# Africa

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# Nigeria

Boko Haram leader taunts African kings: "I challenge you to attack me now"

Hundreds are feared to have been killed in the group’s latest attacks.

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Jan 21st 2015, 3:06 PM

Voices

Column: Healing broken souls and bodies – how sexual violence is shattering lives in CAR

“Sophie was on a bus going to the market in Boguila in northwest Central African Republic when it was stopped by a group of armed men.”

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Jan 17th 2015, 7:00 PM

# Africa2Moon

An African moon mission is in the works, but they're having trouble getting funding off the ground

They’ve raised just €11,000 of a €126,000 target.

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Jan 10th 2015, 8:31 PM

# sub-Saharan Africa

Women using birth control shot have increased risk of contracting HIV

Other forms of contraception, such as the pill, do not appear to increase this risk.

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Jan 9th 2015, 7:00 AM

# embassy bombings

Suspected Al-Qaeda leader dies in US just days ahead of trial

He was accused of being involved in the bombings of US embassies in Africa in 1998.

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Jan 5th 2015, 12:22 PM

# not going away

Ireland to fund ambulances and burials for Sierra Leone's 7,000+ Ebola victims

The Government is set to give an additional €778,000 towards combating the Ebola outbreak.

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Jan 3rd 2015, 8:15 AM

# Progress

HIV may be evolving to become less deadly

As the virus adapts to the human immune system in order to survive longer, it weakens its own ability to cause disease, according to new research.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 8:01 AM

# man's best friend

How dogs are being used to save wild animals in Africa

They’re being used to track down poachers.

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Nov 29th 2014, 4:00 PM

# Irish Abroad

50,000 Irish citizens could be affected by Obama's immigration law change

The President will be using his power to create a system that better facilitates undocumented immigrants.

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Nov 20th 2014, 3:32 PM

# NPR

America's main public broadcaster is not happy with our ministers

Not happy. Not one little bit.

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Nov 19th 2014, 11:12 PM

# spiky

Tiny porcupine successfully fights off 17 curious lions

Nature, you incredible.

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Nov 10th 2014, 4:30 PM

# michael d abroad

Here's how our President is getting on in Africa

He’s going to Ethiopia, Malawi, and South Africa.

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Nov 2nd 2014, 5:20 PM

# black spring

Chaos breaks out in Burkina Faso as president attempts to stay in power

The country’s parliament has been set on fire in this most recent surge of violence.

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Oct 30th 2014, 2:35 PM

# All Clear

Spanish nurse definitively cured of Ebola

Teresa Romero was hospitalised in Madrid on 6 October after contracting the virus while caring for two Ebola patients.

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Oct 21st 2014, 4:59 PM

# Photographs

Vintage photos show the terrifying first expeditions into the Congo to track down Ebola

In 1976 a young Belgian doctor ventured across what was then Zaire to find the source of the infection.

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Oct 18th 2014, 9:15 AM

# Ceasefire

Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram could finally be released

Nigerian’s government claims a ceasefire has been agreed.

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Oct 17th 2014, 4:07 PM

# Virus

The United States is getting ready to step up its battle against Ebola

President Barack Obama said that ‘SWAT-like’ response teams are needed.

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Oct 15th 2014, 11:08 PM

# EBOLA

'Tackle Ebola now, or live with it forever'

The UN Special Envoy on the virus says speed is of the essence.

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Oct 11th 2014, 7:50 AM

# Prep

Nurses demand details of HSE's Ebola plan

Nurses want to know what contingency plans and alert systems are in place.

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Oct 10th 2014, 7:24 PM

# suspect cases

WHO says Ebola is "unavoidable" in Europe as three more isolated in Spain

A Spanish nurse tested positive for Ebola yesterday.

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Oct 7th 2014, 9:25 PM

# one campaign

Ireland is ahead of the pack in terms of supporting developing countries

Ireland is the only donor country to allocate half of its total aid to the world’s least developed countries.

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Oct 6th 2014, 6:33 PM

Voices

Opinion: The threat of Ebola and the 'Responsibility to Protect'

The international community is pouring its efforts into containing the criminal militancy of Isis, but we should turn our attention to funding Ebola emergency relief.

Oct 1st 2014, 1:15 PM

# Help Wanted

'We should be worried about Ebola - but for Africa, not ourselves'

Darren Hanniffy just came home from Liberia, where Ebola infections are DOUBLING every two weeks.

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Oct 1st 2014, 12:23 PM

# Outbreak

Ebola has killed nearly 3,000 people this year

The US President said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough.

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Sep 26th 2014, 9:50 PM

# EBOLA

European doctors urge governments to "mobilise" in fight against Ebola

Irish medical personnel are among those who have signed the letter calling on western governments to join the fight.

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Sep 26th 2014, 6:45 AM

# Endangered

Poachers turned gamekeepers: Rwanda looks to hunters to save mountain gorillas

The poachers say hunting was the only way to make a living.

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Sep 18th 2014, 7:31 AM

Voices

Column: 'It is time to re-think what we think we know about Africa'

Clearly, people in Ireland support the principle of overseas aid, but they are not convinced our aid is actually making a difference.

Sep 17th 2014, 8:00 AM

# plant-eating dino

Another new species of dinosaur has been discovered

This time in Tanzania.

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Sep 8th 2014, 10:30 PM

# Horrific

Three Italian nuns found brutally murdered at Burundi convent

Pope Francis has offered his condolences after the horrific murders.

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Sep 8th 2014, 7:04 PM

# a history of violence

Around 120 million girls worldwide have been sexually assaulted

Shockingly, nearly 95,000 children were killed in one year alone.

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Sep 5th 2014, 9:40 AM

# TURF'S UP

How cooking with coal and wood fires is killing millions around the world

…Especially women and children.

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Sep 3rd 2014, 6:45 AM

# military coup

'I will not go back to get killed': Lesotho PM flees to South Africa

Thomas Thabane says he has fled in fear of his life, after the country’s military took over buildings in the capital, Maseru.

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Aug 30th 2014, 2:45 PM

# Vaccine

What is this new experimental drug treating Ebola patients?

There is no proven cure for Ebola, which has killed more than 1,400 people already.

6.8k

Aug 30th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Outbreak

There has been a "very, very small" number of suspect Ebola cases in Ireland

The HSE said it would not be providing information on other cases – but that there had been a “handful” of investigations apart from the Donegal death.

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Aug 26th 2014, 10:44 PM

# separate but related

Fears of new Ebola outbreak after two deaths in Congo

That’s about 3,000 km away from the West African epidemic.

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Aug 25th 2014, 7:29 AM

# Explainer

Ebola: What is it? How do people become infected?

Ebola first appeared in 1976. The current outbreak has killed more than 1,300 people, with experts warning it could take six months to bring under control.

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Aug 21st 2014, 8:33 PM