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Amid Negotiations With Boko Haram In Nigeria, Violence Continues

8:12am October 29, 2014

Nigeria announced a cease-fire with extremists almost two weeks ago, but the killings, kidnappings and bombings have continued. Nigerians still await the freedom of the schoolgirls abducted in April.

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Zambia's then-opposition leader Michael Sata speaks to journalists during a news conference in Lusaka in 2006. Sata, who became president in 2011, died while being treated for an undisclosed illness in London.

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Zambian President Dies While Being Treated Abroad

7:31am October 29, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Michael Sata, a longtime opposition leader who became president in 2011, was a controversial figure in the south African country.

An Ebola health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus.

American Volunteers In Liberia Are Anti-Quarantine

5:03pm October 28, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

They fear that the threat of isolating a returning health worker for 21 days will cause a drop in the number of volunteers at a time when more medical staff is needed to quash the outbreak.

Australia is no longer processing new visa applications from the three worst-hit countries in Africa's Ebola outbreak. Here, a jetliner prepares to land at Sydney's international airport.

Australia Blocks New Visas From West Africa Over Ebola Outbreak

12:57pm October 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says Australia's steps to keep Ebola from crossing its borders include "temporarily suspending our immigration program, including our humanitarian program."

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has her temperature taken as she arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. Power is on a visit to West Africa to get a first-hand look at the global response to the epidemic.

U.N. Ambassador Goes To Sierra Leone For Closer Look At Ebola Crisis

12:23pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., is on a multi-nation swing through West Africa to see how the global response to the deadly virus is faring.

Medical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola Quarantine

12:13pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo have called for mandatory quarantine for "high risk" individuals returning from Ebola-stricken countries. The New England Journal of Medicine begs to differ.

Congolese editor Solange Lusiku Nsimire says journalism is a powerful way of building and preserving her troubled country's "collective memory."

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A Congolese Mother Of Six Is Honored For Her Death-Defying Journalism

3:22pm October 27, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Solange Lusiku Nsimire, an editor who has been subjected to death threats and whose family has been attacked, has won a courage award for her journalism in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Red Cross sent text messages across the country with health tips, locations of aid and safety reminders. A similar system is being used in Sierra Leone to combat Ebola.

The Red Cross Is Using Text Messaging To Take Down Ebola

12:44pm October 27, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Working with the government, the Red Cross sends 2 million texts a month to people in Sierra Leone, reminding them to wash their hands, take their temperature and protect themselves from Ebola.

Dr. Bhadelia spent 12 days caring for the sick in an Ebola ward. Her experience has convinced her that she must return.

A Doctor's Diary: Encountering Chaos And Kindness In An Ebola Ward

7:03am October 26, 2014

by Nahid Bhadelia

One patient told infectious disease physician Nahid Bhadelia, "I am nobody." After 12 days in Sierra Leone, caring for the sick, she couldn't disagree more.

Data sources: David Ropeik/Harvard University, National Weather Service, World Health Organization, Northeastern University Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-Technical Systems, National Geographic, United States Census

What's My Risk Of Catching Ebola?

10:57pm October 25, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Folks in the U.S. are in a panic about catching Ebola. Let's just say, you're more likely to be eaten by a shark. The situation in Liberia, however, is starkly different.