Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting for more than a week on the streets of US cities in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer. Why is the US still struggling with race relations 155 years after slavery was abolished? In the 1920s Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born founder of the Back To Africa movement in New York, said: “Our success educationally,... 

Yet another Liberian cannibal civil warlord who was rewarded with permanent residence in the US, has been found guilty of immigration fraud and perjury, the US Department of Justice has reported. According to a statement issued by the DOJ, Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, 72, of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, was found guilty by a federal jury of immigration fraud and perjury charges. Woewiyu lied on his application... 

The UN health agency says the death toll from the Ebola epidemic has passed the 10,000 mark, with the three hardest-hit West African countries taking the brunt of the plight. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday that the number of the deaths had hit 10,004 and the total number of cases stood at 24,350. Almost all of the deaths and cases have occurred in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and... 

Photo shows health workers carrying the body of an Ebola patient in Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the cases of new Ebola infections in West Africa increased during the last week of January. In the first weekly increase in new Ebola cases in 2015, the United Nations health agency said on Wednesday that 124 new cases had been registered in the three West African countries affected... 

David Nabarro, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy on Ebola. The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy on Ebola says the deadly virus is “still flaming strongly” in some parts of West Africa. David Nabarro made the remarks during a news conference on Tuesday in the Swiss city of Geneva. “We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in... 

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... 

Australia has temporarily stopped processing visas for people from West African countries worst hit by Ebola in an effort to prevent the virus from entering the country. Australia’s Immigration Ministry said in a report to the parliament on Monday that the new rules would apply to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said non-permanent or temporary visas already... 

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... 

A group of Caribbean countries have announced bans on entry to foreigners who have travelled through the three West African countries most affected by Ebola. Jamaica said it would not accept travellers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for the time being. Guyana, the island of St Lucia, Haiti and Colombia also introduced a ban. In the United States, President Barack Obama has resisted pressure... 

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... 

Scientists estimate there’s a 75 percent chance the Ebola virus could spread to France and a 50 percent chance it could reach UK by the end of October. The latest research analyzes the pattern of infection and airline traffic. The consensus among health officials is now that the deadly virus is no longer just an African problem, and key to this assessment are the European Union’s free movement... 

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...