Mar 09 Watch 6:18 Bringing Mali’s music back from exile By PBS News Hour Mali is a country renowned for its music, but in 2012, the music stopped. That year, separatist rebels and Islamic groups seized two-thirds of the country and banned any expression of art. While French and Malian forces drove the Islamists… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 5:40 Ebola efforts shift from keeping up with new cases to eliminating the epidemic By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 11 U.S. withdrawing most troops fighting Ebola in West Africa By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — With the Ebola outbreak sharply reduced, the United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the disease in West Africa and President Barack Obama is planning for the next steps planned by the administration. Continue reading
Jan 25 WHO contemplates reforms after admitting missteps on Ebola By Carey Reed In a special session on Sunday, the World Health Organization debated how to reform itself after acknowledging the organization had botched its response to the 2014 Ebola emergency. Continue reading
Jan 22 West Africa studies for two possible Ebola vaccines just weeks away By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press Long-awaited studies of two possible Ebola vaccines are set to begin in West Africa in a couple of weeks, starting in Liberia, U.S. officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 22 Ebola epidemic in West Africa appears to be ebbing, WHO reports By Joshua Barajas With fewer than 150 cases reported in the last week, the Ebola outbreak seems to be slowing in the hardest hit West African countries, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 5:53 Ebola doctor: ‘Tremendous strides’ in stemming the outbreak By PBS News Hour Dr. Pranav Shetty, global emergency health coordinator for International Medical Corps, was hailed by President Obama in his State of the Union address as an embodiment of the effort to roll back the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In August,… Continue watching
Jan 19 Miscommunication keeps Guinea students from Ebola-free schools By Ruth Tam Rumors that health workers are spreading the disease are keeping Guinean society from returning to normal. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:26 Why Boko Haram’s reign of terror has been tough to track By PBS News Hour In early January, Boko Haram militants attacked the remote northern Nigerian town of Baga, but it was days before reports of the massacre got out, with estimated death tolls ranging from 150 to 2,000. Gwen Ifill speaks with Nii Akuetteh… Continue watching
Jan 08 Boko Haram burns 16 villages, leaving 2,000 feared dead By Ruth Tam Boko Haram razed at least 16 villages in northern Nigeria, leaving 2,000 people unaccounted for and feared dead since Monday, Nigerian officials said Thursday. Continue reading