Residents of Adaka community on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue state capitals, have joined the growing call for reforms to the global debt system, urging international lenders to reduce interest rates on loans to developing nations and suspend debt repayments dur ... »»»

While virologists and public health departments were palpitating over the news of an Andes virus infectious disease outbreak on a cruise ship (13 cases, three deaths), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Bundibugyo virus, the root of the current Ebola outbreak (currently more than 1,250 cas»»»

The head of Africa’s Centers For Disease Control says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response. The current outbreak has already claimed more than 200 lives and some 900 people are confirmed to have been infected. The number of actual cases is believed to be higher because the »»»