Doctor Dadin Bonkole works at the Ingende Hospital's Ebola Red Zone

In the Congo rainforest, the doctor who discovered Ebola warns of deadly viruses yet to come

Health Dec 28
Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola.
The 70-seater bus was on its way to the capital, Yaounde
Dozens dead in Cameroon bus crash
Life Style Dec 28
At least 37 people were killed and 18 others seriously injured in a bus crash in Cameroon’s western village of Female, officials said.
Some Cameroonians reading newspaper front pages at a kiosk adjacent the Ministry of Finance in Yaoun
In Cameroon, journalists can’t breathe as laws stifle press freedom
Politics Dec 28
Journalists in Sierra Leone have heaved a collective sigh of relief following the repeal – after a gruelling 55-year struggle – of a law which had been weaponised by authorities to curtail press freedom.
South Africa has reported the most cases of coronavirus in Africa, followed by Morocco and Egypt
South Africa crosses one million cases of coronavirus
Health Dec 28
South Africa has reported at least one million cases of coronavirus since confirming its first case in March, the Ministry of Health said late on Sunday, only days after a new faster-spreading variant of the virus was confirmed to be breaking out in the country.
File Photo: Coronavirus
S. African deputy president calls on citizens to fight second wave of COVID-19 during bleak Christmas
Politics Dec 28
South Africa has done well to contain the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Deputy President David Mabuza said.
Voters in a queuev
Voting begins in Central African Republic amid fears of rebel unrest
Politics Dec 28
Voting began on Sunday in the Central African Republic's presidential and legislative elections after a campaign period marked by violence between rebels and government forces.
File photo: More than 7 million people are eligible to vote
Calm as Niger counts down hours to crucial election
Politics Dec 28
Niger's capital Niamey was calm as the country counted down hours to Sunday's vote.
Washington suspended DR Congo from AGOA some 10 years ago
United States reinstates DR Congo into AGOA trade pact
Politics Dec 26
The Democratic Republic of Congo has rejoined a key trade partnership with the United States that will grant it duty-free access to US markets.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
Fifa Normalisation Committee takes charge of Ivorian Football Federation
Sports Dec 26
The Federation of International Football Association (Fifa) has appointed a normalisation committee to run the affairs of the Ivorian Football Federation.
Claude Bochu, the EU Ambassador to Burundi and and International Conference on the Great Lakes Regio
BOCHU: Burundi’s security status improving, focus now shifts to business climate
Politics Dec 26
Claude Bochu, EU ambassador to Burundi and International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, spoke to The EastAfrican about EU, Burundi relations
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