May 06 Watch 6:18 Why immigration is a focal issue in South African election By Fred de Sam Lazaro In South Africa, voters will go to the polls Wednesday in an election that could present the strongest challenge to date for the ruling African National Congress. A recent wave of xenophobic attacks has put the issue of immigration front… Continue watching
May 05 Watch 4:08 Ebola outbreak grows in Congo after health clinic attacks By PBS NewsHour More than 1,000 people have died from an Ebola outbreak that began in August in Democratic Republic of Congo. The country's government is working with international aid organizations to contain the deadly disease but their efforts have been challenged by… Continue watching
May 03 Ebola deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Krista Larson, Associated Press The 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. Continue reading
Apr 30 Congo Ebola cases hit record for most reported in single day By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Krista Larson, Associated Press Health 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. Continue reading
Apr 12 Congo’s Ebola outbreak not yet a global emergency, WHO says By Jamey Keaten, Maria Cheng, Associated Press A top Red Cross official said Friday he's "more concerned than I have ever been" about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus after a new spike in cases, as the World Health Organization met on whether to declare… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 3:44 News Wrap: Venezuelan government blames Guaido, U.S. for power blackout In our news wrap Tuesday, the Islamic State in Syria urged supporters via social media to launch vengeance attacks around the world. Several hundred die-hard fighters are under siege in the eastern part of the country. Plus, the Venezuelan government… Continue watching
Mar 09 Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press Armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo’s deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injured. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 5:08 News Wrap: Maduro orders Venezuelan diplomats to leave U.S. In our news wrap Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered his diplomats to leave the U.S. and accused Washington of trying to put a puppet in his place after the Trump administration backed opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president. Continue watching
Jan 20 Tshisekedi declared Congo’s president, but runner-up revolts By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Carley Petesch, Associated Press Congo’s election crisis deepened early Sunday when the Constitutional Court confirmed the win of Felix Tshisekedi, rejecting claims of fraud, and runner-up Martin Fayulu promptly declared himself the country’s “only legitimate president.”… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Drone attack on Saudi coalition in Yemen kills at least 6 soldiers In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump denied knowing that former campaign chair Paul Manafort allegedly shared polling data with a Russian associate in 2016. The associate is accused of having ties to Russian intelligence. Also, rebels in Yemen attacked… Continue watching