Sierra Leone declares Ebola emergency

BBC Sierra Leone’s president has declared a public health emergency to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. Ernest Bai Koroma said the epicentres of the outbreak in the east would be quarantined and asked the security forces to enforce the measures. The UN says 729 people in West Africa have died of Ebola since February –

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Bolivia declares Israel ‘terrorist state’, scraps visa exemption agreement

RT The President of Bolivia Evo Morales (AFP Photo) Bolivia has declared Israel to be a “terrorist state” and renounced a visa exemption agreement with the country in protest over the ongoing Israeli military offense in Gaza which already killed more than 1,300 dead and left over 7,000 wounded. Canceling the 1972 agreement which allowed

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Ethiopia Says U.K. Review of Aid Is Based on Fabricated Claims

Bloomberg By William Davison A British court’s decision to allow a judicial review of aid given to Ethiopia is based on “fabrications” about a resettlement program propagated by people outside the country, the Horn of Africa nation’s Foreign Ministry said. The High Court in London on July 14 said a review could be conducted into whether the U.K.’s aid agency is

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Ethiopia Says U.K. Review of Aid Is Based on Fabricated Claims

Bloomberg By William Davison A British court’s decision to allow a judicial review of aid given to Ethiopia is based on “fabrications” about a resettlement program propagated by people outside the country, the Horn of Africa nation’s Foreign Ministry said. The High Court in London on July 14 said a review could be conducted into whether the U.K.’s aid agency is

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Ethiopian Airlines Received Three Pilot Training Aircrafts

Ethiopian Press Release Ethiopian Airlines announced it took delivery of three pilot training aircrafts from Cessna Aircraft Company. The aircrafts are dubbed Cessna 172 Pilot. According to the Airline’s press release, Cessna 172 is a four seat single-engine airplane certified in the United States in 2003 and in Europe in 2005. In addition to these

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Ethiopian Airlines Received Three Pilot Training Aircrafts

Ethiopian Press Release Ethiopian Airlines announced it took delivery of three pilot training aircrafts from Cessna Aircraft Company. The aircrafts are dubbed Cessna 172 Pilot. According to the Airline’s press release, Cessna 172 is a four seat single-engine airplane certified in the United States in 2003 and in Europe in 2005. In addition to these

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Bill Clinton, Michael Bloomberg at Africa summit

Politico By MIKE ALLEN Bill Clinton will moderate the opening session of the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, which Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Commerce Department are co-sponsoring in Washington on Aug. 5 — the middle day of a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Barack Obama. The summit is expected to draw more than 40 African heads

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The World Tweets for Ethiopia’s Zone9 Bloggers on July 31

Global Voices By Ellery Roberts Biddle Free Zone9 Tumblr collage. Images used with permission. Join Global Voices bloggers for a worldwide, multilingual tweetathon in support of the ten bloggers and journalists facing terrorism charges in Ethiopia. The Global Voices community and our network of allies are demanding justice for these men and women, all of whom have

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Adeola on Andargachew: ‘It makes me wonder who really is the terrorist in here. ‘

Is Andargachew Tsige A Terrorist?:

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Child malaria vaccine ‘milestone’

By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major milestone, researchers say Experts say the world’s first malaria vaccine could be approved for use in 2015. Reporting in PLOS Medicine, researchers found that for every 1,000 children who received the vaccine, an average of 800 cases

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