Liberia’s Ebola vaccine trial begins
The first large-scale trials of experimental vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus begin in Liberia, aimed at immunising 30,000 volunteers. BBC News – Africa
The first large-scale trials of experimental vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus begin in Liberia, aimed at immunising 30,000 volunteers. BBC News – Africa
Equatorial Guinea beat Tunisia 2-1 after extra time to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. BBC News – Africa
South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock, nicknamed “Prime Evil”, gets parole after 20 years for killing activists. BBC News – Africa
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in France who are tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. BBC News – Africa
Militants attack a hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli, killing at least nine people including five foreigners, officials say. BBC News – Africa
Nigeria’s military repels a new assault by militant Islamist group Boko Haram on the key north-eastern city of Maiduguri, an army source tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa