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World Aug 18
Mali’s president and prime minister held by mutinous troopsMutinous soldiers detained Mali's president and prime minister Tuesday after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's ouster.
World Jun 25
Congo announces end to 2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak everEastern Congo marked an official end Thursday to the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years.
World Jul 18
Congo to combat Ebola by enforcing mandatory emergency health measuresCongolese soldiers and police will enforce hand-washing and fever checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak has been declared an international health emergency.
World May 10
WHO warns Ebola could spread if attacks don’t stopThe World Health Organization warned it may not be possible to contain Ebola to the two affected provinces in eastern Congo if violent attacks on health teams continue.
World May 03
Ebola deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacksThe outbreak declared almost nine months ago already had caused the most deaths behind the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa's Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia that killed more than 11,000 people.
World Apr 30
Congo Ebola cases hit record for most reported in single dayHealth experts are expressing growing alarm about the number of people sickened with the Ebola virus who are never reaching treatment centers, allowing the disease to spread to caregivers and countless others.