Tide turning in Ebola fight after hard lessons
By KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra Leone.…
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Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies
By IAN DEITCH The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe, has died in the…
AP poll: Police killings of blacks voted top story of 2014
By DAVID CRARY The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of…
Dangerous practices spread Ebola in Sierra Leone
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Dr. Michael Mawanda saw some disturbing behaviors when he was in Sierra Leone helping fight the Ebola epidemic, including relatives removing patients from the hospital where he…
President Barack OBAMA, AFRICAN LEADERS TALK SECURITY, GOVERNANCE
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama waves during the official family photo at the US African Leaders Summit, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. President Barack…
11 PARENTS OF NIGERIA’S ABDUCTED GIRLS DIE
By MICHELLE FAUL FILE – In this Monday, May 19, 2014 file photo, Martha Mark, the mother of kidnapped school girl Monica Mark cries as she displays her photo, in…
‘Timbuktu’ director breaks down over Mali conflict
By THOMAS ADAMSON Director Abderrahmane Sissako holds his hands over his face while answering a question during a press conference for Timbuktu at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern…
IVORY COAST PILOTS NOVEL ELEPHANT RESCUE
By ROBBIE COREY-BOULET In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 and distributed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a tranquilized elephant is loaded onto a truck near the…