Seventy-one people are dead and about 200 others are sick after drinking a poisoned homemade beer in the village of Chitima in Mozambique. According to state-run Radio Mozambique, after returning home from a funeral late Friday, a group of people stopped in an area where customers can buy a popular homemade beer called “Phombe.” Those who drank the […]

Survivors from Nigeria’s biggest massacre to date have spoken out against Boko Haram, describing how the militant group killed over 2,000 women and children “like insects.” The attacks began when the terror group took over Baga, a town near the northeastern front of Nigeria. After creating a military base, the group rampaged the villagers, launching rocket-propelled grenades and assault […]

The terrorist group Boko Haram has torched the Nigerian town of Baga, leaving some 2,000 people missing and feared dead. The killing spree has been ongoing since the militant group overran a nearby military base on Saturday. In the past year, Boko Haram has raided many towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria, including taking hundreds of schoolgirls and […]

Nigeria has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, but a human rights lawyer is arguing the men were justified in not going on what would have been an ill-advised suicidal mission with little weapons. The soldiers, all between the ages of 21 and 25, joined the army […]

Two doctors, an ambulance driver, a nurse, and a health care worker who tackled the deadly Ebola virus have all been named TIME’s 2014 “Person of the Year.“ Collectively named the “Ebola Fighters,” the group of caregivers were chosen for their bravery, dedication, and hard work in combating Ebola and caring for the thousands of people who fell ill […]

A Maryland surgeon diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus after treating patients in Sierra Leone will return to the U.S. Saturday to begin treatment. Dr. Martin Salia will be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center, Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer, Dr. Brima Kargbo, told The Associated Press. Salia is reportedly paying for his own evacuation. Salia is […]

The last patient diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is now virus-free, New York City health officials announced Monday. Dr. Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed with the virus after treating Ebola patients in Guinea, will be released from Bellevue Hospital on Tuesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio told a reporter following an event Monday that he […]

Dozens were injured, at least 47 fatally, when a suicide bomber disguised as a student set off an explosion outside a school in northern Nigeria Monday. The school bombing occurred around 7:50 a.m. outside of the principal’s office. Students had just gathered for a daily speech when the explosion went off. Police suspect that Boko Haram, […]

A week after her family announced that the Ebola virus could no longer be detected in her body, authorities are confirming that Texas nurse Amber Vinson is virus-free. An Emory University Hospital spokeswoman said the Dallas nurse, who was diagnosed with the deadly virus after treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, will be released Tuesday. […]

Two brothers who recently immigrated to the U.S. from Senegal were attacked and called “Ebola” by a group of students in the Bronx, NYC. The boys, who have been in the U.S. for about a month, were attacked Friday afternoon at the I.S. 318 school in Tremont, sustaining severe injuries, according to the African Advocacy Council. […]

Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group responsible for kidnapping more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, has now abducted 30 boys and girls from a village in northeast Nigeria. The group, who reportedly struck a ceasefire with Nigerian officials, were expected to release the schoolgirls in October. They have not yet delivered on that promise and a […]

The deadly Ebola virus has spread to Mali with the diagnosis of a 2-year-old girl, health officials said Thursday. The child was brought to the country from neighboring Guinea, where the outbreak has killed thousands. The girl was taken to the hospital in Kayes after her father died of Ebola. A nurse noticed she was […]