More than 100 people have been killed in an alleged attack by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lawmakers say. The carnage took place near the volatile town of Beni, North Kivu Province, on Thursday, members of parliament told reporters. The bodies of 95 people were found in a mass grave while nine other dead bodies were shown to authorities at a morgue, said opposition lawmaker,... 

A doctor being treated for the deadly Ebola virus disease has died at the Nebraska Medical Center in the US state of Nebraska. Dr. Martin Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and permanent US resident, was seriously ill when he was airlifted from West Africa to the US on Sunday, the hospital said in a statement. The surgeon, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, was suffering from advanced... 

The United Nations’s Ebola chief has expressed hope that the deadly outbreak, which is wreaking havoc on West African countries, could be contained by 2015. UN System Coordinator for Ebola Virus Disease David Nabarro made the remarks in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. Nabarro voiced optimism that “in the coming months we could certainly see a diminution, and hopefully in the... 

Zambian Vice President Guy Scott has been appointed as the country’s acting head of state, following the death of President Michael Sata. Sata, who was long said to be seriously ill, died Tuesday while undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed disease at London’s King Edward VII Hospital. Scott was sworn in as Zambia’s acting president on Wednesday, making him the first Caucasian leader... 

A Liberian Red Cross burial team out on suits as they go to collect a suspected Ebola victim in Monrovia. A scientists has now warned that the virus could be getting even more contagious. The deadly Ebola virus could be mutating to become even more contagious, a leading U.S scientist has warned. The disease has killed nearly 4,000 people, infecting in excess of 8,000, the majority in the West African... 

Ebola Response Roadmap 10 October 2014 (World Health Organization) President Barack Obama authorized the Pentagon to call up members of the National Guard and other military reserve units on Thursday to help combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa. Obama said the guardsmen would “augment the active forces in support of Operation United Assistance, providing humanitarian assistance and consequence... 

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of Ebola infections in West Africa is doubling every four weeks despite efforts to stop the spread of the deadly virus. Isabelle Nuttall, the director of the WHO’s Global Capacities, Alert and Response, announced on Thursday that 9,000 people have so far been infected with Ebola, adding that the death toll from the disease will rise to more than... 

A healthcare worker checks the temperature of an Ebola-infected woman at a World Health Organization center in Liberia on October 3, 2014. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to provide the Ebola-ravaged West African countries with specialized diagnostic equipment. A nuclear-derived diagnostic technology will be delivered to the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... 

Liberia has postponed its upcoming Senate elections due to the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that has killed hundreds of people in the country over the past few months. The Liberian election commission announced on Thursday that the decision was made because there was no way to hold the nationwide polls without endangering lives. It added that under the current circumstances, it is impossible to... 

The death toll from the deadly Ebola virus has exceeded 4,000 as the disease continues to claim more lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The latest data released on Friday by the UN health agency showed that up to the end of October 8, 8,399 confirmed, probable, or suspected cases were reported in seven countries. The report added that 4,033 people have also died from the disease. According... 

Members of a medical team disinfect people at an Ebola treatment center in Liberia, October 2, 2014. Liberia has passed a law that will restrict the media coverage of the Ebola outbreak in an attempt to protect privacy of the patients. “We have noted with great concern that photographs have been taken in treatment centers while patients are going in to be attended by doctors. That is invasion of... 

When there is a major problem somewhere in the world, Barack Obama loves to show that he is “doing something” by sending a contingent of 3000 U.S. troops to the affected area. But is it really wise for Obama to send thousands of young American men and women into the Ebola death zone? What are our troops going to do – shoot the virus? Of course not. The UN already has 6,000 uniformed peacekeepers... 

Top doctors and virologists are now acknowledging what Infowars first reported over a month ago, that the Ebola virus has mutated, may have gone airborne, and could kill millions. A top German virologist has caused shockwaves by asserting that it’s too late to halt the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia and that five million people will die, noting that efforts should now be focused on... 

Boko Haram Takfiri militants have reportedly captured another town in northeastern Nigeria after heavy clashes with government troops. Residents and a local lawmaker of the town of Bama in Borno state claimed on Tuesday that the militants had driven out the government troops and taken control of a military base in the town after launching a pre-dawn raid on Monday. “Bama is now in the hands of Boko... 

Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say that a second, separate outbreak of the deadly virus has occurred in the country. Meanwhile, a Liberian doctor treated with an experimental serum against the illness has passed away. DRC Health Minister Felix Numbi said that two of eight people who died from a “hemorrhagic fever” last week have been diagnosed with a strain of the disease...