Ebola vaccine trial ‘promising’
The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola suggests that it is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus. BBC News – Africa
The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola suggests that it is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus. BBC News – Africa
Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up at a crowded market in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 78 people, hospital staff say. BBC News – Africa
An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola while working for a charity in Sierra Leone is being flown back to Rome for treatment, officials say. BBC News – Africa
The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is an attempt to start a religious war, an adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa
Eleven people have been killed in a stampede after a religious service in a stadium in Zimbabwe, police say. BBC News – Africa
A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa