatment centre in Guinea, suspected cases reach Mali

May 14, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

BAMAKO/CONAKRY (Reuters) - An angry crowd attacked an Ebola treatment center in Guinea on Friday, accusing its staff of bringing the deadly disease to the town, Medecins Sans Frontieres said,...

Senegal failing on pledge to halt abuse in Koranic schools: HRW

August 24, 2021 at 10:07 p.m.

DAKAR, March 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after a fire killed eight children when it ripped through a Koranic school in Senegal, the government has failed to prosecute...

Thousands fleeing Boko Haram find little comfort in Niger

November 3, 2021 at 8:14 p.m.

DAKAR, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gremah Umara was hoping for a refuge when he, his wife and their two-year-old daughter fled an Islamist militant attack on their village...

Thousands fleeing Boko Haram find little comfort in Niger

December 23, 2018 at 4:12 p.m.

DAKAR, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gremah Umara was hoping for a refuge when he, his wife and their two-year-old daughter fled an Islamist militant attack on their village...

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