The business community will go to court next week, seeking a remedy from the ongoing political impasse that has severely affected day-to-day businesses activities. “We are losing money, losing business,”…

The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and feet. The trial was stopped one week…

The Ebola outbreak is now “stable” in Guinea, where the latest crisis began, the World Health Organization says. There were still some flare ups in the south-east, but things were…

New rapid response tactics are needed to defeat the Ebola virus in Liberia, according to the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). More than 6,600 people have been infected in the…

Top African business leaders have established an emergency fund to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak. A pledging meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, raised $28.5m to deploy at least…

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said discrimination against aid workers who return home from the Ebola crisis in West Africa is “unacceptable”. Strict quarantine rules are hampering aid efforts when…

A nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is fighting the US state of Maine over its right to quarantine her against her will. In a test case…

The US has praised Ebola-hit West African nations and foreign donors for their efforts in tackling the outbreak. America’s UN envoy Samantha Power, on a visit to the region, said…

A US nurse held in quarantine in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in West Africa says she will challenge her confinement in a federal court. Kaci Hickox said she…

A nurse quarantined on her return to the US from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has criticised the way she was dealt with at Newark airport. Kaci Hickox said…